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Our Windows XP and Vista machines recognized Drobo instantly, whether connected via Ethernet though DroboShare or directly to Drobo via USB without needing to install the Drobo Dashboard. One of the more convenient features of DroboShare is that it lets you switch from a networked Ethernet connection to a direct USB connection on the fly-NAS to DAS, as it were. In another test, it took 66 minutes to write 16.4GB worth of photos via DroboShare, for a throughput of 34Mbps.
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Transferring that same data via a direct USB 2.0 connection to the Drobo took only 1 minute 58 seconds, for a throughput of 142Mbps. We transferred 2.1GB of video files to the Drobo via DroboShare and it took 6 minutes 42 seconds, for a throughput of 42Mbps. We tested the DroboShare via a 100Mbps Ethernet router, however, and the USB connection was not a speed trap. One drawback of this setup is that connecting the Drobo and the DroboShare via USB limits your bandwidth to 480Mbps of the USB 2.0 spec-a potential bottleneck for Gigabit Ethernet networks. (The second USB port on the DroboShare lets you connect a second Drobo should you outgrow one.) Finally, connect the Y power cord to both the Drobo and the DroboShare and then to the end of the Drobo's power cord-it's convenient that the DroboShare doesn't require a second outlet. You simply connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the back of the DroboShare and the other end to your router, and then connect use the short USB cable to connect the DroboShare to the Drobo. Users on servers often want only command line functionality. to run at least the command line utility.
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As a result, my Drobo is no longer visible, nor can I connect to it. The problem is that the cable routers DHCP server used a 192.168.0.x range, while my AE uses a 10 dot range.
#Drobo dashboard cannot connect to ip address manual#
On the back of the DroboShare unit you'll find four ports: Ethernet, two USB, and power. On Ubuntu 9.10 2 or later (or Debian unstable or other debian derived distributions), drobo-utils is included in the repositories, and installation from a shell prompt is simply: sudo apt-get install drobo-utils. Drobo Dashboard works well, and setup is easy (almost too easy if youre a techie) - All of the status, capacity, Drobo Apps, basic settings are easily accessible - Recognizes the Drobo very quickly if you use a manual IP address, which really is proper setup for a server (this part is not for novices).-DroboAccess works well for remote access. However, in my haste to do so, I forgot that my Drobo FS has a fixed IP address that I set some time ago when I was using the cable routers DHCP server. DroboShare ships with three cables: Ethernet, USB, and a Y power adapter.