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Freecom External Network HDD 500GB USB2.0 LAN NAS Drive | 
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| Brand: Freecom
Category: CE
Buy New: £78.80
New (11) from £78.80
Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 651
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
MPN: 29013
Model: 29013
EAN: 4021801290137
ASIN: B000PC2FQU
Release Date: July 22, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Stylish and cost-effective network storagesolutionComputer networks these days are not limited tobig offices with a lot of employees. More and morepeople at home or in small offices have a computernetwork. With the recent programmes, applicationsand data files becoming larger and larger, the needfor additional storage space is more present thanever before! Freecom offers you the perfect storage upgradefor your network, the new Network Drive. Simplyconnect the Network Drive to your router or switch,run the easy to use configuration wizard, and haveinstant access to the drive from any PC within yournetwork. It can even be configured to be accessedvia the internet, so your data is available for you fromanywhere in the world, without your PC needed tobe switched on! The included configuration assistant will guide youto set up the drive and security options the way youwant it.For increased flexibility, you can also use the NetworkDrive as a standalone USB 2.0 hard drive, you canconnect and access it to any PC.Again Freecom has created a storage solution from aconsumer?s perspective, where convenience, designand 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 supportIdeal for office and home useOffice use: ? Store all your spreadsheets, documents, presentations on one central location ? Data accessible for ev
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 Very good product August 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are looking for a reliable external hard drive to back up your files then this does the job perfectly. Yes you need to format the Hard drive from FAT32 to NTFS but this is really very simple (right click on the drive icon and select format). If you are trying to access it accross a network im not to sure about that but if its just for backing up your home files then this is ideal.
I have had mine for almost two years and it has proved to be 100% reliable, quiet and has fast read write speeds across the USB2 connection.
Great drive - simple and well made June 22, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I couldn't find any other network attached drive for a similar price. I was looking for something to back my PC up to and have hidden this away in a cupboard attached to a Zytel 'home plug' unit to provide the network. The unit is nicely made and quiet and comes with everything you need including network and USB leads.
The bundled backup software seems pretty good and can be set to backup files as soon as they've been created/changed. It can also save multiple revisions of files. Since the file backup is just a copy of the files it's simple to retrieve them and you can of course just plug the drive into any computer with the USB lead.
I didn't have any problem setting it up on the network, it obtained an IP address that the bundled software then finds. Web interface allows changes of IP address and setting up of shares. There's not any security on the shares, which is a shame, but not really an issue for my purposes. It can also act as an FTP server (where you can configure users), but I haven't tried this.
Overall, very happy with it.
 Poor support April 6, 2008
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
Beware of buying this if you don't know much about compuet networks. I set my hard drive up to wrok off my wireless router and for a month this worked fine. But the minute it started to go wrong I was left to my own devices my a disinterested and unhelpful freecom customer support. I have ended up paying for a compuetr expert to come to my home to set up the whole system. If things like 'IP addresses' mean little to you avoid this product
Bad Medicine Waltz March 23, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a good looking unit and feels sturdy. Thats the good stuff now...I bought this as a NAS drive to back up the drives of 2 intel imacs. It worked with minimal configuration for about three weeks then it would not connect. I have a friend who is a Microsoft trained network manager and he could not get this drive to mount in Windows or Mac OS X . Freecoms software is poor I had about 10 emails from their support but still am not able to get to my files. The disc comes FAT 32 formatted so my macs cant see the folders using USB. Save yourself some time and I mean days look elsewhere.
 Good kit if you know what you need March 14, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
We purchased one of these to install on a large campus network as part of a little project we were doing. Installation instructions show you some pictures of a happy user simply plugging it in and it picking up an address, but the difference between the instructions and reality widens to a cosmic abyss at this point. It took us about 40 minutes of head scratching and experiment to get it working, and that was two MCSE's and one CCNA trained guy, sadly. There's no way you could just plug & play with this device on a network unless you know you stuff. Here's what we found...
The drive does not pick up a DHCP address as you would think if you glanced at the manual, it actually IS a DHCP server and hands out microsoft default addresses the moment you plug it in, which will conflict with any DHCP you may currently have (via your ADSL router, for example). The only way we could eventually get into the device was to plug directly into the ethernet port using a cross-over cable (not supplied), and then turn off the DHCP and give it a static address. USB on ours did zilch. When set up correctly on the network and configured, you then install the software on any PC and it works as advertised.
Once configured it seems like a great bit of kit though, files transfer quite quickly and the share was very easy to set up. Loses two stars for wasting all our time with instructions that are a blatant work of fiction.
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