Sharkoon HDD Docking Station now with Gigabit Ethernet

Sharkoon has some docking stations in the offer. With the Sharkoon SATA QuickPort Pro LAN, the Taiwanese vendor Giga replaced the SATA QuickPort Pro LAN. The small but beautiful name difference illustrates the new feature: From now on board is Gigabit LAN.

When Sharkoon SATA QuickPort Pro LAN Giga Sharkoon replaced the Fast Ethernet interface with a significantly faster Gigabit Ethernet port. Via the LAN port can be integrated attached hard drives and media in a local home or office network. In addition to the LAN port and plug for slots for SATA hard drives in the 2.5 - and 3.5-inch format provides the Sharkoon SATA QuickPort Pro LAN Giga an integrated dual USB 2.0 hub and a card reader for SD, SDHC, MMC and MS. USB hub and card reader connected via USB to a computer or laptop hard drives can be connected alternatively via the eSATA interface is also available.

To the QuickPort SATA plugged hard drives, memory cards and USB devices to all users in a local network to provide, the docking station connected to the network and install the associated software on the computers involved. About the software menu each user can then add the devices connected to their own computer. If a user on a device, this is blocked for the rest of the network participants. If another user needs the device, it may send a release request to the current user. About the Reset button in the back can the USB server when needed to restart.

Like the other models, the Sharkoon QuickPort SATA QuickPort Pro Giga LAN with hard disk eject button and LED indicators for power and disk activity is provided. It measure 133 x 71 x 95 mm, weighs 545 grams and comes with Tool CD including Getting Started Guide, power supply, patch cord, USB cable and eSATA cable.