fierarul
18-10-2007, 08:38
Hy,
I have an Asus WL500gp and I've noticed that the download speed on a 1GB flashdrive (Verbatim) is quite slow. It's that slow that I've stopped downloading on the router and I'm using my macmini for this.
Now, I would like to stop using the mini so I plan on buying an external hard drive.
First: does the router work with bus-powered external drives ?
Second: does the router know to spin-down the drive when it's not used (ie. put to sleep and wake up when needed) ?
Third: will the download speed be any better ?
I think the low speed was due to the flashdrive write-access. The speed is vastly greater on the macmini so it's *not* a network issue.
So, will the external hard-drive with the better write-speed improve this ? What's concerning me is that maybe the router itself has a slow CPU or some other resource that limit transmission's download speed.
I have an Asus WL500gp and I've noticed that the download speed on a 1GB flashdrive (Verbatim) is quite slow. It's that slow that I've stopped downloading on the router and I'm using my macmini for this.
Now, I would like to stop using the mini so I plan on buying an external hard drive.
First: does the router work with bus-powered external drives ?
Second: does the router know to spin-down the drive when it's not used (ie. put to sleep and wake up when needed) ?
Third: will the download speed be any better ?
I think the low speed was due to the flashdrive write-access. The speed is vastly greater on the macmini so it's *not* a network issue.
So, will the external hard-drive with the better write-speed improve this ? What's concerning me is that maybe the router itself has a slow CPU or some other resource that limit transmission's download speed.