Networked hard drive

[Les Mikesell]

Ingemar Nilsson wrote:
> Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> writes:
> 
>> Any ideas?
> 
> No ideas about your current device, sorry.
> 
> I have a recommendation for you though, and that is the Linksys Network
> Storage Link (NSLU2), which is an embedded (fanless) computer running Linux
> that connects USB2 drives to the network. It comes with Samba and a web
> interface out of the box, but several enhanced firmwares exist that enable
> you to do almost anything with it. I use mine as an SSH server, which is
> especially nice with SSHFS/FUSE, as I don't have to care about Samba to
> access it.
> 
> http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1118334819312&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=1931222279B73
> 
> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
> 
> I just wish there was something like SSHFS for Windows so that my
> Windows-using brother would be able to access it without jumping though too
> many hoops (like turning off local file and printer sharing, as Windows
> cannot connect to file shares on other ports than the default ones, and
> other ports are required since it is tunneled though SSH). :)

Will the device run openvpn?  If so, you should be able to use that for 
the tunnel and use the normal ports.

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   Les Mikesell
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