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

Quote from fflakes : I can get fast LAN transfer speeds but slow wireless speeds on the samba share. Anybody have any idea how I fix this?? LAN ~60 Mbps Wireless ~1.2 Mbps

Guessing thats a general router or network issue than a pogo/arch issue since you are getting fast lan speeds. Sadly outside of upgrading your router, getting a repeater, moving closer to router etc theres no concrete fixes ive found in my years of dabling in perfecting all my home networks in 4 houses. Then again im no IT guy or networking guru so maybe theres things others can suggest.

Quote from Bagira : I use those: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/...UTF8&psc=1 They look neat in my server room (laundry)

So is this box separtely built that has a usb port that plugs into the Pogoplug? Looking at the Amazon description it looks like people install this into their desktop.

Quote from yazyazoo : So is this box separtely built that has a usb port that plugs into the Pogoplug? Looking at the Amazon description it looks like people install this into their desktop.

it is just for the storage and nice looks, nothing plugs into the pogo.

Well Adorama gave me lifetime 20 GB for being a good customer. Unlimited is about $5 a month which isn't bad.

received the pink today. The stick on the box says B01 and the stick on the bottom of the unit says E02.

Will try to install optware on it
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/M...gComputers

According to the wiki here, stock NTFS driver is better than the ntfs-3g.
http://slickdeals.net/f/5572734-P...13-Buy-com

I read somewhere that samba2 has file limit at 2GB. Is there a fix and how to fix it?

TU OP repped

Quote from Ostracus : Well Adorama gave me lifetime 20 GB for being a good customer. Unlimited is about $5 a month which isn't bad.

I was also offered that but when I log into the pogoplug account I created with the offer, I see only 5 GB. Did you have to do anything to activate the 20 GB? How long did it take to show up in your account?

Thanks

Quote from econsumer : I was also offered that but when I log into the pogoplug account I created with the offer, I see only 5 GB. Did you have to do anything to activate the 20 GB? How long did it take to show up in your account? Thanks

Well first I ordered two. Second I received the black ones that say Pogoplug-EO2. And last, yes it says on the account I have 20 GB.

Quote from Ostracus : Well first I ordered two. Second I received the black ones that say Pogoplug-EO2. And last, yes it says on the account I have 20 GB.

Hmmm, I wonder why I didn't get it even after following the instructions. Sent them an email, no reply yet.

Thanks for the info.

Just received mine today, B01 on box, E02 on unit. Were these actually refurbs? My unit showed up scuffed up on the clear plastic piece and a few dust/dirt particles under it.

I got it today, it is E02. I setup it in 2 min.

I am not sure why I want to mod. Any other benefit other than sharing as a NAS?

I have one of my E02's running Debian and use it as a FOG server. Between the wife and I's desktops (XP and Vista), laptops(XP), a couple of thin clients(Xpe) and two pbx's(linux) we have 8 computers in the house to backup. Incremental backups are good but I prefer to have image backups so if a system gets hosed I can re-image it and have all software reloaded automatically. The FOG server running on the re-purposed Pogplug uses PXE boot and TFTP to automate the process of performing image uploads and downloads remotely to each computer and can be scheduled.

On bootup each computer checks the FOG server to see if an upload or download task has been scheduled and also presents the user with a menu from which they can request a re-image download if they wish. If no tasks are scheduled and the user simply does not select anything then the computer proceeds to boot normally after 3 seconds. Checkout http://http://www.fogproject.org/ for more info.

So for the price of whatever USB drive you select (I chose the WD essential 2TB) and the cost of a USB thumbdrive plus this $15 pogoplug you have a FOG server which draws low power for around $110.

My transfer rates average about 941 MiB performing image uploads.

Quote from fflakes : Well I ordered the pink one and got a B01 Anyways, I plan to install Optware and Samba on this thing. Trying to find a novice step-by-step instruction. Any help?

I ordered a PINK too, but got E02. Was hoping for an E02.

Quote from ChpByr : Just received mine today, B01 on box, E02 on unit. Were these actually refurbs? My unit showed up scuffed up on the clear plastic piece and a few dust/dirt particles under it.

I purchased 2 pink and received E02. Both have scuff marks on the clear plastic left side of the pogo. I bet everyone else does too.