Hello members I like to add network storage to my system. After surfing the net and looking at options I am thinking of adding a Linksys nas200 with 2/500gb seagate drives. Has anyone of you used this system? Any other systems similar to this that are suitable? Would be nice to get some feedback to this ? Thanks

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Hi Jefro Thanks for your reply! Sounds quite good then, except the printing. I have a Brother MFC7820n which is easy to handle but I like also to make the Canon S6300 available for the network and I thought that through a print server it would be possible. I also assume that the nas200 is connected to (in my case)speedtouch585. The network includes 1MBP, 1 XP laptop, 2 xp desktops.