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Right, I'm probably asking too much but hoping one of you techy chaps (JT, Hardcore, Dave?) can suggest a suitable piece of hardware to solve my conundrum.
For the past few years (quite a few actually) I've been running a Linksys NSLU2 network adaptor. It basically connects to my router and has two USB ports so I can attach two hard drives (was running 2x1TB drives) to therefore access films, music, documents from any PC on the network. Sadly my NSLU2 has crashed and I'm struggling to resurrect it. I bought another one on eBay but it's been reflashed and I can't use that one either. I'm reluctant to pay the huge price tag they now carry (more than when they were new!) and regardless they're very difficult to find. They're more common on US eBay but I don't really want to shell out the huge postage costs either.
I'm after suggestions of a modern day equivalent. Essentially I need something that will connect to my wireless router by ethernet cable, that I can then access wirelessly from any of my laptops, PCs, MACs etc. One big stipulation is that the drives attached must allow multiple user access simultaneously which my research suggests is almost impossible. It's so frustrating that a piece of hardware that was released 10+ years ago is so efficient yet there doesn't seem to be a modern equivalent!
Hopefully someone will be able to help, but please bear in mind I'm not massively great with terminology...!
Thanks all
EDIT:
Just to add, I also don't want to have to install software on individual PCs for this to work. It literally needs to be like accessing an attached drive.
For the past few years (quite a few actually) I've been running a Linksys NSLU2 network adaptor. It basically connects to my router and has two USB ports so I can attach two hard drives (was running 2x1TB drives) to therefore access films, music, documents from any PC on the network. Sadly my NSLU2 has crashed and I'm struggling to resurrect it. I bought another one on eBay but it's been reflashed and I can't use that one either. I'm reluctant to pay the huge price tag they now carry (more than when they were new!) and regardless they're very difficult to find. They're more common on US eBay but I don't really want to shell out the huge postage costs either.
I'm after suggestions of a modern day equivalent. Essentially I need something that will connect to my wireless router by ethernet cable, that I can then access wirelessly from any of my laptops, PCs, MACs etc. One big stipulation is that the drives attached must allow multiple user access simultaneously which my research suggests is almost impossible. It's so frustrating that a piece of hardware that was released 10+ years ago is so efficient yet there doesn't seem to be a modern equivalent!
Hopefully someone will be able to help, but please bear in mind I'm not massively great with terminology...!
Thanks all
EDIT:
Just to add, I also don't want to have to install software on individual PCs for this to work. It literally needs to be like accessing an attached drive.
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