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[alexbartman]

sorry for another question but I have several huge files that I need to transfer from my desktop PC (connected wirelessly to the DNS323) - it is unbelievably slow and after about 3 minutes, seems to lose the connection...can I connect the DNS323 to my PC via USB or can I just plug it into the ethernet port of my computer?  Will either way work and tranfer files quicker and more reliably...?
thanks
Alex

[DBDave]

Alex,

You CANNOT plug the DNS into your USB port.

You CAN plug it into your ethernet port on your PC directly.

You CAN plug both the DNS and PC's ethernets into your router/switch/hub etc.  This is the config I use, and I surf/xfer small files over wireless, but the big xfers like 100GB of camera memory card dumps, etc.... I simply plug my laptop into my router (where the DNS is plugged in also).

Dave

(edited to fix moronism)

[fordem]

Alex,

You CAN plug the DNS into your USB port, many many times faster than wireless.

Please explain how you do this - as far as I am aware, the USB port on the DNS-323 can be used for only two things, a printer and a UPS.

You CANNOT plug it into your ethernet port on your PC directly, unless you use a special crossover ethernet cable with TX/RX swapped. 

You CAN plug both the DNS and PC's ethernets into your router/switch/hub etc.  This is the config I use, and I surf/xfer small files over wireless, but the big xfers like 100GB of camera memory card dumps, etc.... I simply plug my laptop into my router (where the DNS is plugged in also).

Dave

Again - I don't agree - set a static ip address on both the PC and the DNS-323 and plug any CAT5 or better patch cord in the two and you have a mini network - try it

[DBDave]

I came across an INF package file for the DNS-323 that called itself a "Vista driver," but I can't find it on my system now.  This made me think it could plugged into USB directly, in order to require a device driver.

I've re-read the manual and I stand corrected, sorry for that.  No USB other than printer/UPS. 

"Connect an Ethernet cable to the available
Ethernet port. This cable should connect
the DNS-323 to your local network via a
router or switch, or directly to a computer for
configuration."

So corrected on that again.  What happened to the good old days where standard ethernet cables were for device -> hub/router/switch, and "crossover" cables (with 1,2,3,6 switched tx/rx) were for device -> device?  Can I finally throw away my *one* crossover cable out of the pile? 

*Modified my original reply so as to not confuse future readers*

Dave

[fordem]

No - don't throw away your cross-over cable just yet (or retire it and get yourself a cross-over dongle)

The DNS-323 uses a gigabit port and most gigabit ports are "auto-MDIX", cross-over cables are still required for 10/100 mbps connections.