IOGEAR GNS1000200 Broadband Office Storage Server (200 GB)

From the Manufacturer
The BOSS combines secure Internet access and data storage in a single, complete unit that is ideal for your home or small office network. This network server appliance (NSA) allows users to access the Internet and share files regardless of the operating system being used. The cost of purchasing and maintaining a server and a router are now eliminated, and management of the system does not require knowledge of server software. While basic in function, the BOSS has advanced features such as a Firewall and VPN to keep your network private and secure.

Product Description:
Everything you need to build a complete and secure network!

FTP Server; NAS (Network Attached Storage); Cable DSL Router; SPI FireWall

The BOSS combines secure Internet access and data storage in a single, complete unit that is ideal for your home or small office network. This network server appliance (NSA) allows users to access the Internet and share files regardless of the operating system being used. The cost of purchasing and maintaining a server and a router are now eliminated, and management of the system does not require knowledge of server software. While basic in function, the BOSS has advanced features such as a Firewall and VPN to keep your network private and secure.

Features:

Built-in 200GB/7200rpm/8MB buffer hard drive
Shares your DSL/Cable modem with all your home or office users to provide Internet access to all your home or office computers
SPI FireWall ensures corporate-level security and privacy of your network
Built-in Network Attached Storage (NAS) provides extra storage space on your network for backup, storage expansion, file sharing, and data management
Hot plug capable, hot swappable, Plug-n-Play
FTP server for secure file access via the Internet
Built-in hardware VPN (virtual private network) feature allows you to create a secure, private network
Pre-installed drive is preformatted and ready to go so you are up and running in no time

IOGEAR GNS1000200 Broadband Office Storage Server (200 GB)

Average customer rating:

Still in Beta
Very buggy firmware

IOGEAR GNS1000200 Broadband Office Storage Server (200 GB)

Manufacturer: IOGEAR
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Allows you to share you to provide DSL/Cable Internet access to all your home or office computers
SPI FireWall ensures corporate-level security and privacy of your network
Hot plug capable, hot swappable, plug and play
Built-in virtual private network feature allows you to create a secure, private network
FTP server for secure file access via the Internet

ASIN: B0001BVVEC

Product Description

The BOSS combines secure Internet access and data storage in a single, complete unit that is ideal for your home or small office network. This network server appliance (NSA) allows users to access the Internet and share files regardless of the operating system being used. The cost of purchasing and maintaining a server and a router are now eliminated, and management of the system does not require knowledge of server software. While basic in function, the BOSS has advanced features such as a Firewall and VPN to keep your network private and secure.

Customer Reviews:

Still in Beta.......2004-05-12

I agree with Oliver.
Very buggy firmware out of the box. You must have IE5.0-6.0, IE6.0SP1 will not work. The IOGear support did respond within a day with a link to the firmware update and instructions how to remove the service pack from the IE. Removal of the service pack did not work, I had to install a new copy of Windows on a spare hard drive. The updated firmware now works fine with the IE6.0SP1.

The basic design of the box is beautiful, but there are a lot of things that need to be improved. The hard disk (Maxtor) has fluid-dynamic bearings and is very quiet. Instead the noise is created by the cheap chokes in the switched power supply. The network switch works with 100MBd, but the internal interface apparently runs only with 10MBd, which means that the transfer to the internal HD is limited to only 1MB/s. It also has a file-size limit of 2GB, so you can't use the Windows backup program for a backup of your entire system. I'm sure there are more problems that I haven't discovered yet. We have to see how dedicated IOGear is to improving the firmware, it might become a really good device in a year or so. For now, you get what you pay for and you have to decide if the low price is worth the hassle. For me it is.

Very buggy firmware.......2004-04-03

A very nice device at a reasonable price, but READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY: I couldn't connect to the device with XP and IE6.0SP1, couldn't connect with Mozilla (latest version) or Netscape, either. Only supports IE5.0 to IE6.0, which is poor for an open standard HTML device. (Also, it complained about Java Virtual Machine not being installed, when I finally made it work.) It took me more than a week and various support calls only to connect via browser (BTW: I'm a computer expert and have setup hundreds of routers in my life). When I finally installed the latest firmware (recommended by IOGear support), it let me connect with IE6.0SP1 (wow!). - OK, I started configuring the file system and users and groups (that's what I bought it for). But any types of problems continued coming up: Rename of existing folders failed several times, same with user names and goups. Windows file sharing cannot be used, so I could only specify user/group permissions on each top-level folder (!), which I don't consider enough. Several times I couldn't access different folders from the same machine simultaneously, even when I specified the right user and password. It performed a restart during filecopy, without asking first. 3 out of 10 bigger filecopy orders from an XP machine failed. Etc, etc, etc. - I didn't even try any router functions, so I have no idea if these work right. But I'm sure I won't keep the device. - User manual rating: crap (sorry).

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