:Tom's Networking: Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 – Part 1
Tom's Networking: Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 – Part 1 Aug 5, 2004, 13 :00 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (8246 reads) (Other stories by Jim Buzbee)
"After I hooked up an external drive, connected to it with my web browser and configured it using the web interface, the NSLU2 was serving files on my home network in no time. Despite Linksys' documentation to the contrary, using it with MacOS X and Linux was no problem, since both operating systems support the Microsoft SMB file server protocol used by the box. Installation complete, right? Wrong. I was just getting started.
"As nice as this tiny silent unit was, I couldn't leave well-enough alone. I knew it had more potential since internally the little box ran Linux. With dual USB 2.0 ports and a 10/100 Ethernet connection, this little box has many possibilities. How about NFS along with SMB ? Or maybe a print server to go with the file storage...?"
