For a while now, I've wanted to set up a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) drive for Kristen and myself. It would allow us to consolidate our digital music libraries, store our pictures, back up our computers, share printers, and even serve web pages. After some looking around, I decided to install FreeNAS on my old Dell laptop. If it works out well, I might have to upgrade to an old desktop someday.
At the moment, the laptop is connected to our router via Ethernet. I can FTP and SSH into it, but I'm having a couple of minor issues with CIFS and SMB at the moment. The setup is pretty easy, and the administration GUI is very usable. This is definitely a valuable piece of free software.
At the moment, the laptop is connected to our router via Ethernet. I can FTP and SSH into it, but I'm having a couple of minor issues with CIFS and SMB at the moment. The setup is pretty easy, and the administration GUI is very usable. This is definitely a valuable piece of free software.
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So how did your experiment go?
Did you know that the latest version of FreeNAS has a DAAP (iTunes) server. That might help you.
Thanks,
Gary (http://www.learnfreenas.org)
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