Comments on: Review: Addonics USB NAS adapter

By: phil

phil — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:10:40 +0000

I just upgraded to Win7, and I can’t logon to the adapter. I’ve tried following these instructions, but I get hung up because my version of 7 (Home Premium) does not offer a “CLASSIC VIEW” for Control Panel, and I can’t get to any of these settings you’re suggesting to change!
Help!

By: dragonetti

dragonetti — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:35:38 +0000

To everyone who has problems logging through windows 7.

Try the steps provided by “rds” a few posts above me. After that reboot windows AND your NAS.
If that doesn’t do the trick, update your NAS firmware (in my situation the “loader” only).

1) go to this page:
http://www.addonics.com/products/nas/firmware_update.asp

Do a request for a firmware update, although the site states that you must have a receipt or something like that, the update wil be sent anyway automaticly!

2) unpack the zip and go to your nas admin page, then go to “Maintenance” and only try the “loader” update first (the contents of the zipfile will contain 2 files, one loader and one firmware update.

In my case: doing the above steps from “rds”and then rebooting windows and than doing the “loader” update did the trick….

Do not ask me WHY the “loader” did the trick, I would also expect the firmware update should be done also…

Remember, first do the steps of “rds” (a few posts above …after that reboot windows AND nas adapter, do this by going to the NAS admin page and then go to “Maintenance”… IF that doesn’t help then resort to firmware actions…

The loader update doens’t delete any uploaded content, I do NOT know if the firmware update deletes content.

Good luck…!

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:28:50 +0000

I had similar issues with this same Addonics unit. I had to get another one sent to me. The iTunes support was/is abysmal, and the unit would often hang. I still have it, and am looking to get rid of it. The worst part is dealing with Addonics customer service. They made me pay for the shipping on an RMA to them for *their* faulty device! They may have slick deals, but I’ll never deal with them again.

By: Rob Schlackman

Rob Schlackman — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:08:02 +0000

Has anyone figured out how to connect to the samba share with OSX Snow Leopard? It was working under Leopard and broke after I upgraded. I’ve tried everything I can think of.

By: rds1975

rds1975 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:12:16 +0000

for Windows 7 login issue on this adapter, follow the steps below :

1. In Windows 7, open the Control Panel
2. Switch to “Classic” view
3. Double-click Administration Tools
4. Double-click Local Security Policy
5. Or Secpol.msc
6. Expand “Local Policies” and select “Security Options”
7. Alternate : Type secpol.msc to get editor up then
8. Locate “Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level” in the list and double-click it.
9. Change the setting from “Send NTMLv2 response only” to “Send LM & NTLM – use NTLMv2 session if negotiated”
10. Network Security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP Based (including secure RPC) Clients
11. Change the setting from “require 128 bit” to unchecked (No Minimum)
12. Click OK

By: rds

rds — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:10:42 +0000

For windows 7 login error problem follow the steps below. you should be able to access :

By: remote access software

remote access software — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:30:33 +0000

The Addonics USB NAS adapter saved me money on buying more RAM for my computer. It originially chose it because it was cheaper than other backup storage devices. Now I am impressed by the additional capabilities it carries with it such as FTP and Media Server.

By: dragonetti

dragonetti — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:14:53 +0000

The adapter DOES have some form of NTFS support:

http://www.gadgetreview.com/2009/04/gadget-review-addonics-nas-adapter.html

I tried it, I copied a 4.6GB HD video file over the network and it seemd to go without problems, the video could be played through the network without problems.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:55:26 +0000

Where can you the NAS dongle in the UK? And, does bittorrent work properly with the new firmware?

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:44:05 +0000

Shame it doesn’t have a web server built in.

Something like this, combined with a flash memory stick would make a great low power web server.

By: dragonetti

dragonetti — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:48:49 +0000

I have this little device for a long time now (about a month after it was released here).

Do not buy this adapter if you are using it for the torrent downloading… it’s to limited, but it worked well with the publicly known torrent torrent sites… (at least for me it did)

The real strengths of this little wonder for me was:
- having personal online storage space, with good upload speeds. (if I download files from the NAS when I am at work, I get 500Kb/s+ download speeds) This all depends on the connection speed, but it shows that de NAS can handle good upload speeds.

- Media share with the Nintendo Wii, now this thing really kicks butt, just setup GeexBox on the HBC correctly and setup your media shares on the NAS and way you go. The Wii (Geexbox) perfectly recognizes my NAS shares and you are able to play everything when it comes to .avi and such (not HD quality movies though, the Wii cant handle that).

- share files with others, no more messing around with online file sharing sites. Just make and account for a person / group upload the file(s) and send a link to desired person. (you are only restricted by the size of the size your HD).

Fat 32 restrictions means no files higher then 2GB and less secure/stable. But then again, no more USB hassle for me when I am at work, just open up totalcommander CTRL + F > connect to my NAS and copy what I need to my NAS…. PERFECT.

Like the review pointed out, it takes very little space, doesn’t consume that much energy and it can just about any external HD in a NAS.

This thing is SWEET when it comes to personal online file storage!!!!!!!!

By: Jonathan Portwood

Jonathan Portwood — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:49:59 +0000

Hi,
I’ve an Addonics NAS Dongle. Been using it for several months with minimal problems, as a Network Attached Storage Device. I’ve got a Maxtor 320GB USB drive attached and it works well. The speed of file copying etc seems excellent to me. I have noticed the same problem as others with iTunes, it shows up, as a device in iTunes, but never shows any of the music that is actually in the folder.
My other big problem is with Windows 7, both the Beta and now the final RC releases. I can not access any of the SMB shares on the NAS! All I get is a bad username / password error every time I try to access the NAS device in Windows Explorer. I can access the NAS Web Management fine, it is JUST the SMB shares that are not working!!! The SMB Shares are all accessable from all other OS’es that I’ve tried, it’s just Windows 7 that has an issue. Has anyone else come accross this problem, and if so have you managed to solve it?

Otherwise I’m really happy with this device.

Jonathan.

By: Diego

Diego — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:20:36 +0000

I´ve bought this adaptor and I have same torrent problem. Its stuck in 0%.
It is plug in router D-Link DIR-330, with all ports opened.
Anyone can help?

By: Diego

Diego — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:23:23 +0000

Hi,
I´ve bought this adaptor and I have same torrent problem. Its stuck in 0%. Anyone can help?

Thanks

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:10:49 +0000

Try the Hitachi Simpletech one. This supports NTFS, however still no gigabit =(.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:04:01 +0000

Watch out people. I found out that the “Format” utility of the NAS adapter DELETES all previous NTFS partitions you may have had in the hard drive you want to share.

I thought that format utility of the NAS adapter would respect the 2nd NTFS partition I had in my hard drive and FAT32-format only the first partition. But NO! in a mater of a few seconds it deleted my 2nd partition and turned my disk into only one big FAT32 partition.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:33:43 +0000

I have a NTFS HD with 2 partitions and tons of data in it that I want to share via the NAS adapter.
I’ve created a PUBLIC folder in both partitions, but of course it is not working. =( (Can’t create user accounts).

I am trying by all means to avoid having to transfer all my data in order to do a FAT32 formatting.

Any suggestions? or is resignation my only option ?

Thanks
Claudia.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:51:11 +0000

2 major things stopping me from getting this.

1. No NTFS support.

2. Gigabit speeds are missing.

Still looking for something that offers both. If Addonics adds this, I will buy in a second.

By: ogoldberg

ogoldberg — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:05:14 +0000

Despite what the manual says, a FAT32 reformat is not necessary if you are already formatted with FAT32. I know because I attached my external that was FAT32 preformatted and all was well. Probably doesn’t change things for you, but worth mentioning for clarification.

By: Gezzer

Gezzer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:27:15 +0000

Little late on this one, but posting any way, lol
Conrad:
I think the device you have might be a NDAS instead of a NAS device. NDAS uses a driver on each connected computer plus you have to use a software program to mount/dismount the drive (what clued me in). That’s why it can do NTFS, any computer using it just thinks it’s a local drive instead of networked. So no extra features, plus it adds more over head so transfer speeds are slower.
As for everyone else:
Sounds like the Addonics device is running a very very thin Linux client, which would explain the Fat32 limitation as well as all the added functions. What they would be using as a processor I’d have no idea for a device that size. It’d be interesting to take apart.
So I think firmware might be able to correct any problems and add new functions (PS3 support?) Don’t know if that means NTFS support since Linux distros have only just been given NTFS write support. Might be a no go on that one.
As for using more then one usb drive at a time? All depends on how the device identifies devices I guess. If I remember correctly Intel came up with usb because it needed a cpu to work (unlike fire-wire). Having the ability to mount more then one usb device at a time might be too much for whatever it uses so either won’t work, or will but poorly.
Interesting doodad, might get it, have to think about it. :)