http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/ Engadget Comments for Sharkoon USB LANPort gets your isolated USB drives on your local network http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/
I'm thinking RAID 1 or RAID 5 would make much more sense.]]>Dec 1st 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/
Sounds slow and unreliable.]]>Dec 1st 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 2nd 2009 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://amirite.net ?]]>Dec 1st 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Woah that wasn't even me!
I see his point about the memory sticks though, I couldn't figure out what was going on at first.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/
Uh...no, it puts your isolated USB drives on a **LAN**. You'd hope that an "Associate Editor" for Engadget would know the difference...]]>Dec 1st 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/I want that. I like it lots.]]>Dec 1st 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/ NAS -thing.

It allows the user to use _any_ usb-device over ethernet. usb-sticks, printers, webcams, etc. The downside is that only one person can access each device at once and you need special drivers (and with proprietary drivers, linux and mac support goes out of the window with a 99% probability...)

"The software menu allows users to connect the individual device to one's own computer and use it as if it were directly connected to your PC. If another user needs to access the equipment at the same time, they can simply send a request for release of the device to the current user and then obtain access."]]>Dec 1st 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/
Well that sucks. I was hoping for a device just like this that could turn my Sharkoon 3.5" SATA docks into a NAS... my router already has a USB port, but only supports FAT32 :(]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/
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Might be neat for a windows-only shop though, if the UI doesn't suck balls and the drivers don't crash once an hour.]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Thank you very much, I was unaware of the Pogoplug.]]>Dec 1st 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 2nd 2009 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Dec 1st 2009 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/Yeah and? Want a medal?
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Save your money and get a proper NAS, until then use your OS to share whatever it is you think you need a device like this for.]]>Dec 1st 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/sharkoon-usb-lanport-gets-your-isolated-usb-drives-on-the-world/If it indeed supports all devices it means it would also support (albeit not at USB2 speeds) webcams for instance, it has some interesting possibilities, it's just a damn shame it's not gigabit since 100mbit is faster than USB1.1 but way slower than USB2.0, it's a pity, but still usable.
I'm not sure why the focus on USB drives just because they ate in the pressshot.
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