Networked hard drive

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Frank Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:49:05 -0500
> Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Specs at http://www.freecom.com/objects/00006218.pdf
>>
>> It doesn't use a standard file sharing protocol.  
> 
> Even better than that, it says "No IP address so the drive is invisible to
> anyone outside of your network; your data is 100% secure."
> 
> If it doesn't have an IP address, how in the world can anything communicate
> with it over an Ethernet link?
> 
> It would be interesting to run a nmap scan on the local network where that
> thing is plugged in and see what pops up.  Possibly nothing, if that quote is
> an accurate description.
> 
There are other protocols that work over Ethernet besides TCP/IP,
and will work on the same network. You only need an IP address for
TCP/IP protocol, and protocols that are transported over TCP/IP.

Mikkel
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