I have been informed that these "Gateway Cubes" are actually assembled by
Cobalt. If this is the case, those bug fixes would have been done by Cobalt.
It's just a OEM Cube ! With a built in modem and nicer manual ! :-) Although
If anyone in Australia has one that I could take a look at, email me direct
or give me a call.
Julian Carter
General Manager
Enet 21 Pty Ltd.
Australia
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----- Original Message -----
From: Malcolm McLeary <mim@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Darryl Harvey <dharvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Gateway Qube !?!?!?
> Hi Darryl,
>
> On 28/2/00 1:58 PM, Darryl Harvey <dharvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Has anyone done a comparison between the Cobalt Qube and the Gateway
> >re-badged Offering?
> >
> >I would be interested to hear any results/thoughts.
>
> I have a unit on my desk at the moment trying to answer the same
> question. The one I have has 64Mb RAM and 20Gb disk ... it appears to
> be simply a black Qube2, but has a functioning built-in modem.
>
> On power up the unit will try for a DHCP address, but will default to
> 192.168.100.1 if it can't get one. The Qube2 needs the owner to enter
> address details manually.
>
> Gateway provide a companion CD which is really for clients not the
> server. They assume that the Windows clients are not setup and it has a
> "Wizard" to install Windows networking, OE 5.0 and IE 5.0. It finally
> launches IE with the url;
>
> <http://microserver.local/.cobalt/wizard/intro.html>
>
> so the Micro Server can be configured.
>
> The GUI generally maintains the Cobalt colour scheme ... just the names
> and icons have changed.
>
> There is a minor interface change with an additional button for
> configuring email, but the funtionality is simply available via a
> different "path" on a Qube2.
>
> Telnet is not a access option, but can be enabled via "maintenance mode"
> for 1 hour at a time via the LCD. I guess renaming telnet access
> "maintenance mode" increases security but it will also discourage most
> owners from tampering.
>
> It has the "change user quota - corrupt SMB password" bug.
>
> It doesn't have the "Netatalk file modification time" bug.
>
> Groups can't have quotas > 10000 which is a minor issue with the home
> group as it had by default the free space on the 20Gb. Hence I couldn't
> add users to that group until I reduced the allocated quota.
>
> Gateway in the US is promoting the built-in Back Up utility as a basic
> backup solution ... it is as per Qube2 and IMHO not terribly useful for
> protecting shared data ... I use Dantz Retrospect Backup instead.
>
> The manual is thicker and a little more detailed, but still of little use
> when the system sends you those bizzare little email messages.
>
> IMHO its a black Qube2 with a built-in modem and a bigger disk.
>
> The real question is support ...
>
> I find it interesting that Gateway have fixed the "Netatalk file
> modification time" bug while Cobalt just say "watch the download area".
>
> I wonder who will fix the "change user quota - corrupt SMB password" bug
> first?
>
> Cheers, Malcolm
>
>
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