Sharkoon USB LANPort Challenge Pogoplug

Sharkoon name was not heard in the ground water. But out there, known for product Sharkoon HDD Dock, which enables the internal hard drive 3.5 "quickly accessed from outside of a PC.

But the company's latest bid is no longer about connecting to a computer hard drive through the usual way. Sharkoon USB LANPort it was similar Pogoplug. Pogoplug not remember? This is a device that can connect four external USB hard drive into a NAS (network attached storage) drives and can be accessed from the Web.

LANPort this Sharkoon USB hard drive also lets you have accessed from the Internet. Basically this device is a USB network adapter that connects a USB port with a LAN. Rather, he was connecting any USB flash drive or USB hard drive to the Internet, so any USB storage device that you have turned into a NAS drive.

This device supports the contact IP address manually and automatically. By default, it will to enable automatic IP address via DHCP. Once installed the accompanying software (mandatory), users will be able to connect USB devices - printers, hard disk, flash disk - into his own computer and use it as if connected directly to your computer. If there are other users who need to access the device at the same time, he simply sends a request to release it into the user's device was wearing, then took over such access.

There are two models provided Sharkoon. The first model offers only one USB port. The second model is richer, has four USB ports. Both models share a single RJ-45 port.

Both models are already available in Europe. There, Sharkoon USB LANPort 100 sold 22.99 euros, while the USB Sharkoon appreciated LANPort 400 euros 36.99