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1 or 2 Bay NAS-medo
From: ANT_THOMAS
22 Oct 2020 17:04
To: Dave!!
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Not sure about anything with this device to be honest!
I will find out when it arrives and I'll give it a thorough review, then probably brick it installing Open-WRT.
From: ANT_THOMAS
23 Oct 2020 08:25
To: ALL
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Been stung for customs. That adds £13.58 to the total (£8 handing fee!!).
Anyone else seen an increase in customs charges lately on stuff from China?
I've had many very expensive items slip through without checks or charges in the past. Lately I've had a couple of relatively cheap things (<£50) get charges added.
Not sure if these Chinese sellers have started declaring things correctly and not as £2 and a gift!
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
23 Oct 2020 10:42
To: ANT_THOMAS
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We got a $25 web cam shipped to Ca, no added charge. It did take ~3-months.
From: ANT_THOMAS
23 Oct 2020 12:34
To: ALL
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https://www.notebookcheck.net/ODROID-HC4-A-Raspberry-Pi-alternative-that-doubles-as-a-dual-NAS.498839.0.html
Interesting. Rather it be a unit without a drive sticking out of the top, but could put it in a box I guess!
From: ANT_THOMAS
28 Oct 2020 09:55
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Well it's arrived, and it's a fairly well built unit.
US power supply though.
One large issue, ethernet doesn't seem to be working
:@
Wifi does, but don't want to risk installing openwrt if ethernet is screwed.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
28 Oct 2020 11:09
To: ANT_THOMAS
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Same model #, not sure if it's the same device (video shows attempting to connect via mobile app):
From: ANT_THOMAS
28 Oct 2020 15:51
To: ALL
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WiFi was working fine.
Device is now bricked after I tried to install OpenWRT
:'D
I'll have to wait until I'm near my soldering iron to attach a serial adapter and sort it out.
EDITED: 28 Oct 2020 15:51 by ANT_THOMAS
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
28 Oct 2020 15:56
To: ANT_THOMAS
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Had you got the ethernet working, or did you decide to chance it?
From: ANT_THOMAS
28 Oct 2020 17:05
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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Chanced it. Like the fool I am.
Confident I'll be able to at least return it to the state I got it in though. Maybe. We'll see. Already created a dispute on aliexpress since it wasn't functioning right at the start.
From: ANT_THOMAS
31 Oct 2020 14:56
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Currently trying to get a refund for the device and using it as a USB drive with a RPi 2 as the USB bit seems to run separately from the network side of things.
I've unsurprisingly come to the conclusion that it isn't the 90s and I can't cope with 100mbit transfer speeds.
I think a RPi 4 instead will be what I end up going for. Gigabit network and USB 3. May as well just order one now.