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Freecom External Network HDD 250GB USB2.0 LAN NAS Drive | 
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| Brand: Freecom
Category: CE
Buy New: £63.05
New (9) from £63.05
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 16239
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 250
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8.6 x 3.6
MPN: 29011
Model: 29011
EAN: 4021801290113
ASIN: B000PBWXQ8
Release Date: July 22, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Stylish and cost-effective network storage solution Computer networks these days are not limited to big offices with a lot of employees. More and more people at home or in small offices have a computer network. With the recent programmes, applications and data files becoming larger and larger, the need for additional storage space is more present than ever before! Freecom offers you the perfect storage upgrade for your network, the new Network Drive. Simply connect the Network Drive to your router or switch, run the easy to use configuration wizard, and have instant access to the drive from any PC within your network. It can even be configured to be accessed via the internet, so your data is available for you from anywhere in the world, without your PC needed to be switched on! The included configuration assistant will guide you to set up the drive and security options the way you want it. For increased flexibility, you can also use the Network Drive as a standalone USB 2.0 hard drive, you can connect and access it to any PC. Again Freecom has created a storage solution from a consumer?s perspective, where convenience, design and quality are key factors. Free your mind ! Cost-effective, award winning hard drive storage ? Centralized network storage ? add extra storage capacity to your network in seconds! ? Can also be used as fast, portable USB 2.0 external hard drive ? Easy configuration in your network via built-in configuration assistant ? Including LED capacity indicator ? Uses TCP/IP protocol, the communication standard for computer networks ? Data securely accessible from within and outside your network (via the internet) ? High quality, award-winning sleek design in heat absorbing aluminium enclosure ? Two years manufacturer?s warranty and unlimited free helpdesk support Ideal for office and home use Office use: ? Store all your spreadsheets, documents, presentations on one central location ? Data accessible for ev
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Mac users avoid May 17, 2008
S. Blanchard (UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The words on the box 'WIN & MAC' are bordering on criminally dishonest. It shows up on the network from time to time, when it feels like it. Can't be formatted as Mac OS Extended and still function as a network back-up. Occasionally refuses to write files if there are too many characters in file name. The PDF 'manual' shows fictitious screen shots. It runs worryingly hot! Their online forum refuses to accept my user name and password and their Tech Support department takes Saturdays off, bless them! Completely unusable in a commercial environment. I'm really looking forward to taking it back to the shop and giving a spotty little herbert a hard time. Shame really... it sounded so great.
 A bit dodgy February 24, 2008
Virtual Ron
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Works faultlessly as a usb drive
but as a NAS it crashes in certain situatations requireing turning off, disconnect mapping, connnect as USB delete the now corrupted file that caused the crash (if you dont it will continue to crash), then reconnecting lan, then remapping drive, from reasearch it seems this is an XP only issue not vista but still...I have identified the things that make it crash, i.e. viewing thubnails on bmp files just after a transfer, trying to transfer files that are being accessed by a program or another computer, using the nas to view other folders on the drive while a transfer is taking place to another folder on the drive. Basically it works if you do a transfer and wait for that transfer to finish before doing anything else on with the drive, then it will work fine. anyway you get the idea,
if anyone reads this and thinks its my admitedly lacking IT skills at fault and not the drive please leave a comment.
 Nothing as good at the price February 6, 2008
Al (Farnborough, UK)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Some shortfalls in this drive have been noted in other reviews here (e.g. NTFS/FAT32), but I could not find any other network drive at anything approaching the same price.
This drive was easy to set up as a network drive. The manuals are on the installation CD, and it is worth looking at them before starting the installation, possibly even printing the main user manual off for reference. You will at least need to get the administrator username & password.
My only gripe is the "shadow" backup software that is supplied with the drive does not work for me. I have now installed and uninstalled 3 times and tried various back-up scenarios, but the software keeps crashing. It may be because I am running the dreaded Windows Vista (don't get me started on that!) and it may be fine on a different operating system, but my experience of it has been poor.
But the drive itself and it's administration software are fine.
Compatibility Issues January 1, 2008
Kevin Young (Somerset, England)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Got mine from another vendor but I have to agree with the comments from other reviewers regarding the FAT-32 file size limitation and file locking. My own problem was that, try as I might, I simply could not get 2 Vista machines to access the drive across an Ethernet connection. The drive was 'seen' by the computers but the (bundled) Freecom setup software wouldn't allow me to access the drive over TCP/IP because it (wrongly) persisted in telling me that either my network card(s) or my router didn't have DHCP enabled when they both did.
Not much of a network drive November 8, 2007
T. Mckenzie
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Does not support file locking, all uses on the network can open the same file at the same time, with each making different changes, result *****! Also do not believe the picture, you CAN NOT conect USB and LAN at the same time
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