Chris Gray - A super small file server

Posted By: The Channel 9 Team | Jul 29th, 2004 @ 10:58 AM | 77,321 Views | 28 Comments
Our new camera guy, Mike Hall, goes and visits Chris Gray, software development engineer with the Windows CE networking team.

Chris has built a small file server with the new Windows CE 5.0. In this 20 minute-long video he shows off the device, and then shows how to build an operating system and network file storage for it. It's about the size of a Coke can.
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#Jul 29th, 2004 @ 11:24 AM
mikehall
mikehall
Mike
go ahead and count the number of lines of code Chris writes in this video...

- Mike
#Jul 29th, 2004 @ 11:32 AM
Kryptos
Kryptos
Backup People!
Cool... Where can I buy one of those small boxes? I have seen mini-atx boards, but this looks cool! I want one, website link?

Where is the link for the source code for the server discovery link? Which Chris refers to...

I have worked with XPe and this look's just same and a lot better than previous versions of CE I have used.

Great video, Channel9 rocks!!!


#Jul 29th, 2004 @ 11:54 AM
mikehall
mikehall
Mike

The reference board is from a company called ICOP, the board is known as the eBOX II - check out the Channel9 link here for more information and contact details at ICOP.

- Mike

#Jul 29th, 2004 @ 12:52 PM
chrisgray
chrisgray
Hey, thanks for reminding me to put up the link to the utility.  Please use this at your own risk, we dont support or maintain it in anyway. You can download it off my personal webpage at: http://chrisgray.members.winisp.net/

thanks!
-Chris
#Jul 29th, 2004 @ 3:47 PM
Manip
Manip
I want one of those devices SO much. I have so much need but two issues stand in the way, first off I live in the UK and secondly they cost $195~ which I don't have... I just hope they get cheaper in the future and start appearing in real supply channels.
 
I would build a little mail server + web-site and stick the box in the corner to collect dust. I can't wait until I am able to do this... Big Smile

Kick ass video, I watched it a couple of times.. I think that you over-complicated the discovery process. I would just look at the upper-most assigned IP by the DHCP Server and then 'guess' the IP of the device. Or if failing that scan the sub-net for it.
#Jul 29th, 2004 @ 4:26 PM
chrisgray
chrisgray
hehe - yeah I hear ya on the discovery thing -- problem is that we are using the server on our domain where there are like a zillion of people so it was driving me nuts.  at home I do exactally what you suggested Smiley
#Jul 29th, 2004 @ 4:32 PM
Kryptos
Kryptos
Backup People!
Hey,

I'm in the UK too, it seems that http://www.dsl-ltd.co.uk our the uk distubtion.

They seem to have the same board with a diffient shell.

I have e-mailed for a price.
#Jul 29th, 2004 @ 4:42 PM
Manip
Manip
If you get a reply on that price, can you post it for us?

chrisgray wrote:
hehe - yeah I hear ya on the discovery thing -- problem is that we are using the server on our domain where there are like a zillion of people so it was driving me nuts.  at home I do exactally what you suggested Smiley


Fair point. Couldn't you have set a default IP/SubNet Mask via the registry which is correct on the DHCP server. Trick is get it to assign you that IP then use it as a virtual static IP and it shouldn't time-out because it should be in use now and then. 

 
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