jonoeckley
I need to install a external harddrive on a network,
Can I connect it straight to the router, so it can run as a "seperate computer".
How would i go about doing this
Answer
I know of two options, there may be more.
1) Linksys WRT350N wifi router has a USB port on it and you can plug a usb disk into this and make it available on the network.
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1162354643512&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
I am using this and it seems to work fine with a pocket drive, shows up as a Share on the network.
2) Western Digital makes a series of Ethernet based disks call World Book, here is one
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=279
I haven't tried this one but it looks interesting, they have several sizes
I know of two options, there may be more.
1) Linksys WRT350N wifi router has a USB port on it and you can plug a usb disk into this and make it available on the network.
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1162354643512&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
I am using this and it seems to work fine with a pocket drive, shows up as a Share on the network.
2) Western Digital makes a series of Ethernet based disks call World Book, here is one
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=279
I haven't tried this one but it looks interesting, they have several sizes
External hard drive that is also network capable?
Chubbz
I'm looking for a dependable external hard drive that can connect directly to my laptop directly by usb like a lot of external hard drive. But I would also like for it to be network capable. So I can connect it to my router and access it from there. So is there both a usb direct connect external hard drive with network capabilities? And if so what's a decent one to get? I'm looking for something more than 100 gb but not more than 500.
Answer
There are internet routers that you can plug hard drives into, like this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124081
I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a hard drive that plugs directly into the network, and if there is there's no demand, and i'll tell you why.
You can share any data that's plugged into your computer. If you're using windows, right click on a folder or hard drive, click sharing, and go from there. You can buy a normal external hd and just do that with it.
Only catch is, if you share your data on the network, anyone on your network can access it. That means that if you have wireless, you have to make sure it's secure. That means WPA encryption (not wep, definitely not open).
Go and get one of those.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000150414%204802&bop=And&Order=RATING
Good rating = good drive. Easy.
There are internet routers that you can plug hard drives into, like this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124081
I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a hard drive that plugs directly into the network, and if there is there's no demand, and i'll tell you why.
You can share any data that's plugged into your computer. If you're using windows, right click on a folder or hard drive, click sharing, and go from there. You can buy a normal external hd and just do that with it.
Only catch is, if you share your data on the network, anyone on your network can access it. That means that if you have wireless, you have to make sure it's secure. That means WPA encryption (not wep, definitely not open).
Go and get one of those.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000150414%204802&bop=And&Order=RATING
Good rating = good drive. Easy.
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