FS: Fingbox, Silex DS-510 USB device network device

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#304129 6-Apr-2023 17:09

The Fingbox is this:

https://www.fing.com/products/fingbox

This one has the original case design, not the cheaper-to-manufacture one they're shipping now.

The Silex is this:

https://www.silextechnology.com/connectivity-solutions/device-connectivity/ds-510

The Silex DS-510 is designed to easily connect and share USB devices over a network. Printers, Scanners, Disk Drives, Card Readers, or virtually any other USB device can be now be enabled with network capability. It allows flexibility to place the USB device anywhere on the network instead of needing to be attached directly to the computer, and multiple users can access the USB device.

Looking for $120 for the Fingbox, normally $220, $100 for the Silex, also normally $220.

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#3060075 7-Apr-2023 10:54

Who else came here just to learn what on earth those gizmos were, more so the Silex

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3060112 7-Apr-2023 13:01

MadEngineer:
Who else came here just to learn what on earth those gizmos were, more so the Silex

As card-carrying geek, you should at least know about the Fingbox :-). It's also a self-selecting audience, if you're the sort of person who wants a Fingbox then you'll also know what it is. They're actually incredibly useful for telling you everything that's going on on your network, and giving you the ability to do so remotely via the app.

The Silex is a bit difficult to describe in one or two words, it's a device for network-enabling anything that talks USB but that's too much to put in a subject line.

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#3060355 8-Apr-2023 15:45

I'd heard about this device before but never tried - seems very cool, is it true the device itself is not so well supported anymore?

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#3060399 8-Apr-2023 22:47

hotsupes:
I'd heard about this device before but never tried - seems very cool, is it true the device itself is not so well supported anymore?

Not that I know of, they still get regular updates adding new stuff, last one was a few weeks ago.

Only reason I'm selling mine is that I helped crowdfund the Firewalla a few years back which does a lot of what the Fingbox does too, there's sufficient overlap with the newer stuff that's been added to the Firewalla that I don't really need both of them.