D-Link DNS-120 10/100TX Network Storage Adapter, 2 USB 2.0 Ports

Average customer rating: 2.0

I don't use it - it's too slow.
NTFS Read Only
Typical of Other NAS boxes
Network storage
Item did not work with my ext. FAT32 HD

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D-Link DNS-120 10/100TX Network Storage Adapter, 2 USB 2.0 Ports

Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0002Z45J0

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Product Description

D-Link Express EtherNetwork USB to Ethernet Network Storage Adapter - With this device you can easily share your portable USB hard drives or USB flash drives with others. Just connect the device to your USB drives and your home network. Now all authorized users can have access to those files. Anyone outside the network can utilize the built-in FTP server to access the files over the Internet. Unit Dimensions - 7.6 (l) x 4.3 (w) x 1.2 (h) Unit Weight - 7.1 oz.

Customer Reviews:

I don't use it - it's too slow........2007-05-27

I ended up just hooking the hard drives up to a computer that was laying around. The response time was much better. Most people that need to access multiple hard drives over a network are going to be better served with a similar (i.e. not the D-Link) system.

As a point of interest, our network has several Macs as well as PC's. Not all are wired to the network (meaning they are wireless.) I can't say whether this would work better with a PC-only network.

NTFS Read Only.......2007-03-19

Set up was easy. Accessing data on the harddrive was v e r y s l o o o o o o o w (get my point).

For NTFS file systems it is read only!

Typical of Other NAS boxes.......2007-02-15

While most of the reviews are pretty accurate, it should be noted that the speed of this device is about on par with other similar NAS boxes that I have tried. None of these go much faster than 10mbs, so they are pretty slow. They work best for evening backups of large files and random access of relatively small files across the LAN. As long as your expectations are properly set it will help. I have noticed that I have started getting some disconnections during file transfers of 3GB files. I don't know if it's a LAN problem or a DNS-120 problem.

You may also want to note that the FTP server allows you to easily define multiple users as well as a "starting folder" for each user. Not all FTP servers bundled with these NAS boxes will do that, some of them drop users into a Root folder and then display ALL of the users individual folders, allowing access only to those with appropriate permissions. This is a much better implementation.

On the down side, there is no FTP logging, bandwidth management or IP blocking, but then I have not seen these features on any of the consumer-grade NAS boxes.

Network storage.......2006-11-10

This product does what it claims to do. There are some issues however.
Basically depending on the type or brand of USB drive you use you might have some delays when accessing the drive. Directories with lots of files will take longer to be displayed.

Transfer rates seem acceptable but this again is related to the speed of your connect and usb drive.

One feature that is missing would be to have a log file of all ftp connections and transfers made.

Item did not work with my ext. FAT32 HD.......2006-05-08

I purchased this item and followed the manual instructions. I tried to connect my Buslink L-line external 40GB Hard Drive. The D-link DNS 120 would not recognized my hard drive connected via USB port. In addition, i spent 2 hours with customer service, only to re-affirm that wasn't working and that i had 2 option: A) format my external hard drive (ovbiously NOT, I have 20 GB worth of data), B) return the item.
This product is a waste of time. Everyone who is considering to buy this item, should wait until D-link comes with a better and more versatile version.

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