Re: Linksys NSLU2 & new firmware

"Simon" <hancock_simon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Here's a follow-up question. As you may realise, I'm not that familiar
>with the pros and cons of the different partition types. I could do
>with some advice with my new setup.
>
>I currently have a home laptop (running XP Pro, 2 disk partitions, both
>FAT32).
>I also have a laptop at work (XP Pro, single partition, NTFS).

>I've heard that you can setup the NSLU2 to allow access to the drives
>over the internet. I'd like to try this, so that I could access a
>network drive remotely (either just me at another location, or letting
>family & friends have access to my photos)

Yes this can be done, I have mine setup so I can access from the
internet. You need to know how your network is connected to the
internet. Cable??? DSL??? I'm cable and have a Linksys router
connected to the cable modem. You have to open up ports on the Linksys
and forward it to the ip address of the NSLU2, then you will be able
to access from all over the world... You point your browser to the Wan
ip address and us port 8082 (default, you can change this) so it would
be xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8082

>I have heard of people using the NSLU2 to stream music to wireless
>music servers without the need for a PC in the loop.
>
>Well, these are the things I'd like to try. Any advice for how I
>initially setup my NSLU2 (i.e. should I format my new disks to NTFS or
>FAT32 and should I update the firmware to the latest Linksys version as
>soon as I start?) and any good suggestions for where to get good advice
>for trying out these ideas?

Check the firmware on the NSLU2 and see what shipped. The latest is
2.3Release63
.