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[Stavr0s]

Hi all

new to the place, just regged purely because im thinking of buying a dns-323, and have a few q's before doing so.


I have read that fast forwarding hd has issue's, and although it doesnt bother me to much, (i cant see me doing that often) i just wondered if its the same for all types of hd e.g. wmv, x264, 720p, 1080p etc, or is it limited to say wmv 1080 for example.

another thing is, i intend to buy the device for streaming & Storing things that i frequently watch/enjoy, to my popcorn hour, which is currently setup with the myihome app on the pc, obviously this means having the pc in use alot, and i thought that by getting this device i wouldnt have to use the pc so much, so what i need to know is, will the dlink be picked up as quickly and easily as everything else on the popcorn or is there something i should know/do before hand.

also, does the dlink support schedule hibernation or is it planned in new firmware perhaps?
i know the device is good at saving power when idle, but i wondered can it be made to go to sleep at a certain time for example.

i have read that the device is gigabit but with my current setup im not sure what i will actually get, so i would appreciate if someone in the know can reassure me upon reading my spec atm, i Have the main pc which im using now that has a gigabit ethernet port on the motherboard, but i have quite an old router and dont know if this makes a difference, its a 4 port thompson, it says it supports upto 20mb, my line/isp connection however is 8mb, the popcorn is in another port of the router, and i have an old pc, P4 into another port of the router, the old pc has an old network card in, so it isnt gigabit, what i want to know is will i need to buy a "gigabit switch"
or will this not help due to my older router being part of the setup?


last thing is, as i have read on the supported drives list, the model of drives i have ordered arent on there, so considering that there is a model the same make and size on there 1TB WD, would i be right in thinking mine should work?
i called dlink support and the guy said anything upto 1.5tb, but i would rather get it confirmed from actual users if you know what i mean

the ones i have ordered (x2) are model WD10EADS 1TB
the one's on the list are WD10000CSRTL 1TB


thanks alot, sorry there's quite alot there lol

forgot to mention, at the moment when i ftp to my popcorn, i get 12mb's but this is quite a small old drive, so im hoping to improve on that with the nas

[ECF]

There should be no issue using FF or RW if the file is properly indexed on the DNS-323.

This device can be used to server you media without the use if you PC as long as the Popcorn device uses UPnP AV media servers like WMP11 or twonkyvision and such software as our DSM-750 and other do. I am sorry I am not familiar with this device.

The DNS-323 will hibernate if not access for the designated amount of time set in the UI. 5/10/15/20/25/30 mins.

I do not think the Popcorn media player supports gigabit so you may not benefit from the gigabit support on the DNS-323.

You should be fine with any model of harddrive. The hitachi 1TB drive seemed to be the only drive we have seen issues with and that should be resolved shortly with a firmware update and there is a workaround for it.

[fordem]

You can use a gigabit switch and connect it to your older (slower?) router with no problems - you will only get gigabit speed between the devices on the gigabit switch, assuming they have gigabit ports.