Yes, Lacie's Ethernet Disk Mini can be connected by USB, though it dosen't speed up data transfer. Also it does so by way of some strange IP over USB drivers and Lacie's firmware is crap compared to Buffalo's.
Thanks Fozz, that's pretty interesting. So I'm guessing there's nothing out there that works like someone would expect? I.e. fat32 formatted plug-and-play USB drive, that happens to also be usable over the network?
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Yes, Lacie's Ethernet Disk Mini can be connected by USB, though it dosen't speed up data transfer. Also it does so by way of some strange IP over USB drivers and Lacie's firmware is crap compared to Buffalo's.
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Thanks Fozz, that's pretty interesting. So I'm guessing there's nothing out there that works like someone would expect? I.e. fat32 formatted plug-and-play USB drive, that happens to also be usable over the network?