Comments on: Got An Old PC Lying Around? Build A NAS Server With NASLite-2

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:55:58 +0000

Glad I found this article. I am going to try NASlite.

By: VitaminCM

VitaminCM — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:20:09 +0000

This is a really cool article.
Here is an article on Using an Old Computer as a Server with Step-by-Step video instructions.

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By: VitaminCM

VitaminCM — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:20:00 +0000

This is a really cool article.
Here is an article on Using an Old Computer as a Server with Step-by-Step video instructions.

Read VitaminCM’s latest blog post….Episode 2 – Fix the Annoying Cell Phone Buzz in your Computer Speakers>>>

By: bitor

bitor — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:52:27 +0000

Hello Grahm:

My first suggestion is to make sure your firewall is not blocking your naslite2. Also, I would try and do a telnet to the naslite2 via the command prompt. Like this Run->cmd(dos window)->telnet open (your nas IP address) then password. This is to double check that your or any firewall is blocking it. Also you can ping the naslite2 ip address from the dos command prompt. Example: Run->cmd->ping (your nas ip address). You can also try and map your naslite2.

I hope this might help you
Best Regards,
bitor

By: bitor

bitor — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:52:00 +0000

Hello Grahm:

I hope this might help you
Best Regards,
bitor

By: Graham

Graham — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:38:44 +0000

Hello Everton I have been running a naslite server now for 2 months now and finding it working really well. I’m have a problem and wondered if you could help? .I am unable to access naslite2 using my vista laptop. Ive tried many ways with no success , I have an XP machine and MAC both work great but not the Vista laptop. Have you or anyone else got vista to work with Naslite.
There is probably something simple to do to make it work but i am at a loss

All the best
Graham

By: Graham

Graham — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:38:00 +0000

All the best
Graham

By: bitor

bitor — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:12:03 +0000

On a side note:

If you do decide to go with an older Snap Server. The people at http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/forumdisplay.php?f=82 will try and help you out. A big thanks goes to blue68f100 & Phoenix32 among others for there help to others. These guys are very well adverse in the units they know. They are a great resource and do it ALL FOR NOTHING! So if you need help look them up or post something at the above website. Nine times out of ten it will be one or the other that responds to you. Don’t forget to be very thankful to them & others for there help. Because Adaptec will always help you if you are willing to shell out lots of money for there help.

Best Regards,
bitor

By: bitor

bitor — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:12:00 +0000

On a side note:

Best Regards,
bitor

By: bitor

bitor — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:58:51 +0000

Greetings to all:
Sounds like a great setup. I played around with both NASLite(older version) and FreeNAS. NasLite is very very stable and FreeNAS still needs some work, but has great potential. I would like to see some basic type of security settings on the NASLite software. Maybe the newer NASLite has this now.
What I did was make a wired “Media Center” for the house. I used a dedicated PC with Win2000Pro(customized) that hooks up(DIN) to the TV via a 128Vram card and a Serial port IR via CAT5 hookup to control the menus from my couch.
Software is the Meedio program which has the ability to do PVR,Music,Movie Streaming and has GREAT PLUGINS.
Unfortunately, Meedio was sold to Yahoo and now there version has adds placed in it I’ve heard. I saw that one coming. BUT if you can find Meedio then you can use it for music and video streaming without any problems. PVR is not supported anymore because Meedio no longer supplies the guide part, but you can still use it to record shows on the fly.
Next, because I wanted it for the whole house I used a dedicated Snap1000 at first then upgraded to a Snap4000(for bigger HDs) for the main storage of the media files. Snap is an old servers , but has some great things to it. The main reason why I picked it was because it’s resistance to ANY virus attack. It has a highly modified BSD/Unix OS. The drawl back here is that the SnapOS has a limit of 1TB, BUT with my Snap4000 I can run it a JBOD(Just a Bunch Of Drives) configuration and have a max of 4TB or less. Which is way more then I need.
The SnapOS(Operation System) has great security which is the second reason why I went with it. The third is the unit is very stable and doesn’t cost that much on ebay. The drawl back is you need the newer SnapOS to go above the 120GB barrier. And is almost impossible to get. (Thanks Adaptec! Not). I got my first Snap1000 off a friend’s work. If I would have not gotten that first one then I would have gone with NASLite even if the security level is not as good as I would like. But I am quite happy with my older Snap Server and would not change it. Snap Servers are not for everybody, but what I would recommend is the Meedio software if you can find it and plain on building a media center.
The plug ins are still available at the original site http://www.meedio.com/maid/ and at other sites. Just do a google and you will find info on the software and etc..
I guess there is more then one way to build a media center. Pros and cons to each I guess. This media center I built will last me for many many years I hope.
Best Regards,
bitor

By: bitor

bitor — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:58:00 +0000

By: D Web Design

D Web Design — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:14:58 +0000

I think that if we are using a Linux as a server, we could have greater results.
Linux is quite stable and robust as server.

By: D Web Design

D Web Design — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:14:00 +0000

I think that if we are using a Linux as a server, we could have greater results.
Linux is quite stable and robust as server.

By: Chris at LG

Chris at LG — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:58:14 +0000

Nice guide to setup. I went for the easier option and bought a new NSLU2 and a USB external hard drive for my NAS drive, which is quite compact and also out-of-the-box, but it did cost slightly more. I quite like your efforts to reuse components – very environmentally-conscious!

By: Chris at LG

Chris at LG — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:58:00 +0000

By: Everton

Everton — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:47:23 +0000

@Zath

All my files are on the NASlite server now and it’s working fine – you should give it a whirl. You will have a fileserver up an running in under an hour.

By: Everton

Everton — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:47:00 +0000

@Zath

All my files are on the NASlite server now and it’s working fine – you should give it a whirl. You will have a fileserver up an running in under an hour.

By: Zath

Zath — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:31:27 +0000

I’m rather tempted to give this a go with one of my old un-used machines – until now I’ve been waiting for a decently priced 1TB NAS drive, but this could be another option!

By: Zath

Zath — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:31:00 +0000

I’m rather tempted to give this a go with one of my old un-used machines – until now I’ve been waiting for a decently priced 1TB NAS drive, but this could be another option!

By: Everton

Everton — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:35:39 +0000

@Shameless

I haven’t needed to use the tech support as it’s so easy to setup. I will be checking out the forums which are quite active this weekend to get tips on setting up remote access.

By: Everton

Everton — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:35:00 +0000

@Shameless

I haven’t needed to use the tech support as it’s so easy to setup. I will be checking out the forums which are quite active this weekend to get tips on setting up remote access.

By: best

best — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:30:48 +0000

Thats a nice solution to save some bucks cant wait to play around with this

By: best

best — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:30:00 +0000

Thats a nice solution to save some bucks cant wait to play around with this

By: The Shameless Critic

The Shameless Critic — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:22:52 +0000

How’s tech support for this? As regularly updated as wordpress and other freeware?

By: The Shameless Critic

The Shameless Critic — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:22:00 +0000

How’s tech support for this? As regularly updated as wordpress and other freeware?

By: TechPark

TechPark — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:26:19 +0000

I was looking for a open source/ free alternative for NASLite but it looks like
worth more than 30$..

By: TechPark

TechPark — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:26:00 +0000

I was looking for a open source/ free alternative for NASLite but it looks like
worth more than 30$..

By: Carmen

Carmen — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:42:16 +0000

FreeNAS is free but unstable and is not very dependable. I used it for a week before giving up and moving on to NASLite. NASLite was very easy to setup and even easier to use. So far I’m very happy with it.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:42:00 +0000

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:57:34 +0000

I had a look at FreeNAS but NASLite-2 looked a lot easier to use and $30 wasn’t a lot to spend e.g. I couldn’t even find an installation manual for FreeNAS, whereas NASLite-2 had a nicely laid out one

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:57:00 +0000

By: Rogier

Rogier — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:04:48 +0000

Recommend you try FreeNAS (www.freenas.org) which does exactly the same thing for free.

By: Rogier

Rogier — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:04:00 +0000

Recommend you try FreeNAS (www.freenas.org) which does exactly the same thing for free.

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:25:33 +0000

@Shashank

Everything was ethernet apart from two laptops (802.11g) playing music and DVDs. The performance will get better once I get my Netgear gigabit router working again – post on that coming later

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:25:00 +0000

@Shashank

Everything was ethernet apart from two laptops (802.11g) playing music and DVDs. The performance will get better once I get my Netgear gigabit router working again – post on that coming later

By: Jalaj

Jalaj — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:20:41 +0000

I have one old PC lying around… If I succeed making it usable again, I would be glad to make 2nd one lay idle too…

By: Jalaj

Jalaj — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:20:00 +0000

I have one old PC lying around… If I succeed making it usable again, I would be glad to make 2nd one lay idle too…

By: Shashank

Shashank — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:27:52 +0000

Thanks for increasing my knowledge in server field

The load test you performed was that with wireless or through CAT cables

By: Shashank

Shashank — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:27:00 +0000

Thanks for increasing my knowledge in server field

The load test you performed was that with wireless or through CAT cables

By: Harishankar

Harishankar — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:27:19 +0000

Sounds good… Might be a good solution for large storages.

By: Harishankar

Harishankar — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:27:00 +0000

Sounds good… Might be a good solution for large storages.

By: jerald

jerald — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:38:22 +0000

I’ve had one of these running for over a year now. 100% uptime with zero problems. Can’t beat that.

By: jerald

jerald — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:38:00 +0000

I’ve had one of these running for over a year now. 100% uptime with zero problems. Can’t beat that.