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I was just about to ask the very same thing! It would be good to compare a stock / modified firmware against an Linux distro like pfsense/monowall or some type of UTM like astaro or endian.

Tim, Thanks for the article. I'm curious as to how the Red's compare against Greens, just because the greens also have lower spindle speeds. I have some 3TB greens coming in as well as some RED drives. I'm very impressed if the red's can deliver performance of a Seagate 7200rpm drive, at...

we purchased a 1010+ and it's an impressive box. The only difference between that and the 1511+ two is the atom CPU is clocked higher (1.8 vs the 1010+ 1.6) and it's got a 2nd esata port That being said, the 1010+ can connect one of the dx510's, so your capacity is 10 drives. The...

I've used a couple items, my current nas is a Windows Home Server, and that may be a little of an overkill for what you are looking for. The other is a Synology NAS device. it has all of the build in upnp & dlna stuff for streaming to the PS3. The small home nas from synology is fairly fast...

It's hard to beat gigabit networks speed. I know it's quite a pain to run wire, but sometimes it can be well worth it. I was really looking forward to the GbE gigle networks equipment, because i could finally wire up those rooms that I can't (or won't) fish wire to, but who knows when that stuff...

Firmware While I'm not a big fan of power-line devices, but I could use them in one room. it's disappointing that the performance was so poor. I went snooping around, and I saw a firmware update on Trendnet's site; http://www.trendnet.com/downloads/list_subcategory.asp?SUBTYPE_ID=1431 The...

I'm glad at least to glance at the B1 performance. After purchasing a Trendnet TEW-633GR because its components matched the DIR-655, but at a lower cost, I went with the 825 A1. I was really disappointed with the 633's build quality, and then in turn Trendnet's lack of support. the 825 A1...

I have a Lenovo t61 with the 4965N and a T500 Lenovo with the 5300AGN, and they both flash when you are in a heavy file transfer. At first I thought it was signal loss, but it happens all the time during above-light usage. The 12.4 drivers exibit the same behavior as well. Don't use that...