Actiontec Unveils New Home NAS Devices

By Digital Trends Staff December 19, 2005

Actiontec Unveils New Home NAS Devices

Actiontec Electronics, a maker of products for use with broadband Internet connectivity, today announced a new set of network storage devices with wired and wireless configurations. Pricings for the new Actiontec Network Attached Storage products are $149.99 for no hard drive, $264.99 for 160GB and $329.99 for 250GB, while the Actiontec Wireless Network Attached Storage products are $184.99 for no hard drive, $298.99 for 160GB and $359.99 for 250GB. All should be available in mid-January.

Actiontec said their Network Attached Storage products are targeted towards home networks as a convenient place to store and access files such as video, music and photos. Features of both the wired and wireless units include stackability on top of one another and connectivity to each other thorough a USB 2.0 port which can also serve to connect to a USB printer or keychain drive, an integrated FTP server, a built-in backup utility, UPnP support and DHCP server functionality.

The wireless model works off of 802.11g and includes 64/128-bit WEP encryption.

“Consumers are increasingly accessing rich media content such as music, video, and photos from the Internet as well as many different devices in the home. This has created a need for a NAS appliance that can serve as a seamless media hub for the entire home,” said Dean Chang, Actiontec President and CEO. “Our NAS products allow all digital media to be centrally stored and universally accessed with a single click, without setting up any complicated folder sharing. This furthers our vision of the connected home.”

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