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I am looking for pros & cons of the following options:
1. Router with USB port
2. Wireless USB hub
3. Apple Time capsule
4. Other.
I am looking to make my external hard drive wireless. I want to be able to access it from my desktop and laptop.
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Connect it to your desktop, make sure your laptop is in the same work group as your desktop.
Do you not already have a wireless network for your laptop? If you do you can just Right-Click your external drive in "MY Computer" and select "Sharing and Security" Make sure "Share this Folder" is selected. Now you can access the drive over the network without purchasing extra equipment.
Wireless usb hubs cannot support connecting multiple computers to the same device at the same time... They are made for connecting multiple devices to one computer and WILL NOT WORK for connecting multiple computers to one device... USB has no collision detection which is why it is not able to network computers together as well. Only Fire wire and IP based technology has such a capability.
If you do not have a wireless network then I recommend a wireless NAS with USB ports like this one from trendnet: http://www.google.com/product_url?q=http://www.provantage.com/trendnet-ts-i300w~7TDWU00R.htm&fr=ALNQw8ZOsElh9bXPMldqHaCmEfyqpR1bfM6_CTLNgbsqKN2Y95nHhI0ZAdrl5cVMXFS25smnD90lHNCSYYLfjKiAP6_J_N-0ByahMNcTtDva5hATchIM_UctvB5qzYIRRdgA2IZFlHnWh0q59YtykmBEJKjsNI23DAAAAAAAAAAA&gl=us&hl=en&sa=title
Connect it to your desktop, make sure your laptop is in the same work group as your desktop.
Do you not already have a wireless network for your laptop? If you do you can just Right-Click your external drive in "MY Computer" and select "Sharing and Security" Make sure "Share this Folder" is selected. Now you can access the drive over the network without purchasing extra equipment.
Wireless usb hubs cannot support connecting multiple computers to the same device at the same time... They are made for connecting multiple devices to one computer and WILL NOT WORK for connecting multiple computers to one device... USB has no collision detection which is why it is not able to network computers together as well. Only Fire wire and IP based technology has such a capability.
If you do not have a wireless network then I recommend a wireless NAS with USB ports like this one from trendnet: http://www.google.com/product_url?q=http://www.provantage.com/trendnet-ts-i300w~7TDWU00R.htm&fr=ALNQw8ZOsElh9bXPMldqHaCmEfyqpR1bfM6_CTLNgbsqKN2Y95nHhI0ZAdrl5cVMXFS25smnD90lHNCSYYLfjKiAP6_J_N-0ByahMNcTtDva5hATchIM_UctvB5qzYIRRdgA2IZFlHnWh0q59YtykmBEJKjsNI23DAAAAAAAAAAA&gl=us&hl=en&sa=title
Can you set up any external hard drive to work on a wireless network?
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My entire family uses laptops, we all have our own. It would be nice if we could put our pictures/videos/music/documents on an external hard drive that was somehow attached to our wireless router so that a specific computer wouldn't have to be attached to it all the time. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance
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of course, there are external hard drives called network attached storage devices, or NAS for short. assuming your wireless router has at least one open wired network port, you can attach the NAS there. or, if you have other usb devices (printers, etc) that you would like to share as well, you can get a regular usb external hard drive and a multi port network usb hub, which will allow you to share multiple usb devices over your network.
www.compusa.com has all of the above at reasonable prices.
of course, there are external hard drives called network attached storage devices, or NAS for short. assuming your wireless router has at least one open wired network port, you can attach the NAS there. or, if you have other usb devices (printers, etc) that you would like to share as well, you can get a regular usb external hard drive and a multi port network usb hub, which will allow you to share multiple usb devices over your network.
www.compusa.com has all of the above at reasonable prices.
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