Review
- Introduction
- Packaging and Specification
- External Impressions
- Test Bench and Methodology
- Intel NAS Performance Toolkit- Wired and Wireless Testing
- Lan Speed Test
- Transfer Tests
- Router’s GUI Impression
- Conclusion
I didn’t use the setup disc, but the router does in some way help you to setup the router with step by step setup and notifications incase you have set any password for your router and storage access.
You can set separate SSIDs, channel and channel width in both 2.5GHz and 5Ghz. Remote access is where you do the setup for mobile access of the storage router by using the apps for smartphones and/or tablets- and also you can setup a WD 2go web access.
You can also add a USB storage drive on the router as shown.
There is a function which allows you to format the drive inside the storage router but even with the USB storage device connected, there wasn’t an option to format the external drive. This is the part where this doesn’t behave like a NAS.
If you’ve seen a lot of NAS box reviews- from Synology and/or from even QNAP, there are lot of applications for different functions that you can download and install- even for having scheduled backups of your website via FTP and many such apps. This doesn’t. Also during testing the 40mm didn’t spin up. I would have liked to see some option to turn the fan on and keep it on. Maybe my hopes for WD My Net 900 Central was that it should be a full fledged inbuilt NAS, but its more of a storage router. I and many would have liked to see if there was any way if WD or any Router manufacturer will have such routers with doubles up as a NAS and atleast lets you install a 2.5” drive of your own choice.
