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  1. jcwillia1

    Inherited PC - use as NAS?

    just to close the loop on this, I bought a 4TB WD My Cloud drive for $160 "recertified". When the cost of a 4TB drive was going to be more than $100 and with the amount of negative feedback people were giving on my idea, I just decided to go with what I know which is WD's network connected...
  2. jcwillia1

    Inherited PC - use as NAS?

    whoo! sorry I missed out on all the back and forth fun today... looks like you guys had quite a blast. Anyways, I found another thread where this guy said he has tested a 4TB successfully in the E310...
  3. jcwillia1

    Inherited PC - use as NAS?

    Because you're insensitive and rude. Calling my mother in law's computer "landfill material" is deliberately baiting a fight. If you can please stick to the facts, perhaps you could actually help. Now that we've got that out of the way... I wasn't planning on upgrading - I was planning...
  4. jcwillia1

    Inherited PC - use as NAS?

    Discs are SATA. Looking forward to trying this.
  5. jcwillia1

    Inherited PC - use as NAS?

    ok I watched this and I confess my head spun a bit but I think this is what you may have been referring to? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndAYZ0DJ-U4
  6. jcwillia1

    Inherited PC - use as NAS?

    ok so I did some light reading - how do you feel about xubuntu? trying to find an install that is both simple and extremely thin/lightweight.
  7. jcwillia1

    Inherited PC - use as NAS?

    I googled easy install for linux and this was first hit : http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/770346-how-to-install-and-try-linux-the-absolutely-easiest-and-safest-way Thoughts?
  8. jcwillia1

    Inherited PC - use as NAS?

    What? I was planning to add hard drives but why cant a pentium 4 be a file server box?
  9. jcwillia1

    Inherited PC - use as NAS?

    Know of any decent walkthroughs or demos for that setup?
  10. jcwillia1

    Inherited PC - use as NAS?

    I have inherited a Dell Dimension E310 which my mother in law gave me. The hard drive is clearly on its last legs but I wonder if I could replace the HDD, flash it with a different OS (suggestions?), load it up with big HDDs full of movies and use it as a media server - not to watch / decode...
  11. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    ok so next question - I'm currently using a Black Diamond as my main router in the Basement, a second Black Diamond as the primary WAP in the center of the house, a ASUS 5-port switch behind my TV and I am now in the market for another switch in the office. but all the "deals" that I...
  12. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    for planning I actually drew up a network schematic which I had emailed to their manager. They acted like they had never seen it. all is well that ends well though - I have internet and TV and the internet is surprisingly really really good.
  13. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    U Verse has come and gone. I know this is going to shock you but the guys who came here acted like they hadn't heard anything about the 8 weeks of planning I had been doing over email with their manager. Shocking, I know. So my house is now all internet wired - their is internet COURSING...
  14. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    no i meant the setup for the router itself is easier since thats more or less the default configuration anyways.
  15. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    thanks for the background - I would assume that separate SSID's is also significantly easier to set up.
  16. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    hm that's the opposite of what I heard in other topic discussion
  17. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    so with after an original order date of 10/22, U Verse is finally FINALLY coming out to do the install next Tuesday - I need to burn a vacation day to receive them but just to have internet and have this whole saga be over with, it's worth it. I'll swap the switch out of the basement with the...
  18. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    super helpful - thank you.
  19. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    super helpful - thank you!!! uplink connection? so the wire from the central router goes into the WAN port on the Black Diamond?
  20. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    thanks for the switch recommendation - the GS108 looks great - will add that into the budget plans are you suggesting that I use one of my black diamonds as a router and use the other as the WAP and then relocate the switch? so right now ASUS 5-port switch is in the basement panel, black...
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