[racerx]

All the issues in this and the other threads makes it seem thecus have really just sold an unfinished product. Then releasing a new firmware on the forum with no relesae notes on it is pretty bad too!

On another note I got my dlink DNS-323 on Friday. I have never been a dlink fan but this thing is AMAZING.

20meg a sec transfer speeds, standard EXT2 file system so it can be read in another machine in case of data failure, working email alerts, SPIN DOWN! I set it up with a pair of 500gig HDD's as separate drives (one for timemachine backup, one for movies) and put it in the cupboard with the switch and adsl modem. Dont even have to worry about it any more, it just spins down and is silent until its called upon.

It is also really "hackable" with a great mod support forum. I really think it was worth the extra $100 on the N299 for all the time i wasted trying to get the N299 working, then loosing 500gig of movies, not to mention the drives lasting longer as they spindown now I should have just got this one in the first place!