--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, Joseph McLaughlin
<jwm8351@...> wrote:
>
> I have a link station 1 120GB drive
> I spotted a BUFFALO 500GB LINKSTATION LIVE NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE -
  HS-DH500-GL
> on sale for a $209(us)
> would it work with my netgear mp101?
> (I can buy software for a linux pc for arround ($40)
> are there any other advantages?
> Is the linux available without a firmware upgrade?
> Has anybody tried video streaming off of this?
> If so what streamer(hardware) do you use? and did it work?
>
> Thanks - again for all your help!!
> Joe

Can't really speak for the MP101, but my Netgear EVA8000 works great
with my Linkstation Live.

I just install the ushare 0.9.7 on my LS2 with Openlink 0.5.2 but I
find it cannot show the unicode chinese characters. Whereaes the same
named file can be read correctly under its Samba or NFS.

Any hints whether it can be patched?

I'm new to this grop and just recently bought and installed a
LinkStation Live NAS for use as a network file server.

I have the LinkStation on my network and attached a USB drive to it to
use for backing up the share directory.  When I look at the LinkStation
directory structure from my PC is see multiple mounts of the USB drive.
I see one mount in the root directory, I see another mount as a
subdirectory under the share directory (share/usbdrive1) and I see a
third mount under a subdirectory of the share directory
(share/pictures/usbdrive1). Any one know why this is happening?

When I try to back up my share directory to the USB drive I end up with
errors when the backup runs into the mounts of the USB drive in the
share directory. How do I fix this?

Thanks, John Moonan

When I first got my LSL, I set up the web access and it worked fine.
I succesfully access my files from my work place.  I then upgraded my
firmware to the latest version, and now I can't seem to get the Web
Access set back up.  When I put in my Buffalo NAS name, my key, and my
port number, it errors out saying that my name must be 3-20 characters
and ports must be 2 to 5 digits.  But my Buffalo NAS name is ScorpioLS
and my port was 55555.  These are the same settings I was using
before... succesfully.

I've tried different NAS names and ports, and still get this message.
I would flash back to 2.03 but can't seem to find that firmware on
Buffalo's website.  In fact, as of this morning, when I pulled up
downloads for the LSL, there was nothing listed.

Any ideas?

Hi,

	 I haven't used the web interface of my 250 GB Linkstation
(the original PPC model), but today when I typed its IP address
(192.168.1.102) in Safari, I'm asked to log in. Typing my login and
password just cause the login sheet to reappear.

	 I don't know what could have caused this. Can anyone help me
restore the web interface?

	 --Marc

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, MB <hms92@...> wrote:
>  I haven't used the web interface of my 250 GB Linkstation
> (the original PPC model), but today when I typed its IP address
> (192.168.1.102) in Safari, I'm asked to log in. Typing my login and
> password just cause the login sheet to reappear.
>
>  I don't know what could have caused this. Can anyone help me
> restore the web interface?

Username: root
Passwort: <your root password, or blank>

-Andre

On 11/12/07 at 4:03 PM +0000, lalunas10 wrote:
>  > I don't know what could have caused this. Can anyone help me
>>  restore the web interface?
>
>Username: root
>Passwort: <your root password, or blank>

It makes no sense, because I can log in just fine through a
command-line interface (telnet), but the same login and password
don't work in my browser.

	 --Marc

Hiya

I've just had the device back from a friend who likes to tinker but
had already been told by Buffalo (by email) that we couldn't upgrade
the 160gb Hdd to anything larger.

So I've plugged it in, and although it started I couldn't connect.

Today I've had some time so have dug deeper into it. I made sure the
crossover switch on the back was set right and it was plugged into the
switch OK. The router (192.168.0.1) detected the IP was in used but
couldn't find the name. It's listed as UNKNOWN. This may or may not be
a good thing as my wifi ap and mobile phone both appear when connected
as the same as well.

I downloaded the Navi program from Buffalo and ran that. Initially it
didn't connect but after holding in the INIT (red button) on the back
for 20s it found it.

Initally when it found it it was telling me the HDD was unformatted,
so I did another reset and now it's gone into EM mode.

None of these times have I managed to either use Web or fileshare
browsers to access the device.  With a web browser I get "Problem
loading page" and Windows reckons there isn't anything there. I've
done a port scan and nothing is 'open'.

I've tried a few restarts and I'm not getting anywhere. I can't
connect to the device through its web browser, so I don't see how I
can change anything else?

What's left?!

Help? Someone? Please ;)

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "Elwyn York" <elwyn@...>
wrote:
>
> Hiya
>
> I've just had the device back from a friend who likes to tinker but
> had already been told by Buffalo (by email) that we couldn't upgrade
> the 160gb Hdd to anything larger.
>
> So I've plugged it in, and although it started I couldn't connect.
>
> Today I've had some time so have dug deeper into it. I made sure the
> crossover switch on the back was set right and it was plugged into the
> switch OK. The router (192.168.0.1) detected the IP was in used but
> couldn't find the name. It's listed as UNKNOWN. This may or may not be
> a good thing as my wifi ap and mobile phone both appear when connected
> as the same as well.
>
> I downloaded the Navi program from Buffalo and ran that. Initially it
> didn't connect but after holding in the INIT (red button) on the back
> for 20s it found it.
>
> Initally when it found it it was telling me the HDD was unformatted,
> so I did another reset and now it's gone into EM mode.
>
> None of these times have I managed to either use Web or fileshare
> browsers to access the device.  With a web browser I get "Problem
> loading page" and Windows reckons there isn't anything there. I've
> done a port scan and nothing is 'open'.
>
> I've tried a few restarts and I'm not getting anywhere. I can't
> connect to the device through its web browser, so I don't see how I
> can change anything else?
>
> What's left?!
>
> Help? Someone? Please ;)
>


Have you tried flashing the firmware on your linkstation?   Since you
have a crossover/patch switch, that means you need the first series
firmware designated 1.xx at buffalotech.com.   or you can use the
alternate openlink or freelink firmwares at nas-central.org.  these
give more functionality to the device which alot of times are needed.

http://nas-central.org/index.php?title=Category:LS1

read through there, and look at the openlink firmware, if your
interested in a web gui to control the device.

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "Elwyn York" <elwyn@...
> ...been told by Buffalo (by email) that we couldn't upgrade
> the 160gb Hdd to anything larger.

Those that have put 500 Gig drives in theirs may differ.

> It's listed as UNKNOWN. This may or may not be a good thing
> as my wifi ap and mobile phone both appear when connected
> as the same as well.

Yea, if a device doesn't respond to a DNS name request your AP will do
this.  No big deal as long as you just use IP addresses instead.

> I downloaded the Navi program from Buffalo and ran that.

What is "Navi"?  I'm certainly not current on anything coming from the
Buffalotech, but what the kind of thing you really need is their
Firmware installer/upgrader.  At this point we recommend you instead
install at least "Openlink" from the Linkstation Wiki, now known as
http://www.nas-central.org, so that you will be able to tinker with
this product as well.  It appears you have what we call a
Linkstation-1, so make sure you use the right "Openlink".

> Initally when it found it it was telling me the HDD was unformatted,
> so I did another reset and now it's gone into EM mode.

In summary, Most of the Linkstation's OS lives on a partition on the
hard drive.  It looks like that partition is not on this hard drive
for some reason.  Did your friend already put a new/different hard
drive in this unit?  Therefore a very limited OS is all it has that
lives in some Flash memory.  About all this mini "EM mode" OS knows
how to do is to install a new OS from a "firmware installer".  So this
is what you should do.

James Stewart wrote:
> --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "Elwyn York" <elwyn@...
>> ...been told by Buffalo (by email) that we couldn't upgrade
>> the 160gb Hdd to anything larger.
>
> Those that have put 500 Gig drives in theirs may differ.

Yes, thanks, while sifting through the info to recover the disk from the
Wiki I found out how...
>
>> It's listed as UNKNOWN. This may or may not be a good thing
>> as my wifi ap and mobile phone both appear when connected
>> as the same as well.
>
> Yea, if a device doesn't respond to a DNS name request your AP will do
> this.  No big deal as long as you just use IP addresses instead.

Yep, once I'd grasped that little annoying thing... :!
>
>> I downloaded the Navi program from Buffalo and ran that.
>
> What is "Navi"?

Sorry, it's the "interface" software, "Buffalo NAS Navigator v1.2"

> I'm certainly not current on anything coming from the Buffalotech

It was what was on their website.

> but what the kind of thing you really need is their
> Firmware installer/upgrader.  At this point we recommend you instead
> install at least "Openlink" from the Linkstation Wiki, now known as
> http://www.nas-central.org, so that you will be able to tinker with
> this product as well.  It appears you have what we call a
> Linkstation-1, so make sure you use the right "Openlink".

Yes, I eventually found it, 30-40mb file, got that and ran it locally.
There were decidedly odd things happing on my network last weekend. The
wifi connection could see the buffalo, but the wired one couldn't. They
were all on the same subnet too... Odd.

But I had 100 percent on the wifi AP when 'flashing'. I would have
prefrered to have used a wired connection but it just wouldn't see the
device at all :(

>> Initally when it found it it was telling me the HDD was unformatted,
>> so I did another reset and now it's gone into EM mode.
>
> In summary, Most of the Linkstation's OS lives on a partition on the
> hard drive.  It looks like that partition is not on this hard drive
> for some reason.  Did your friend already put a new/different hard
> drive in this unit?  Therefore a very limited OS is all it has that
> lives in some Flash memory.  About all this mini "EM mode" OS knows
> how to do is to install a new OS from a "firmware installer".  So this
> is what you should do.

I don't know what went wrong. When I 'resurected' the drive it still had
some of his data on it, 14gb worth. All Macintosh stuff so I've put it
'safe' for him here until he visits again with his usb bits...  The HDD
is the original one, but if necessary that is updatable now. Which is a
good thing. Assuming I can find large PATA HDDs later down the line when
I can afford to upgrade it!

The firmware upgrade went well and it's running 1.47. No issues since
getting it going. TBH towards the end I was practically screaming abuse
at it, but now things have calmed down a bit more and stuff ;)

Thanks for you're advice

Cheers

Elwyn

musikgoat wrote:
> --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "Elwyn York" <elwyn@...>
> wrote:
>> Hiya
>>
>> I've just had the device back from a friend who likes to tinker but
>> had already been told by Buffalo (by email) that we couldn't upgrade
>> the 160gb Hdd to anything larger.
>>
>> So I've plugged it in, and although it started I couldn't connect.
>>
>> Today I've had some time so have dug deeper into it. I made sure the
>> crossover switch on the back was set right and it was plugged into the
>> switch OK. The router (192.168.0.1) detected the IP was in used but
>> couldn't find the name. It's listed as UNKNOWN. This may or may not be
>> a good thing as my wifi ap and mobile phone both appear when connected
>> as the same as well.
>>
>> I downloaded the Navi program from Buffalo and ran that. Initially it
>> didn't connect but after holding in the INIT (red button) on the back
>> for 20s it found it.
>>
>> Initally when it found it it was telling me the HDD was unformatted,
>> so I did another reset and now it's gone into EM mode.
>>
>> None of these times have I managed to either use Web or fileshare
>> browsers to access the device.  With a web browser I get "Problem
>> loading page" and Windows reckons there isn't anything there. I've
>> done a port scan and nothing is 'open'.
>>
>> I've tried a few restarts and I'm not getting anywhere. I can't
>> connect to the device through its web browser, so I don't see how I
>> can change anything else?
>>
>> What's left?!
>>
>> Help? Someone? Please ;)
>>
>
>
> Have you tried flashing the firmware on your linkstation?   Since you
> have a crossover/patch switch, that means you need the first series
> firmware designated 1.xx at buffalotech.com.   or you can use the
> alternate openlink or freelink firmwares at nas-central.org.  these
> give more functionality to the device which alot of times are needed.
>
> http://nas-central.org/index.php?title=Category:LS1
>
> read through there, and look at the openlink firmware, if your
> interested in a web gui to control the device.

Thank you for you're advice. I have decided for now to stick to the
original version simply because it is going out to another friend and I
would like to keep it as 'stock' as possible.

TBH when I first moved into the area of having a "Network Storage
Device" it was great, and 160gb was loads!

Now I've got a mini-itx debian system running web and file server with
current capacity of 1.2tb. Addictive isn't it :)

The device has been reflashed with the original but up to date firmware
(1.47) and it is behaving itself. I even let it run through with a
thorough check disk check to make sure was OK, but it didn't tell me if
anything was wrong so I'll fire it up again in a few days and check for
any logs or anything.

Thanks again

Cheers, Elwyn ;)

Hi !

I have a LS PRO with 500GB (FW 1.11 ) on my network (Fritzbox
7170 as router) and I like to use it as an afp-server.

Using it as smb-device I have no problems with either Win XP
nor MAC OS 10.5.1 or 10.4.11

I activated support for the apple-talk protocol,
so afp should be working. At the folders sections I also set Apple to
on. AFP 3.1 (long filenames and file size > 2GB) is told to be
implemented since FW version 1.10.

After pressing apple-K and typing afp://[IP-address] it is possible to
log-on and the available volumes are shown. After choosing a volume
I only get "Das Volume ... konnte nicht aktiviert werden" ( means "The
volume .. could not be activated", sorry german version).

I have tried it with a guest log-on and also with a user and password
created on the LS Pro. The outcome was always the same.

The same happens when i use a mac mini with tiger, smb is working, afp
does not.
I already tried the cleartext patch for leopard (for using clear text
login and password). Unfortunately it does not change a thing.


My questions are:
Do I have to do additional settings on the LS Pro ?
Or may I not activate smb and afp at the same time ?
Or are there additional settings nedded under system configuration
/network on Mac OS ?

Thanks in advance for any feedback, i really dont have any more ideas
left ...

Hi everyone,

	 I've installed the latest rendezvous server on my
Linkstation, compiled it, installed the configuration scripts and the
startup symbolic links. The mdnsresponder process is definitely
running, but no services appear to be advertised according to my Mac
running 10.4.11. My rendezvous.conf file looks like this:

linkafp
_afpovertcp._tcp
path=/
548

linkftp
_ftp._tcp
none
21

linkstation
_telnet._tcp
none
23

	 My startup script looks like this:

# cat /etc/rc.d/init.d/rendezvous

#!/bin/sh
#
# A startup script for the Rendezvous mDNS Responder
#
# chkconfig: 345 98 2
# description: This script is used to start the rendezvous \
# server as a background process.\
#
# Usage /etc/init.d/mdnsresponder start|stop|reload|restart|status

# Source function library.
#. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

RDV_CONF=/etc/rendezvous.conf
RDV_PID=/var/run/mDNSResponder.pid
prog=Rendezvous
exe=/usr/local/sbin/mDNSResponderPosix

start() {
          echo -n "Starting $prog: "
          $exe -f $RDV_CONF -b
          RETVAL=$?
          echo
}

stop() {
          echo -n "Stopping $prog: "
                  /sbin/killall -s KILL $exe
          RETVAL=$?
          echo
}
          RETVAL=$?
          echo
}

reload()
{
          echo -n $"Reloading $prog:"
                  /sbin/killall -s HUP $exe
          RETVAL=$?
          echo
}


case "$1" in
start)
          start
          ;;
stop)
          stop
          ;;
reload)
          reload
          ;;
restart)
          stop
          start
          ;;
status)
          status $exe
          RETVAL=$?
          ;;
*)
          echo "Usage: mdnsresponder {start|stop|reload|restart|status}"
          exit 1
esac



	 Does anyone have any ideas as to how to troubleshoot this?

	 Many thanks in advance,
	 MB

Friends,
    A recent firmware upgrade "bricked" my new hardware LSLive. I was
able to recover the contents of the file storage are using a plug-in
for Windows. However, as the boot partitions did not contain viable
files, I followed instructions to replace the hard drive. I deleted all
partitions to make the drive appear "new". As I soon found out, the new
hardware LSLive only flashes the bootloader and everything else is on
the hard disk... Does anyone have a partition structure and backups for
a clean install on an LSLive, new hardware? Please advise.
Thanks

Hi,

It used to be the fact that the LS if there was no contents in the drive
managed to get itself an IP address from a DHCP server, or a default IP
address - which should be in the archives as I can't remember it now.
This happened to me with the LS120, which I had to replace the disk in,
and the firmware installer worked on it once it had the IP address.

Andrew.

-----Original Message-----
From: LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben
Sent: 25 November 2007 23:09
To: LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LinkStation_General] LS Live 500GB - Hard disk formatting and
contents

Friends,
    A recent firmware upgrade "bricked" my new hardware LSLive. I was
able to recover the contents of the file storage are using a plug-in
for Windows. However, as the boot partitions did not contain viable
files, I followed instructions to replace the hard drive. I deleted all
partitions to make the drive appear "new". As I soon found out, the new
hardware LSLive only flashes the bootloader and everything else is on
the hard disk... Does anyone have a partition structure and backups for
a clean install on an LSLive, new hardware? Please advise.
Thanks




Yahoo! Groups Links

Hi, While I was upgrading my Linkstation firmware my PC crashed. Since
then I was not able to mount the Harddisk and connect to the
Linkstation. I connected the WD3200 directly to my PC and installed the
Linux driver, but I can only see half of the Harddisk space.. Does
anybody have a Motherboard for sell ? or any other good idea how I can
access my HD and save the data ? thanks

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "giulia1ch" <mauro@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, While I was upgrading my Linkstation firmware my PC crashed. Since
> then I was not able to mount the Harddisk and connect to the
> Linkstation. I connected the WD3200 directly to my PC and installed the
> Linux driver, but I can only see half of the Harddisk space.. Does
> anybody have a Motherboard for sell ? or any other good idea how I can
> access my HD and save the data ? thanks

If you can see only half of the partition, chances are your HDD controller can
probably not
handle sizes < 128 GB. Get a recent external USB 2.0 case or the like.

Then boot into a Linux Live CD and run fix_ext2magic, see http://www.nas-
central.org/index.php/Fix_ext2_magic

-Andre

Hi Andre,
This could be the reason as it's a rather old PC. Will get a USB 2.0
case and see if I can get a LINUX disk to access the data.
thanks Mauro


--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "lalunas10"
<lalunas10@...> wrote:
>
> --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "giulia1ch" <mauro@>
wrote:
> >
> > Hi, While I was upgrading my Linkstation firmware my PC crashed.
Since
> > then I was not able to mount the Harddisk and connect to the
> > Linkstation. I connected the WD3200 directly to my PC and
installed the
> > Linux driver, but I can only see half of the Harddisk space..
Does
> > anybody have a Motherboard for sell ? or any other good idea how
I can
> > access my HD and save the data ? thanks
>
> If you can see only half of the partition, chances are your HDD
controller can probably not
> handle sizes < 128 GB. Get a recent external USB 2.0 case or the
like.
>
> Then boot into a Linux Live CD and run fix_ext2magic, see
http://www.nas-
> central.org/index.php/Fix_ext2_magic
>
> -Andre
>

Tried this utility a few times now. First thing that happens is that
the mouse stop working. I proceed by using the mousepad on the
notebook. Then this message come up, "Since there is not any
partition of another type than Windows or DOS (FAT or NTFS), nothing
can be configured here".

When plugging in the external HD in to the USB port, I get
"USB PORT NOT RECOGNISED' message

I also noticed that this utility is called "Ext2 Installable File
System 1.10c".
During installation it refers to ext.2 file system and
not ext3.

Am I using the wrong program? Any ideas on what to do?

Thanks

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, Paul Henderson
<phenders21@...> wrote:
>
> You can still use a an ext3 drive with Windows, just download this
first and install it.  Then plug in the USB drive
> http://www.fs-driver.org/download.html
>
> As for internal HDD, I know up to a 750 GB drive works.  I would
recommend Debian, easy to learn and the number of precompiled
packages for the PPC architecture is large.  You can do a lot more
with Debian on it.  You don't have to flash the firmware so its safe.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: bluemax_101 <bluemax_101@...>
> To: LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 6:20:13 PM
> Subject: [LinkStation_General] Re: Adding HD to USB port
>
Thanks Paul. I fitted an old 40GB into a cheapo case and hooked it up
to the USB port and formatted it. Was done automatically in the ext.3
>
> file system without any prompt from me. Would have been nice if
this file system worked with XP also; but never mind.
>
>
> Will try fitting a larger IDE drive but I hope I don't need to
program anything! Any limit on the size of the HD ?
>
> Whilst it is all in pieces, I will also try cleaning and
lubricating the bearings and quiten that noisy fan.
>
> Didn't know about Debian; will check that out.

> Thanks again :-)

> --- In LinkStation_ General@yahoogro ups.com, Paul Henderson
>
> <phenders21@ ...> wrote:
>
> > You can plug in an external hdd and have read and read
capabilities if it's formatted in the ext3 file system.
>
> > You can also install a new internal hdd as well.  The LS2 only
supports 3.5" IDE drives and not SATA drive.  If you want Debian on
your LS2, then do it when you buy the new drive (you can do it on
>
> your existing drive as well).  http://nas-central.org/ index.php/
Convert_your_ MIPSel_LinkStati on_into_a_full-blown_Debian_ system
>
>
> > ----- Original Message ----
>
> > From: bluemax_101 <bluemax_101@ ...>
>
> > To: LinkStation_ General@yahoogro ups.com
>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 12:59:28 PM
>
> > Subject: [LinkStation_ General] Adding HD to USB port
>
> >Hi
>
> > I have a 160GB HD-HLAN MIPSel (LS2). Running out of space. Can I
and plug in another external USB drive at the back or it is only
for backing up?
>
> Also, is it possible to replace the HD inside for a bigger one? If
so, where can I get more info on suitable drives and what needs to be
done?
>
> Many thanks...

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Smith" <gary@...> wrote:
> I've recently upgraded my Link Station from 120GB to 500GB. The installation
> went ok, and I have managed to transfer the data from the original drive.
> However if I have the unit sleep overnight, often when it powers up the
> following morning the unit goes into diagnostic mode. If I power cycle a
> couple of time the drive usually then boot ok.
>
> Has anyone experienced a similar problem, or able to suggest a fix? At the
> moment the unit is running 24hrs a day.

Maybe the 500 draws too much energy, or takes too long to spin up. I would
delete all
partitions from the HDD, run the firmware updater twice, and see if the problem
persists.

-Andre

I just upgraded the firmware in my LinkStation Pro to 1.11.  Now I've got no afp
access and
get an error code -5014 when I try.  afp sees the linkstation but fails when I
try to mount the
shares.  I can ftp to it, however and the shares show up.

I'm on OS X.  Any clue what I need to do to access these shares?

I read something at this site:

http://lists.apple.com/archives/macosx-interop/2007/Jul/msg00001.html

that indicates that deleting .AppleDB might do the trick.  Anyone know?

Hi everyone

I have one of the HD-HLAN and I have all my media sitting there. I
would like to buy a new Playstation3 and use it to stream my media. I
know that SOny are jut about to allow divx just wondered if any of you
have any experience with PS3 and the HD-HLAN and could give me details
will it work, ill the PS3 see my HD-HLAN

cheers

nice

Hi,

I have just been through this exercise myself.

I have a Kurobox running Gentoo with v2.6 kernel, I am not sure how
you would go about doing this without a full OS on it though.

I tried ushare but didnt work, but mediatomb does.

You need to install mediatomb and build this from scratch, at least
for Gentoo, it has quite a few prerequistes that you need to install
first. More info can be found from

http://mediatomb.cc/pages/documentation

You need to make a couple of changes to the config.xml when you
finally get everything installed, which can be found

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1895315&forum_id=440751

Its pretty cool, since mediatomb is open source and runs on Linux,
unlike the other solutions that seem to work.

I can watch divx films and listen to music. I also have a PSP and you
can remote play the content from the server via the PS3 to the PSP!!

Cheers,

David


--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "davidhomfray"
<homfray@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone
>
> I have one of the HD-HLAN and I have all my media sitting there. I
> would like to buy a new Playstation3 and use it to stream my media. I
> know that SOny are jut about to allow divx just wondered if any of you
> have any experience with PS3 and the HD-HLAN and could give me details
> will it work, ill the PS3 see my HD-HLAN
>
> cheers
>
> nice
>

Cheers for the reply

I am having a wee bit of trouble understanding here? Is the software
you talking about for the PS3 or linkstation?

To break it down I have a linkstation HD-HLAN hard wired into a
router, it plugs directly into the router and requires no PC. I want
a PS3 which I will hardwire into the router. I thought (at least
hoped) you could just point the PS3 to the link stations IP address
and tell it where the media stuff lives and then using the PS3 just
open up folders and look at pictures, music and movies.

Is this not the case, does this mean I need to shove linux on the
PS3, which to be truthful I can't be arsed with. Does anyone else
find it a bit frustrating that these things don't just work out the
box and you have to keep frigging around with, loading software, to
get it to work the way the consumer wants.

  --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "daveyip" <daveyip@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have just been through this exercise myself.
>
> I have a Kurobox running Gentoo with v2.6 kernel, I am not sure how
> you would go about doing this without a full OS on it though.
>
> I tried ushare but didnt work, but mediatomb does.
>
> You need to install mediatomb and build this from scratch, at least
> for Gentoo, it has quite a few prerequistes that you need to install
> first. More info can be found from
>
> http://mediatomb.cc/pages/documentation
>
> You need to make a couple of changes to the config.xml when you
> finally get everything installed, which can be found
>
> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?
thread_id=1895315&forum_id=440751
>
> Its pretty cool, since mediatomb is open source and runs on Linux,
> unlike the other solutions that seem to work.
>
> I can watch divx films and listen to music. I also have a PSP and
you
> can remote play the content from the server via the PS3 to the PSP!!
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
>
> --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "davidhomfray"
> <homfray@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > I have one of the HD-HLAN and I have all my media sitting there.
I
> > would like to buy a new Playstation3 and use it to stream my
media. I
> > know that SOny are jut about to allow divx just wondered if any
of you
> > have any experience with PS3 and the HD-HLAN and could give me
details
> > will it work, ill the PS3 see my HD-HLAN
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > nice
> >
>

Thanks for that, so what is the best recommendation for the server
and is there a link what to do. Do I load the 'server' software on to
the linkstation. I suppose any help in what to do would brilliant

chers

nice

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "Gary" <gfesler@...>
wrote:
>
> If the Linkstation is running a media server like twonkyvision or
Wizd the
> PS3 can playback most audio and most video depending on the format.
I have a
> KuroHG and the PS3 sees it and plays back HD videos and MP3 audio.
I am
> using the latest Twonkyvision 4.4.3 version. The PS3 can not on
it's own
> browse network shares on PC's or NAS devices unless they are
running a UPNP
> or DNLA server which organizes and presents a standard interface to
the PS3.
>
>
>
>
> Good Luck,
>
>
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> From: LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
davidhomfray
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:28 AM
> To: LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LinkStation_General] Re: Link Station (HD-HLAN) and
playstation 3
>
>
>
> Cheers for the reply
>
> I am having a wee bit of trouble understanding here? Is the
software
> you talking about for the PS3 or linkstation?
>
> To break it down I have a linkstation HD-HLAN hard wired into a
> router, it plugs directly into the router and requires no PC. I
want
> a PS3 which I will hardwire into the router. I thought (at least
> hoped) you could just point the PS3 to the link stations IP address
> and tell it where the media stuff lives and then using the PS3 just
> open up folders and look at pictures, music and movies.
>
> Is this not the case, does this mean I need to shove linux on the
> PS3, which to be truthful I can't be arsed with. Does anyone else
> find it a bit frustrating that these things don't just work out the
> box and you have to keep frigging around with, loading software, to
> get it to work the way the consumer wants.
>
> --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:LinkStation_General%40yahoogroups.com> , "daveyip"
<daveyip@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just been through this exercise myself.
> >
> > I have a Kurobox running Gentoo with v2.6 kernel, I am not sure
how
> > you would go about doing this without a full OS on it though.
> >
> > I tried ushare but didnt work, but mediatomb does.
> >
> > You need to install mediatomb and build this from scratch, at
least
> > for Gentoo, it has quite a few prerequistes that you need to
install
> > first. More info can be found from
> >
> > http://mediatomb.cc/pages/documentation
> >
> > You need to make a couple of changes to the config.xml when you
> > finally get everything installed, which can be found
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?
> thread_id=1895315&forum_id=440751
> >
> > Its pretty cool, since mediatomb is open source and runs on Linux,
> > unlike the other solutions that seem to work.
> >
> > I can watch divx films and listen to music. I also have a PSP and
> you
> > can remote play the content from the server via the PS3 to the
PSP!!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:LinkStation_General%40yahoogroups.com> , "davidhomfray"
> > <homfray@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi everyone
> > >
> > > I have one of the HD-HLAN and I have all my media sitting
there.
> I
> > > would like to buy a new Playstation3 and use it to stream my
> media. I
> > > know that SOny are jut about to allow divx just wondered if any
> of you
> > > have any experience with PS3 and the HD-HLAN and could give me
> details
> > > will it work, ill the PS3 see my HD-HLAN
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > nice
> > >
> >
>