ADSL modem with HDD

Are there any wirelss ADSL modems with built in hard-drives?

Was thinking of getting an external HDD and attaching it to my router but
thinking it would be nice for an all-in-one unit - are there any such
devices out there at the moment?

Thanks

"ScoobyDoo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
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> Are there any wirelss ADSL modems with built in
> hard-drives?
> Was thinking of getting an external HDD and attaching it
> to my router but thinking it would be nice for an
> all-in-one unit - are there any such devices out there at
> the moment?
> Thanks

Just curious - why would you want (or need) a hard drive attached to your
modem/router..?

Ivor

"Ivor Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "ScoobyDoo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
>> Are there any wirelss ADSL modems with built in
>> hard-drives?
>> Was thinking of getting an external HDD and attaching it
>> to my router but thinking it would be nice for an
>> all-in-one unit - are there any such devices out there at
>> the moment?
>> Thanks
>
> Just curious - why would you want (or need) a hard drive attached to your
> modem/router..?
>
> Ivor

Well, I have a desktop and laptop on broadband and I want to archive and
store data in a central storage space which can easily be accessed by both
devices, without having to leave one of the units permanently switched on.

Most people plug in external HDD to their router but I would prefer the one
device.

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:00:05 -0000, "ScoobyDoo"
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>Most people plug in external HDD to their router but I would prefer the one
>device.

99.9% sure you won't get one - for now, there isn't a market. Get a
NAS (Network Attached Storage) device to plug into a spare RJ45 port
on the router or leave a PC on all the time as a server device.

"Richard Sobey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:00:05 -0000, "ScoobyDoo"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>
>>Most people plug in external HDD to their router but I would prefer the
>>one
>>device.
>
> 99.9% sure you won't get one - for now, there isn't a market. Get a
> NAS (Network Attached Storage) device to plug into a spare RJ45 port
> on the router or leave a PC on all the time as a server device.

Surely as more and more people get broadband these sort of devices will be
more commonplace.

And yes, I did consider getting a NAS device to attached to the router but
don't like the idea of another device, want to keep it as minimal as
possible. Can't believe the manufacturers are so-sighted in not bringing out
such a device..

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2006 23:45:18 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "ScoobyDoo"
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>And yes, I did consider getting a NAS device to attached to the router but
>don't like the idea of another device, want to keep it as minimal as
>possible. Can't believe the manufacturers are so-sighted in not bringing out
>such a device..

I'd much rather have separate devices - my modem, router and WAP are all
separate and that's the way I'd prefer it to stay - simpler, and easier to
manage and diagnose. Why anyone would want to combine a NAS device with a
router, I have no idea.

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"ScoobyDoo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Ivor Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> "ScoobyDoo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>> in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
>>> Are there any wirelss ADSL modems with built in
>>> hard-drives?
>>> Was thinking of getting an external HDD and attaching it
>>> to my router but thinking it would be nice for an
>>> all-in-one unit - are there any such devices out there at
>>> the moment?
>>> Thanks
>>
>> Just curious - why would you want (or need) a hard drive attached to your
>> modem/router..?
>>
>> Ivor
>
> Well, I have a desktop and laptop on broadband and I want to archive and
> store data in a central storage space which can easily be accessed by both
> devices, without having to leave one of the units permanently switched on.
>
> Most people plug in external HDD to their router but I would prefer the
> one device.

never seen such a beast, why not buy a NAS drive, they aren't that expensive
now, just sits on your network..

P.

"deKay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sat, 11 Mar
> 2006 23:45:18 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "ScoobyDoo"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
> >And yes, I did consider getting a NAS device to attached to the router but
> >don't like the idea of another device, want to keep it as minimal as
> >possible. Can't believe the manufacturers are so-sighted in not bringing out
> >such a device..
>
> I'd much rather have separate devices - my modem, router and WAP are all
> separate and that's the way I'd prefer it to stay - simpler, and easier to
> manage and diagnose. Why anyone would want to combine a NAS device with a
> router, I have no idea.
>

I'd buy an all in one ADSL modem/router/network storage device, if one was
available at a reasonable price.

Mel wrote:
>
> I'd buy an all in one ADSL modem/router/network storage device, if one was
> available at a reasonable price.

Where do you draw the line though. Would you buy a combined ADSL
modem/router/NAS and printer?

On 11 Mar 2006 23:45, in uk.teelcom.broadband, "ScoobyDoo" wrote:

>"Richard Sobey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote ...

>> On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:00, "ScoobyDoo" wrote:

>>>Most people plug in external HDD to their router but I would prefer
>>>the one device.

Hmmm - what HDD are they plugging in, and to what router ? I know that
things move on in computing, but I've not known of such a mix, so far!

Do, please, refer to posts, or manufacturer name and model numbers.

>> 99.9% sure you won't get one - for now, there isn't a market. Get a
>> NAS (Network Attached Storage) device to plug into a spare RJ45 port
>> on the router or leave a PC on all the time as a server device.

>Surely as more and more people get broadband these sort of devices will be
>more commonplace.

Just like someone asking about a router which has Gigabit ports - there's
just not enough market for such a specialist device. How many firms, let
alone homes, have Gigabit networks ? If they do have such a network, the
low speed of current broadband connections are at such low speed there is
no likelihood of any firm developing a router suitable to link 1 - 8 Mbps
to 1000 Mbps... there are ethernet switches which have 10/100 or 100/1000
Mbps ports, so a router with a 10/100 Mbps port linked to a 100/1000 Mbps
switch would be an easy and cheap way, to link some 'slow' broadband link
to the firms 'fast' network...


>And yes, I did consider getting a NAS device to attached to the router but
>don't like the idea of another device, want to keep it as minimal as
>possible. Can't believe the manufacturers are so-sighted in not
>bringing out such a device..

Let's just say that while it might seem a great idea to you, there's good
reason why someone in marketing would probably get the sack if they tried
to convince the MD there was a high demand for same. With the price of a
cheap linux box (built and ordered from a box-shifter) coming in at under
200 quid, or something like a NAS-type device at 100 (add your own HDs) I
can see no point doing it "all in one" because there is so much more that
can be done (flexibility of OS, power supplies, etc) with separate boxes.


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