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  1. scotty

    yep noob wants to do imaging on home nas

    I don't use Acronis or virtually any imaging app for hot imaging. I use the offline boot-disk versions which don't run into licensing issues. I've never had terribly reliable hot-imaging from any program. And there's lots of enterprise level imaging platforms that are just about as easy to use...
  2. scotty

    yep noob wants to do imaging on home nas

    All you need is an imaging program that can image to a share on the network. Many will do this. I do this a fair bit at home and at work. Here's an article with some decent programs. I used to use a BartPE CD with ghost v8 on it, as ghost will image to a mapped network drive which you can...
  3. scotty

    when RAID 0, 1, 5 or 6?

    RAID levels' benefits are pretty self explanatory, so it's usually a pretty simple decision based on need/application. Basic Redundancy - RAID 1 Speed - RAID 0 Redundancy / Speed Mix - RAID 5 or 10 Even more redundancy - RAID 6. Pretty self explanatory. Based on my usual applications...
  4. scotty

    Asterisk ipkg

    You'll want to look at Trixbox - it's the most popular iteration of asterisk, as it's pre-packaged with pretty much everything you need, gui and all. It about as easy as it gets, considering how powerful it is. Never installed it on a NAS, only servers. If the hardware plays nicely I suppose...
  5. scotty

    Wi-fi USB key on Plextor player

    I have no experience with that device, but I would imagine it would only work with the plextor dongle, if at all. Not to mention the device would need different/new firmware to be able to handle wireless networking. Simply plugging in a wireless USB dongle wont get you anywhere.
  6. scotty

    Long term storage compatibilty/access

    Instead of sticking with a NAS, why not just create yourself a little server (or second PC) running a windows OS? If you can live with the 10-user connection limit on XP and a bit more power consumption, it can work just fine as networked storage. And at least there you'd have drives formatted...
  7. scotty

    PS3 and wireless access point not cumminicating.

    He likely has SSID broadcasting disabled, meaning the network is 'hidden' from casual browsing, thereby the PS3 wont be able to see it at first. Assuming you know the name of the network, try manually configuring the connection thereby inputting the name and other security settings if...
  8. scotty

    Webmin + Ubuntu .... vs Spare copy of WinXP & file sharing??

    I've used both at home as a NAS/Server, and I'd have to come in line with Tim on this one - all the features in the world don't mean anything if you don't use them. Ubuntu is nice from the perspective that it's free, and you can customize it to be pretty lean, or customize it to do whatever...
  9. scotty

    Will I have to reformat to create a RAID-1 mirror?

    You'd probably be best to try and back the data up anyway, creating RAID arrays even if you can keep the existing data is never a sure thing. It depends on the RAID software and controller though, some will some wont. Since you're doing things via. software in Ubuntu, as Zedpol suggests the...
  10. scotty

    Noob Is In Way Over His Head!

    A quick note - there are 8 bits to a byte. So for example, 8 Megabits per second is equal to 1 Megabyte per second. Bits should always be displayed as little b's, and bytes are big B's, hence MB is megabytes, Mb is megabits. Yes it is a little confusing because different industries use either...
  11. scotty

    Frequencies and how to achieve maximum speed

    This article will give you a quick rundown of the differences between A/B/G/N. Basically, G is the defacto standard nowadays with virtually every product supporting it. N is faster and offers better range, but is a fairly new standard (which hasn't become 'official' yet), so support is still...
  12. scotty

    Looking for Router Guidance

    One of the most popular routers going these days is the D-Link DIR-655. It's a solid contender with a good feature set. It has a USB port on it, which with a new firmware update allows you to use it for a lot of different things, but keep in mind hard drives attached to USB ports on routers are...
  13. scotty

    QOS on the DIR 655

    Yep. It's an operating system (BSD) that basically does routing. It's installed off a cd and after a few questions and wizards you're set. It has simple web based configuration like any other router. Tons of features including pretty slick QoS.
  14. scotty

    QOS on the DIR 655

    You might want to have a look at pfSense. It's an open source BSD based router that's really easy to set up and use, but very powerful with a huge feature set. It'll run on pretty much any old computer (even old P3's will do fine). All you typically need is an extra NIC or two. It does better...
  15. scotty

    advice required wireless router or ap to stream media

    Speaking purely to wireless, a [wireless] router isn't any different than an access point. Specifications aside, they'll both do the same thing for you. If there isn't really anything wrong with your current router, you might as well just get an access point. One of the benefits of a separate...
  16. scotty

    SMTP / Email firewall

    I've had some good success with a number of products. The best success I've had overall is with MxLogic. Basically, you point your MX records to them, they handle all of the dirty laundry, and then deliver the mail to your server. You then set your firewall to only accept SMTP traffic from...
  17. scotty

    Cheap low power router on a par with pfSense? (P2P, QoS, 2000+ connections, 20Mb+)

    I run pfSense on a older P4, so it's a bit of a power beast. I'm looking to move to a laptop for the exact reasons Stonecat articulates. Even the better low'ish power systems these days aren't on par with a laptop. Built in battery backup, what more could you ask for. You might want to look...
  18. scotty

    Help with Gigabit

    I'm kind of 'if it aint broke dont fix it' kind of person, especially when it comes to firmware of any type. I say dont bother unless there's something substantial you're looking to get out of the firmware. Sure, the open-sourced firmware distros open up the routers to a ton of capabilities, but...
  19. scotty

    PS3 - (Most) Perfect HTPC?

    Out of curiosity, what codec and container have you ripped your movies into? I tried tversity with .mp4's and the PS3 was rather picky what it would play. I can get things to play, but man it's picky. I generally lean towards the HTPC route, either XBMC or MythTv, purely from the perspective...
  20. scotty

    Help with Gigabit

    Absolutely. No need for a Gigabit router. Only traffic going to the router/internet will be limited to 100MBps. Host to Host traffic will move along at Gigabit speeds, as switches forward traffic on a host to host basis.
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