Plug Computers: Access Your Data from Anywhere

[Guest]

Want to keep all of your data accessible online? A plug computer might be the best way to go.

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[thrasher32]

Soooo, does that mean that if I have a plug computer and my own "cloud", which my entire home network connects to, that someone can hack into my cloud and access all my stuff?

 

[dark_knight33]

Christopher,

Just wondering when the pogoplug will add support for more than *some* HP/Epson models. It's nice that they mentioned the cloud printing features of your device, but suspicious that they didn't mention the incredible lack of device support. Canon, Brother, Lexmark, have zero support, and thus don't work at all, while only certain HP/Epson models actually will work. Plug owners have been waiting over 6 months for this to get addressed, only to see 2 new devices released instead. The awesome iPhone & Android apps (I have used both), need a lot of work. The iphone app never did video at all (when it didn't crash), and the android app was recently updated to stop the crashing, but won't play more than a minute or two of video before just cutting out. (Wifi/4G both).

You need to stop pushing new features, and fix the existing ones.

Potential Customers, FYI, buyer beware. The pogoplug is good at storage & sharing via mypogoplug.com, but every other feature they advertise in the device feels like a half-hearted attempt. Cloud printing is useless for 3/5 brands of printers, watching videos stored on your pogo on your mobile device isn't very functional, and Cloud Engines (The company behind the pogoplug) doesn't seem to care about anything except selling new devices. Obviously that's what keeps the lights on, but you still need to support your customers, Christopher.

Is this public enough to get CE to act, or do I need to start a youtube/facebook campaign as well?

 

[Guest]

"It has a 1.2 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, and 128 MB of flash storage."
The version 2, Pink or Grey models have a 1.2Ghz armv5te processor, 128MB flash, 256MB ram.

The pictured black "V3" is actually a different beast:
dual core 750Mhz armv6l processor (ARM11 MPcore), 128MB flash, 128MB ram.

 

[scoffman]

OK, I've heard of two definitions for NAS - Network Attached Storage and Network Access Server (a gateway) but never "Network-Attached Servers". Isn't that kind of an oxymoron, since a server not attached to a network would be pretty useless...

 

[ellett]

Got a PogoPlug a while back. Performance, in particular data access, was so bad the device went in the scrap heap within a week. Whenever I hear the name PogoPlug I still immediately feel a strong urge to pound my head into the wall because it's less painful than trying to use one.

 

[vk_87]

nice article, Toms. Guess will have to look into WHS for my needs.

 

[chrisatpogoplug]

dark_knight33,

This is great constructive feedback.

I'll try to address your legitimate concerns. When the cloud print feature was initially conceived, we selected the number one and number two printer brands in the U.S. at that time. Printer support is a major feature and we limited our scope for better execution. Currently, the cloud print feature is in beta and Development is being as thorough as possible to fully address our compatibility list of HP and Epson printers, 2005 and later. Support is happy to provide this list, just submit a request here http://bit.ly/es1D4W.

As for the balance of your issues, if you haven't already, please 'Submit a support ticket' using the 'Help Center' after logging into my.pogoplug.com. Using this method captures valuable information to help Support get a jump start on your issue.

I will bring your comments to the attention of the Product team but I also want to mention that valuable comments like yours are welcome at feedback@cloudengines.com. The Product team also monitors incoming email at this account.

Thanks again for your thoughtful commentary. Christopher, on behalf of the Pogoplug team

[citation][nom]dark_knight33[/nom]Christopher,Just wondering when the pogoplug will add support for more than *some* HP/Epson models. It's nice that they mentioned the cloud printing features of your device, but suspicious that they didn't mention the incredible lack of device support. Canon, Brother, Lexmark, have zero support, and thus don't work at all, while only certain HP/Epson models actually will work. Plug owners have been waiting over 6 months for this to get addressed, only to see 2 new devices released instead. The awesome iPhone & Android apps (I have used both), need a lot of work. The iphone app never did video at all (when it didn't crash), and the android app was recently updated to stop the crashing, but won't play more than a minute or two of video before just cutting out. (Wifi/4G both).You need to stop pushing new features, and fix the existing ones. Potential Customers, FYI, buyer beware. The pogoplug is good at storage & sharing via mypogoplug.com, but every other feature they advertise in the device feels like a half-hearted attempt. Cloud printing is useless for 3/5 brands of printers, watching videos stored on your pogo on your mobile device isn't very functional, and Cloud Engines (The company behind the pogoplug) doesn't seem to care about anything except selling new devices. Obviously that's what keeps the lights on, but you still need to support your customers, Christopher.Is this public enough to get CE to act, or do I need to start a youtube/facebook campaign as well?[/citation]

 

[Guest]

Freenas is also a viable alternative to WHS. It can be a little tricky to set up initially mostly due to the file system used but has proved for me at least to be extremely reliable. I built one using an old mb, Athlon processor and 512 mb of ram. Been running now for about three months continuously with no problem. Conversely I also have a Pogoplug! Why? Simply because it is so easy to share files with friends and unlike the Freenas server it's web interface allows me to see thumbnails of my pics etc on a web page wherever I am in the world. Have to say though it is nowhere near as reliable as Freenas with the web page being frequently slow to load and the one drive I have connected to it often disappears from My Computer in Windows forcing me to reload the program and sign in again. Also Freenas shows up as a network drive no matter which OS I use. Unfortunately Pogoplug does not. Windows is ok most of the time but you can forget Linux, at least Ubuntu and Linux Mint. I have never got Pogoplug to show as a drive on any of my Linux boxes despite downloading Pogoplugs Linux software. It simply does not work which for a network drive is unforgivable.

 

[Guest]

To the above post, I just bought a Pogoplug, and it connects to other computers just as it should, even on Linux. It even runs on my GUI less (Linux) server! You need to install the fuse system on your computer and change some permissions on the folders which you mount to.

I actually really like the system so far, it seems like they have made everything work, but the leave avenues for more technical users to customise and experiment.

As an aside, it would be absurd for Linux to be unable to connect to the pogoplug: it runs Linux itself!