[NBLUG/talk] Cloud Engine Pogoplug

[Jim Oser]

Here's an interesting device. Attach a USB hard drive to this $99 part  
and you have a network drive that is accessible over a LAN or WAN.

There is an open source project, that is using this as a $99 Linux  
computer.

Some Mac users are using it to store their iTunes files.

http://www.pogoplug.com/opensource/

http://www.pogoplug.com/

http://www.pogoplug.com/dev/

> Developers
> We designed the Pogoplug with developers and add-ons in mind. If you  
> are a Javascript, Java, PHP, .NET, C++, or even FORTRAN programmer,  
> you can use our Web Services API to build applications or Web  
> services that access your Pogoplug from anywhere in the world.
> Of course the Pogoplug is also a general purpose Linux computer. If  
> you are a Linux developer, then you can also write software to run  
> natively on the Pogoplug. We have all the wonderful documentation on  
> how to do that here.
> Important note: The Pogoplug Developer section is intended to be a  
> rich and growing environment. We're still working to add more  
> services into the platform and document more features of the core  
> system. If you'd like to contribute to the discussions about our Web  
> Services API or the underlying Linux system, click here.


http://www.pogoplug.com/dev/linux.html

> Linux Developers
> Important note: The Pogoplug Developer section is intended to be a  
> rich and growing environment. We're still working to add more  
> services into the platform and document more features of the core  
> system. If you'd like to contribute to the discussions about our Web  
> Services API or the underlying Linux system, click here.
> The Pogoplug is a general purpose Linux computer running an embedded  
> ARM compatible processor. As such, many of the same features you can  
> realize on a desktop or server Intel machine can be run equally well  
> on the Pogoplug.
> SSH Access
> Pogoplugs ship with SSH servers already running on them. As such,  
> you can SSH into the Pogoplug from any SSH compliant client  
> software. The user credentials of the default shipping Pogoplugs are  
> currently

I haven't seen any mention of this product in this forum. Is anyone  
using this?

The product has had many write-ups. http://www.pogoplug.com/news/press.html

Maybe it's time to replace your OLPC with a new toy.

Does anyone know what ports need to be available for this device to  
work. I am guessing that it needs http and https but technical  
information on this product seems sparse. The website says that it  
will work with "most routers".  I am wondering if double NAT is a  
problem.




JIm

Jim Oser
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