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NAS for the SOHO is not so expensive now. So, to make access to the various files from different PCs much easier it’s better to add it to your home network. But if you already have some USB connected hard drive you can transform it to NAS using NASU2 NAS adapter.

It’s equiped with a USB 2.0/1.1 and an Ethernet 10/100Mbps connection. Additionally NASU2 provides an ability to power most 2.5″ USB hard drives or any low powered USB storage device.

For uses NASU2 offers both SMB (Server Message Block) and the open source Samba network protocols. So, it’s doesn’t matter which OS runs on client PC - MS Windows, MacOS X or Linux. It always will have access to the data on the storage. To access to the storage outside the LAN NASU2 provides FTP connection. Additionally you can use that adaptor as print-server or Torrent client. Not bad for the 50 bucks device, isn’t it?

[via Business Wire]

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Netgear offers easy way to extend the Internet to any room in your home without having to run new wires - XE104G. XE104G is a 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Switch. Simply plug one XE104 into your router and another XE104 (up to 4 can be used) to any Ethernet-ready devices including a PC, a gaming console, Netgear’s SC101 Storage Central, a Slingbox™ a DVR or Netgear’s PS121 USB Print Server.

The XE104 works with 2 or 3 prong standard 110 volt electrical outlets and is compatible with any standard 10 or 100Mbps Ethernet drive. The switch reaches data rates up to 85Mbps with other XE104 PowerLine devices. The XE104 4-port switch is ideal for setting up a LAN party in minutes.

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Sling Media lanched three new Slingbox models: Slingbox PRO, Slingbox AV and Slingbox TUNER. Basically, all of them are needed to stream TV content from the different sources - satellite box, set-top-box, DVD etc via LAN to PC or mobile devices. Sling Media significantly increased performance of Slingbox to provide the customer with choice depending on their home TV setup and start at as low as $179.99. The difference beween those models makes conditional upon their use. Slingbox PRO is oriented on home users who are interesting to control many devices and HD. Slingbox AV is a simple variant of Slingbox PRO and it’s suit for standart definition television. Slingbox TUNER can just stream ordinary analog television channels. The prices are tagged at $249.99, $179.99 and $179.99 respectively.

[via eHomeUpgrade]

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If you already have coaxial cables in your home you can easily use it to build your home LAN. The Ethernet-Over-Coax TVnet/C Pro adapter will halp you to do that. It ’s compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux-based computers. The system used it is truly plug-and-play: after connecting a TVnet adapter to the video or broadband source, all coax jacks throughout a home become network-enabled.

YOu can buy The Ethernet-Over-Coax TVnet/C Pro adapter on Smarthome site for $199.99.

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HDHomeRun is a Networked Digital HDTV Tuner which allows to watch over-the-air digital TV from all computers in your home network. It’s compatible with VLC (Windows, Linux, Mac), MythTV (PVR for Linux and Mac), Windows Media Center (coming soon) and SnapStream BeyondTV (coming soon).

Detailed Specifications:

• 8-VSB (ATSC over-the-air digital HDTV)

• Dual HDTV Tuners

• IR Receiver (38kHz)

• 100baseTX high speed network

• Open source drivers/support

The HDHomeRun will be available 22 September at the price $169.95.

[via eHomeUpgrade]

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