Pogoplug Classic Media Sharing Device in Pink or Black (POGO-B01 or POGO-P21) $15 + Free Shipping

Mine is already shipped and will be delivered tomorrow. Talk about great free shipping!

FWIW, I got one of these the last time around and am glad I did. I hacked it with ArchLinux, and it makes for an easy Logitech Squeezebox Server, running very low-powered. It works okay as a DLNA streamer (miniDLNA is the best choice for this, but I've had a bunch of odd results in terms of file labeling). I have not had any success putting Plex on it (although if I run Plex on my desktop, it can see and share the files on this). I know little about Linux and had no problems setting it up initially as an NAS share with the Logitech and miniDLNA servers; it's the tweaking of it that has been a struggle.

I'd say it's still worth getting--nothing wrong with trying and failing and trying again.

Quote from lodoss22 : Hi, I was wondering, how many external hard drives can this device take? Looking at the picture, it seems only one? Tyvm in advance.

It has 4 usb 2.0 ports. If that's not enough, add a usb hub, powered.

Google checkout shows the price as $17.98. Paypal is $14.99. Weird, may be I missed something?

Quote from fflakes : I primarily want to share/stream over lan, is this the cheaper option? Or is there a better solution for similar price range.

There are several ways of doing that, but the beauty of this is it's cheap, it uses very little power so you can leave it on all the time, vs say a pc, and if you need to or want to share files to a remote location, you can.

I picked one up. For $15 I can set it up for the kids and let them have fun with it.

Quote from mlraj : Google checkout shows the price as $17.98. Paypal is $14.99. Weird, may be I missed something?

If you try to search their site for it you see the $18 price as well, I just bought it with the link in OP and got it for $15.

I have been meaning to try out networking my usb external drive, primarily I wanted something to stream my video to my touchpad docked next to my bed so I don't need a tv in my room and can leave my computer off at night.

Seems to me that the original intent of this device has been thoroughly been supplanted by Dropbox and the hundreds of other cloud storage providers.

If all you're going to use it for is internet-accessible storage, I have to question its value.

Quote from whuzizname : Seems to me that the original intent of this device has been thoroughly been supplanted by Dropbox and the hundreds of other cloud storage providers. If all you're going to use it for is internet-accessible storage, I have to question its value.

What's the free storage limit on dropbox? 4 tb like I have hooked to pogo? Any file size restriction? None on pogo. Can you share a file with only certain people?

Quote from whuzizname : Seems to me that the original intent of this device has been thoroughly been supplanted by Dropbox and the hundreds of other cloud storage providers. If all you're going to use it for is internet-accessible storage, I have to question its value.

Think of it as a cheap NAS device with a moron proof web client. No need to upload your data to a remote server, data stays on your external hard drive, but is accessible from any device with a web browser. The thing is under $20, and if you want you can root it and run any number of linux profiles on it. Thats all pretty nice for the price.

Quote from RUBYSTEVENS : What's the free storage limit on dropbox? 4 tb like I have hooked to pogo? Any file size restriction? None on pogo. Can you share a file with only certain people?

Yes, those are certainly advantages of PP. But will the average non-hacker user still be able to do these things once PP Corp. goes out of business or pulls the "plug" and discontinues this product?

And then there's the issue of security...

Quote from whuzizname : Yes, those are certainly advantages of PP. But will the average non-hacker user still be able to do these things once PP Corp. goes out of business or pulls the "plug" and discontinues this product? And then there's the issue of security...

When is pogo going out of business? If they do, the code becomes public.

is it possible to use this pogo with says ... foscam ??

Hmm. Tempted to buy one so I can play with my pink PP.