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Q. I just bought a portable Toshiba external hard drive that i connect to my laptop via USB cable. I noticed that my wifi router had a jack titled USB. So i was wondering if i could somehow hook my hard drive to that and just stream the data to my laptop, and if possible, watch the movies on it on my iDevices. Is it possible?
Answer
Read your router documentation to see if it is possible and if there are restrictions. On routers the USB port may be useless, only usable to share a printer, or can be used for several functions.
As already stated, the Apple Time Capsule (and Apple Airport Extreme) support external USB drives, though it can be limited. A drive configured for Time Machine backups is not very usable for other purposes, and a drive in a Windows format cannot be used for Time Machine backups.
Some Belkin, Buffalo, D-Link, Linksys, and Netgear products in recent years support external USB hard drives. The partitions, formats of use of these drives may be limited. Some Buffalo and D-link routers require each PC to install driver software provided from the manufacturer to access the external USB hard drive, and the driver software may be not be available for all operating systems.
Read your router documentation to see if it is possible and if there are restrictions. On routers the USB port may be useless, only usable to share a printer, or can be used for several functions.
As already stated, the Apple Time Capsule (and Apple Airport Extreme) support external USB drives, though it can be limited. A drive configured for Time Machine backups is not very usable for other purposes, and a drive in a Windows format cannot be used for Time Machine backups.
Some Belkin, Buffalo, D-Link, Linksys, and Netgear products in recent years support external USB hard drives. The partitions, formats of use of these drives may be limited. Some Buffalo and D-link routers require each PC to install driver software provided from the manufacturer to access the external USB hard drive, and the driver software may be not be available for all operating systems.
Sharing a Portable Hard Drive over a network?
Q. I have recently purchased a Buffalo Portable hard drive to use for backing-up my Desktop PC & Laptop.
I have the drive connected via USB to my desktop and have file sharing enabled, However when I try to access the drive from my Laptop via my wireless network I get the message:
"Not enough server storage available to process this command"
My Desktop is running XP Pro and my Laptop Vista Home Premium.
I have the drive connected via USB to my desktop and have file sharing enabled, However when I try to access the drive from my Laptop via my wireless network I get the message:
"Not enough server storage available to process this command"
My Desktop is running XP Pro and my Laptop Vista Home Premium.
Answer
Here is the solution from Microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/106167
Here is the solution from Microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/106167
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