Hi Guys Is anyone using a NAS drive to record from their Dbox2? If so what image are you using that supports a NAS drive and, was it particulaly fiddly to get working? Thanks as always Sipper
does your NAS drive support NFS (not Windows NTFS) if so then you can use the dBox to access an NTF storage medium.
samba is a way for non windows clients to access Windows shares, where as NFS (Network File System) is a propiety system developed by Sun and widely used within Linux/Unix systems. The newer images support SAMBA support. SAMBA is based upon the CIFS (Common Internet File System) /SMB (server message blocks). Samba is a free version of the CIFS/SMB. SMB itself and developed by IBM to overcome the DOS Interrupt 33 local file access and allow access to file systems. It was later adopted further by Microsoft and 3COM who come up with the server commonly used in the version of Windows for Workgroups. SMB works through a client-server approach, where a client makes specific requests and the server responds accordingly. One section of the SMB protocol is specifically for filesystem access, such that clients may make requests to a file server, but there are other sections of the SMB protocol that specialise in inter-process communication — IPC. The SMB protocol was optimized for local subnet usage, but one could use it to access different subnets across the Internet — on which MS Windows file-and-print sharing exploits usually focus. to summarise you can use the DBox to access Windows share son your XP / 2000 / Vista machine, however in practive this is very unrealible and I prefer the NFS method of access.
Thanks again. I went down to Staples and bought one of these - http://www.smartdisk.com/eWeb/smartdiskus/www/staticpages/SohoNAS.asp - as it claimed to support NFS. A little tweaking and recording to the NAS device. as well as playback is now working. Many thanks for the tip. Sipper
