Network Drive Pros and Cons

richlevy · 12-13-2008, 01:51 PM

I was looking at this network drive http://www.buy.com/prod/linksys-nas200-network-storage-system-with-2-bays/q/loc/101/205689222.html

I have a wireless router that my son's Mac accesses with a wireless card. I also access the router with a notebook via cable or wireless.

If I hook this up, we can all share the same drives. My only concerns are:

Security - I am using WEP but it is far from bulletproof. My son's Mac aircard only uses WEP. I would probably have to at least add MAC address verification if I were to place a NAS on the network.

Speed - The fine print states that it uses SATA drives but only a 10mpbs interface.

Anyone have any suggestions/comments?

12-13-2008, 01:51 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Network Drive Pros and Cons I was looking at this network drive http://www.buy.com/prod/linksys-nas200-network-storage-system-with-2-bays/q/loc/101/205689222.html I have a wireless router that my son's Mac accesses with a wireless card. I also access the router with a notebook via cable or wireless. If I hook this up, we can all share the same drives. My only concerns are: Security - I am using WEP but it is far from bulletproof. My son's Mac aircard only uses WEP. I would probably have to at least add MAC address verification if I were to place a NAS on the network. Speed - The fine print states that it uses SATA drives but only a 10mpbs interface. Anyone have any suggestions/comments? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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