Has anyone tried a NAS/LAN HDD enclosure with Open USB Loader?

[Bootlegninja]

@ deba5er and edea86 - how is Open PS2 Loader public release 0.6 working with your NAS units?

[deba5er]

@bootlegninja

It does not work with my NAS unit. I'm hacking my NAS unit settings now and trying the various settings as noted in the tutorial. Unfortunately, it will not take the settings more than a couple at a time, so I can't just duplicate the smb.conf. It seems that if the NAS code recognizes that something is not quite right with the smb.conf file it restores a default over top of my changes. <-- I figured out how to make things work better after trial-and-error.

EDIT - spent the 5 hours trying to figure it out. couldn't find the right magic to make it work. tried the tutorial hints, plus many other settings. my NAS is definitely working ONLY on port 139, if that helps (locks at loading 1 for 445). My NAS works great for sharing to Vista and XP, with and without passwords; but does not work with Open PS2 Loader.
I did note that Open PS2 Loader does not use a username (null I suppose), but even with security=share, my Windows hosts would show that they entered a username in the NAS logs, even though no username/password entry was required. Open PS2 Loader would look like it connected but show no games, when I rebooted the NAS while it was in this state, multiple little CD-images would show on the left side with the compatibility mode line, but no game names would show (only one game on NAS for testing with one ul.cfg). When X pressed, it would go through the colors and stick at white, definitely LIGHTLY accessing the NAS unit doing so. This is on a game which works from Vista share. Twice while changing users/shares on the NAS while Open PS2 Loader was on and had already failed to connect to the NAS, it showed exitmode=0 where the game names would show next to the CD images on Open PS2 Loader.

[edea86]

Stupid thing what I am about to say, I know (please don't laugh), but would it be any possibility of transform any router with USB connection + USB HDD into a NAS unit?

For example this router with USB connection:



Plus this cable:



Plus a USB HDD enclosure like this one:





I've read this article, and this part seems particularly interesting:

Other perks include the four gigabit ethernet ports on the back, MIMO wireless technology, and a USB port on the router. USB allows the user to plug in a hard drive or USB flash drive in order to make it available over the network.

But my point was not buying a new router with that feature (USB specifically for hard drives), but reusing the bunch of routers with USB connection (the one of the first image) that I have on the basement collecting dust...

[Bootlegninja]

short answer. No.

but if you have an old computer and spare hard drives laying around, visit freenas.org for a way to transform that into a NAS for no money.

[widewings]

Hi Bootlegninja,

May I know how did you make your NAS working. I think I have a similar firmware with your NAS. Its a Nexstar LX. It is working with SMS but I can't make it to work with PS2Loader0.6.

Thanks.

[widewings]

it worked, I just changed the port from 445 to 139. So far I've tried Final Fantasy X (SCES-50490) and Star Wars Lego II(SLES-54221).

thanks for this very nice software.

[edea86]

short answer. No.

but if you have an old computer and spare hard drives laying around, visit freenas.org for a way to transform that into a NAS for no money.

Well, the thing is the lack of space in the dining room where the ps2 is, or having an old computer in it, would be a bit unsightly.
Anyway, seems pretty interesting, thanks.

What about a common router, plus a common hard drive enclosure connected with this?Would the router be able at least to assign an IP to the hard drive?

[dlsmd]

Well, the thing is the lack of space in the dining room where the ps2 is, or having an old computer in it, would be a bit unsightly.
Anyway, seems pretty interesting, thanks.

What about a common router, plus a common hard drive enclosure connected with this?Would the router be able at least to assign an IP to the hard drive?

thoes should work but the only way to know would be to try

[Gnom]

Well it's not impossible but there are some requirements :
1) your router needs to have drivers for this device since it looks like it is just an adaptor with no electronics included
2) your router needs to be able to share this over SMB, including permissions and folder sharename handling.

So, if these exist they're probably useful for something, but I think it's far from granted.

[voinage]

Try a Bthomehub2 it`s an class N router with usb given free in the u.k.
Get one from ebay, works very well with the new revisions.