Cheap 120GB Etherfast Nas/print/ftpserver 1 Open Bay for Addl HD (Electronics) Price

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Customer Reviews of 120GB Etherfast Nas/print/ftpserver 1 Open Bay for Addl HD

Not for the novice
I purchased this unit and an additional 120GB drive. Found the unit installs quickly and comes up quite nicely. I had some issues with the automatic back-up configuration. Their help line was polite, but not very knowledgable about the product. They finally decided that I had to upgrade the system ROM. Following their instructions, I attempted to do this and it failed mid-way thru the upgrade. I decided it wasn't worth the time and effort to try and resolve it thru their support, I'd just wait a few months until they had some more experience.

Now I have had the network connection die and I'm unable to connect. Calling support again, I was given a return authorization and told a new unit would ship within 24 hours. Alas, it will be two weeks, because the unit is on backorder. In addition, their policy is to charge you for the new unit and refund the money when they receive the broken one. Shipping takes 2 weeks, charging takes 5 minutes!!!

Being somewhat self-sufficient, I decided to just remove the drive and install it in a USB enclosure, so work could continue. Wrong again, as the EFG120 uses a stripped down version of Linux and the disks aren't compatiable with anything but Linux.

Every other piece of Linksys gear I have (which is a lot) works great. I'm sure this will get better over time, but right now this product needs to mature, before the average user buys it.

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Problem with parralle port
This not supported all the printers. I have a BJC-5100, and it's not work with EFG120.

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Disappointed with EFG120
I got one of these and set it up on my network. I quickly
found that it was not as billed. For one thing no one but Admin can upload
files to it via web interface, so unless you are going to make every user on
it an admin, and toss security right out the window, you have to put their
files on it for them. Secondly, command line FTP just plain does not work. I
can connect to it from my servers at work, and login, but that's all I can
do. If I try to put files on it the session locks up or I am disconnected. I
have called and written Linksys support numerous times. When I call I am
routed to India, and end up talking to people who have to go ask someone
else every question I have and get back to me. If you are considering this
unit keep shopping, there are better NAS units out there. I wouldn't do it
again. It would seem to me that this product was rushed to market before it
was ready and without adequate testing. Other limitations of the EFG120 are
also evident, for instance you can only put one of them on your network for
remote access. This is because the web interface will serve up only one
version of the login script, LOGIN.CGI. If Linksys/Cisco would make
available to the admin account the file under different names, such as
LOGIN1, 2, 3....CGI, you could put more than one of these on your LAN to be
accessed by different URL's. Well, you could, if the Linksys router would allow you to put more than one IP address in the DMZ, which it will not. Both issues need to be addressed. That they have not done this I find to be
somewhat short-sighted. When I am on the phone with the kid in India I am
told that fixes should be available in the next version of the firmware,
perhaps in a month or two. When I used the support chat utility on the
Linksys page, I got some jerk who, when he could not address my questions,
simply, and quite rudely, disconnected me. I must honestly say I would not
recommend this product to anyone.