Comments on: Review: Lacie Ethernet Disk Mini with HipServ http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:57:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Network Engineer http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-962978 Network Engineer Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:56:02 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-962978 #SECURITY WARNING# This is not a self contained unit. When you create an account on it, it actually goes out to their web site to create it, and store your login information on their servers. (Block traffic leaving your router, create an account on this POC and watch the error you will receive; “HomeLaCie.com could not be reached to create your account.”) This, in my opinion, is a major security flaw considering if their servers ever suffer from a DoS attack, let alone SQL injection hacks, your device can be rendered un-usable. #SECURITY WARNING#

This is not a self contained unit. When you create an account on it, it actually goes out to their web site to create it, and store your login information on their servers. (Block traffic leaving your router, create an account on this POC and watch the error you will receive; “HomeLaCie.com could not be reached to create your account.”) This, in my opinion, is a major security flaw considering if their servers ever suffer from a DoS attack, let alone SQL injection hacks, your device can be rendered un-usable.

]]> By: Hank Roberts http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-944870 Hank Roberts Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:53:24 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-944870 Go to LaCie's home page. http://www.lacie.com I found out HipServ won't work with the drive I have at all. You can't find this stuff out by looking it up. Try asking in their online question area -- open a ticket. They will get around to answering you there. Click the box so you get email when they reply to you in their forum. I did get it working as a network backup drive after I downloaded the new version of the software from the website. Go to LaCie’s home page. http://www.lacie.com

I found out HipServ won’t work with the drive I have at all.

You can’t find this stuff out by looking it up.

Try asking in their online question area — open a ticket.
They will get around to answering you there. Click the box so you get email when they reply to you in their forum.

I did get it working as a network backup drive after I downloaded the new version of the software from the website.

]]> By: Łukasz Wasilkiewicz http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-944305 Łukasz Wasilkiewicz Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:24:05 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-944305 Please help me, on my Disk Lacie is no 16-letter product key sticker, so i cant install HipServ. I will be very pleased if You send me youre product key. Im not chater, or hacer. Produkt key is only for install aplication HipServ for LAcie disk. Please help me. Please help me, on my Disk Lacie is no 16-letter product key sticker, so i cant install HipServ. I will be very pleased if You send me youre product key. Im not chater, or hacer. Produkt key is only for install aplication HipServ for LAcie disk. Please help me.

]]> By: Hank Roberts http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-937582 Hank Roberts Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:13:48 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-937582 It actually didn't work with the software on the CDs in the box, which was quite outdated -- you can go to LaCie's home page and download software for it that will work. Just look it up by model number, I forget what I found. Check their website, there is a place to ask questions about specific hardware that's how I found out I needed to download files to get it to work. It actually didn’t work with the software on the CDs in the box, which was quite outdated — you can go to LaCie’s home page and download software for it that will work. Just look it up by model number, I forget what I found. Check their website, there is a place to ask questions about specific hardware that’s how I found out I needed to download files to get it to work.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-937019 Kevin Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:36:34 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-937019 Hi, I've just bought one of these but don't have a disk, do you still have a spare, would really appreciate it Kev kevdotmansfield at gmaildotcom Hi,

I’ve just bought one of these but don’t have a disk, do you still have a spare, would really appreciate it

Kev
kevdotmansfield at gmaildotcom

]]> By: Hank Roberts http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-803046 Hank Roberts Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:31:49 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-803046 okay, now at least I know what I'm missing. It should look like this. http://www.mynameiskate.ca/images/2008/07/25/hipserv_family_library_pic_2.jpg And I've nothing of the sort. Missed, or missing, something. I'll wait on LaCie tech support, left a message about 10 hours ago. okay, now at least I know what I’m missing.

It should look like this.
http://www.mynameiskate.ca/images/2008/07/25/hipserv_family_library_pic_2.jpg

And I’ve nothing of the sort. Missed, or missing, something. I’ll wait on LaCie tech support, left a message about 10 hours ago.

]]> By: Hank Roberts http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-801820 Hank Roberts Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:48:42 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-801820 I bought one, it came with 2 copies of the install CD, so if you're still here and want one, post back. Not that it's helped. I've got OSX 10.4. There's no sign of any preinstalled software on the drive. Where did you find this backup software, and how? There are no preinstalled directories on the drive. I can log into it with Firefox, create 'share' entries, give myself read-write permission, and so forth. But I have no clue what it means to 'show up as a Windows share' -- there's now an alias for it in the Network icon in Itunes for instance, but it's not recognized, asks me to Authenticate, gives no clue what they want. It doesn't accept the IP address. It says the alias doesn't connect to anything. Your thumbnail above doesn't show anything. Can you put the images on something else like flickr and include links? Screenshots would be a big help. I bought one, it came with 2 copies of the install CD, so if you’re still here and want one, post back.

Not that it’s helped. I’ve got OSX 10.4.

There’s no sign of any preinstalled software on the drive.
Where did you find this backup software, and how?
There are no preinstalled directories on the drive.

I can log into it with Firefox, create ’share’ entries, give myself read-write permission, and so forth.

But I have no clue what it means to ’show up as a Windows share’ — there’s now an alias for it in the Network icon in Itunes for instance, but it’s not recognized, asks me to Authenticate, gives no clue what they want. It doesn’t accept the IP address.
It says the alias doesn’t connect to anything.

Your thumbnail above doesn’t show anything.

Can you put the images on something else like flickr and include links?

Screenshots would be a big help.

]]> By: luro http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-621232 luro Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:57:06 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-621232 And i bought this one, lost the setup cd, and i must be much more ignorant than a Master in IT because i am absolutely not able to setup this machine neither to know if i'll be able to mount the share on SMB or other protocol ... And i bought this one, lost the setup cd, and i must be much more ignorant than a Master in IT because i am absolutely not able to setup this machine neither to know if i’ll be able to mount the share on SMB or other protocol …

]]> By: diem http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-599119 diem Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:05:14 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-599119 and to be super anal, you said it works for both osx and xp, but what do *you* have at home? Is this for an osx setup? and to be super anal, you said it works for both osx and xp, but what do *you* have at home? Is this for an osx setup?

]]> By: diem http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-599114 diem Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:53:28 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-599114 can I move music on and off my ipod/iphone with this drive? If so, this is EXACTLY what I have been waiting for. John, is this a go for me? can I move music on and off my ipod/iphone with this drive? If so, this is EXACTLY what I have been waiting for. John, is this a go for me?

]]> By: drdrew http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-595256 drdrew Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:21:43 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-595256 whew...if nothing else, at least it's good to know the editor can't embed images in comments either... whew…if nothing else, at least it’s good to know the editor can’t embed images in comments either…

]]> By: John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-595123 John Biggs Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:13:05 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-595123 When you put music into the MyMusic folder, it shows up as an iTunes share. I didn't try video. It's just as if there was another computer running iTunes on the network and you can listen to the music from that other machine. http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/photos/thumb_itunes.jpg that's what it looks like When you put music into the MyMusic folder, it shows up as an iTunes share. I didn’t try video. It’s just as if there was another computer running iTunes on the network and you can listen to the music from that other machine.

http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/photos/thumb_itunes.jpg

that’s what it looks like

]]> By: The Red Monkey http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-595075 The Red Monkey Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:13:22 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-595075 How about some Zune music servership for both of us Zune owners. I guess this is a better idea since Windows Home Server seems to eat your files faster than you can pirate them. How about some Zune music servership for both of us Zune owners. I guess this is a better idea since Windows Home Server seems to eat your files faster than you can pirate them.

]]> By: JJMelo http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-595064 JJMelo Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:01:24 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-595064 Yeah...what is the itunes server thing all about? Please elaborate on this. Yeah…what is the itunes server thing all about? Please elaborate on this.

]]> By: Max cascone http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-595040 Max cascone Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:20:18 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/lacie-ethernet-disk-mini-with-hipserv-review/#comment-595040 Could you describe the iTunes server functionality a little? What exactly does that mean? It's not just a drive that iTunes on another computer can access? Could you describe the iTunes server functionality a little? What exactly does that mean? It’s not just a drive that iTunes on another computer can access?

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