Collection of NAS-Hacking communities



= About =

This page is a collection of all the NAS hacking communities we have found so far on the web listed with the devices that they target. We encourage other communities to link to this page as it makes life much easier for users trying to find the right community for the hardware that they own.

NAS-Central is the shared effort of hobbyists and linux enthusiasts from the former linkstationwiki.net community and the well known nslu2-linux.org that was initialized by a hosting problem. Because of the extremely successful donation drive in 2007 we were able to buy a new shared server which is located at osuosl.org. Several vendor specific subwikis are accessable from the main portal together with an average traffic NAS community news blog and general vendor independent howtos.

Additionally a General NAS Customisation Page was created. Please check it out and help improve it so that other users have an easier experience modifying their devices in the future!

Main IRC channel: nas-central at freenode

Our most important projects are:


 * Linux Kernel support for Marvell Orion-1/Orion-NAS/Orion-2 based NAS devices
 * Gathering specific information for various NAS devices and documenting them in the wikis.

= Independent Reviews and Initial Hacking =

Buffalo Devices

 * 1) buffalo.nas-central.org - ALL NAS-devices from Buffalo/Revogear.
 * 2) yamasita.jp/ - All NAS-devices from Buffalo Technology (including JP-versions only)
 * 3) *|en&tbb=1&ie=ISO-8859-1 translated with google-translation
 * 4) kurobox.jp/kuroweb/ - Japanese Page for hacking the Kurobox Pro
 * 5) *|en&tbb=1&ie=ISO-8859-1 translated with google-translation
 * 6) www5.atwiki.jp/kuro-bsd/ - Porting netbsd to all NAS-devices (except ARM based) from Buffalo
 * 7) *|en&tbb=1&ie=ISO-8859-1 translated with google-translation

NSLU2 Linux Community

 * 1) nslu2-linux.org - Got big with NSLU2, now several subprojects
 * 2) * Linksys NSLU2
 * 3) * Synology DS-101(g+)
 * 4) * Iomega NAS 100d
 * 5) * D-Link DSM-G600
 * 6) * Freecom FSG-3
 * 7) * Linksys NAS200
 * 8) * Qnap TurboStation
 * 9) * Iomega StorCenter
 * 10) www.debonaras.org/ - DEBian On Nas And Routers And Stuff
 * 11) * Linksys NSLU2
 * 12) * Thecus N2100(g+)
 * 13) * Iomega NAS 100d
 * 14) * ALL6500
 * 15) www.cyrius.com/debian/ - Martin Michlmayr's Page
 * 16) * HP mv2120
 * 17) * IO-Data GLAN Tank
 * 18) * Linksys NSLU2
 * 19) * QNAP TS-109, TS-209 and TS-409
 * 20) * Thecus N2100(g+)

Fun Plug Community
The funplug-community has its forum at http://forum.dsmg600.info/


 * 1) wiki.dns323.info/ - NAS built by dlink/Conceptronic
 * 2) * D-Link DNS-323
 * 3) * Conceptronic CH3SNAS
 * 4) dsmg600.info/ - NAS built by dlink
 * 5) * D-Link DSM G600
 * 6) tsi300.info/ - NAS built by trendnet
 * 7) * Trendnet TS-I300
 * 8) * Trendnet TS-I300W

Other Comunities

 * 1) Thecus
 * 2) www.onbeat.dk/thecus Wiki - All Thecus devices
 * 3) thecususergroup.proboards106.com/ - Forum
 * 4) * 1U4500
 * 5) * N5200PRO
 * 6) * N5200
 * 7) * N4100+
 * 8) * N4100
 * 9) * N2100
 * 10) * N2050
 * 11) * N1200
 * 12) * N1050
 * 13) Synology
 * 14) oinkzwurgl.org/diskstation
 * 15) www.nas-forum.com Wiki - French Community for all Synology devices
 * 16) www.nas-forum.comForum - French Community for all Synology devices
 * 17) www.synology.com/enu/forum/index.php?c=8 - Synology Hacking Forums
 * 18) www.synology-forum.de/ - German forum
 * 19) synology.nl/forum/ - NL forum
 * 20) * DiskStation 101
 * 21) * Disk Station DS106j
 * 22) * Disk Station DS107e
 * 23) * Disk Station DS107
 * 24) * Disk Station DS107+
 * 25) * Disk Station DS207
 * 26) * Disk Station DS207+
 * 27) * Cube Station CS407e
 * 28) * CubeStation 406
 * 29) * Cube Station CS407+
 * 30) * RackStation 406
 * 31) * Rack Station RS407
 * 32) HP MediaVault
 * 33)  www.k0lee.com/hpmediavault/ - FAQ
 * 34) groups.yahoo.com/group/hpmediavault - Mailing List
 * 35) QNAP Turbostations
 * 36) scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Qnap_Turbostation - Miniwiki for the QNAP Turbostations
 * 37) tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OpenTurbostation/ - Mailing List
 * 38) Asus
 * 39) wiki.wl500g.info/ - Wiki - Devices from Asus
 * 40) wl500g.info/ - Forum
 * 41) * Routers - many of them with USB-Ports
 * 42) ** WL-300g
 * 43) ** WL-500g/WL-500gx/WL-500b/WL-500gp/Asus WL-500w
 * 44) ** WL-550gE
 * 45) ** WL-700gE
 * 46) ** SL-1000 / SL-500
 * 47) * NAS
 * 48) ** WL-HDD
 * 49) oleg.wl500g.info - Custom Firmwares
 * 50) * Routers - many of them with USB-Ports
 * 51) ** WL-300g
 * 52) ** WL-500g/WL-500gx/WL-500b/WL-500bv2/WL-500gp
 * 53) ** WL-550gE
 * 54) ** WL-700gE
 * 55) * NAS
 * 56) ** WL-HDD
 * 57) ** Yakumo Wireless Storage 60
 * 58) Freecom
 * 59) www.openfsg.com/ - Wiki
 * 60) www.openfsg.com/forum/ - Forum
 * 61) * Freecom FSG

= Marvell Orion-1/Orion-NAS/Orion-2 based NAS devices =

All following boxes use very similar SoCs (System on Chip) and CPUs:
 * Orion-1 based boxes use a 88f5181 SoC and a Feroceon 88FR331-vd CPU.
 * Orion-NAS based boxes use a 88f5182 SoC and a Feroceon 88FR331-vd CPU.
 * Orion-2 based boxes use a 88f5281 SoC and a Feroceon 88FR531-vd CPU.
 * Orion-VoIP based boxes use a 88f5181l SoC and a Feroceon 88FR331-vd CPU. Orion-VoIP is mostly used in routers like the Linksys WRT350N v2. 88f5181l = 88f5181 + crypto + nand + tdm(interface for FXS/FXO ports -> phone lines).


 * Orion git repository at kernel.org
 * Orion NAS customisation guide
 * The Optware feed for the MSS-II is already known to work on several of these devices.

Linux Based + GPL-Sources Available

 * Marvell Buffalo Devices
 * LS Pro v1, LS Live v1 & v2, Terastation Pro v2, Terastation Live - GPL-Sources
 * Maxtor Shared Storage II
 * Maxtor Shared Storage 2 - GPL-Sources
 * QNAP
 * QNAP TS109 - GPL-Sources
 * QNAP TS209 - GPL-Sources
 * LaCie
 * LaCie Big Disk - GPL-Sources
 * LaCie Ethernet Disk mini V2 - GPL-Sources
 * D-Link
 * DNS-323 - GPL-Sources
 * Conceptronic
 * CH3SNAS - GPL-Sources
 * Synology
 * Synology DS107+ & DS207+ - GPL-Sources
 * Zyxel
 * NSA220 - GPL-sources
 * Freecom
 * Freecom DataTank Gateway WLAN - GPL-Sources

Non-Linux Based or GPL-Sources Missing
Hammer MyShare -> GPL-source requested -> only got answer that they are not available. seems to run linux then -> Posts at the gpl-violations mailing list: 1, 2

I-O Data Landisk -> GPL-Sources need to be requested here. Can anyone please do this so we can host them?

Netgear Storage Central Turbo -> GPL-Sources requested -> running licenced NetBSD from wasabi..so no sources available

= NAS OS Development =



http://foonas.org
foonas is a Linux distribution targeting network attached storage devices. It is developed using a fork of the OpenEmbedded project.

If your device has a current kernel and boot-loader available then adding support for your machine should be easy!



http://www.openprotium.org
OpenProtium is a NAS oriented Linux distribution like foonas. Like foonas it was developed with OpenEmbedded and it is based on SlugOS.



http://buildroot.uclibc.org/
Buildroot is another project targeting building operating systems for embedded devices like OpenEmbedded.

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