[plug] Anybody know how this thing works?

[Russell]

On 8/29/06, Patrick Coleman <blinken at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/29/06, Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> > http://www.ht.com.au/affiliate/B15/part/T0648/detail.hts
> Appears to support SMB, FTP and HTTP according to the manual, which is
> neat, so yes. Still, a old comp running linux can do the same and is
> probably less likely to fail after a year :)

Here's another example of the type (wireless router with network
attached storage and a few other features):
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/939/asus_wl_700ge_router_download_torrents_with_pc_turned_off/index.html

They have one advantage over PCs: the specs for the one above say that
its power supply brick produces 12 Volts at 3 Amps, which is
substantially less power than an equivalent PC draws.