TRENDnet's TS-1300W and TS-1300 NAS enclosures
By Cyrus Farivar 
posted Sep 26th 2006 5:51PM
posted Sep 26th 2006 5:51PM
It's been a little while since we last saw a WiFi hard drive enclosure, and honestly, we wonder why these haven't caught on more, given that you can just hide 'em on a bookshelf without a second thought. At the very least, the latest device from TRENDnet will certainly best D-Link in the style department. The new TS-1300W ($170) comes in a warm pastel blue body with a black stripe that wraps around the whole case and includes two USB 2.0 ports for that one friggin' file that you forgot on your thumb drive. TRENDnet also announced a wired version of this same network attached storage device, the TS-1300, which looks the same as the W, except it's missing the little WiFi antenna on the back, and has a price cut by $40.
Sweet. Now I only have to drill one hole in the Wall for my.......Legal Linux ISO Storage.
Network HDs are the bees knees people.
The reason most companies dont make wifi NAS is that the point of them is for DATA TRANSFER. Is it really that hard to put a tiny little box next to your router? Most wifi routers include 4 wired ports, and under even optimal conditions, wired is better than wireless.
salam
The reason these haven't caught on is because they're always WAY too expensive. For the price of a HD in a WiFi enclosure, you can usually get a much larger drive and put it in a USB enclosure and enjoy transfer rates 10x greater.