Ximeta NetDisk Portable (500GB)

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1.5 stars

"Fast but unstable"

by amygdalite on December 18, 2007

Pros: Fast in network mode compared to others.

Cons: Does not support wireless connections. Does not support windows sleep mode properly. No real support just excuses.
Summary: When it works it works fine and fast but can you count on it? I have even tried to share this drive (which means you need to leave a PC on all the time) and the result is unpredictable. You can only use this drive on a wired network. You cannot use the sleep mode on your wired PC. So don?t count on this drive to be used as your TV recording memory. I was expecting this drive to be a stand-alone file server for all my PC's, be my storage system for recorded material. Unfortunately, the wireless mode is not well supported (it does work on wireless B and is flaky on wireless G), the sleep mode renders the connection to the drive unstable so even sharing is not possible unless sleep mode is not used and if you leave your PC on all the time. If you dedicate this drive to a PC and share it, you better use the USB port. You still need to leave your PC on but everything else works fine. When comparing this drive to other drive, please compare it with USB drives and forget about its network capabilities. Support for this drive is almost inexistent and limited to being told it?s a special protocol. Who cares if the protocol does not do want you expect.
Updated
This is to rectify that this drive does not support wirelles B.

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