[wplug] OT - word of warning on Maxtor 250GB drives

[Zach]

On 2/15/06, Patrick Wagstrom <pwagstro at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
> Zach,
>
> You might want to consider a LinkSys NSLU2.  It's a little network
> device that you attach USB2.0 hard disks to.  Provides samba file
> sharing, but because it runs Linux, you can use NFS and install backup
> daemons on it.
>
> For my computer, I basically do all my backups over the network because
> I've got 100Mbit ethernet but only USB 1.1 on board.

Thanks for the suggestion Patrick. How much does that device cost?
Does it come with wireless security features?

Zach