[access-uk] Re: connecting external HD to wireless network
- From: "Barry Toner" <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:31:35 -0000
Phil,
You've two options.
1. Have the drive setup on say your desktop, as a shared network
drive.
Or
Buy a Network Attached Storage (NAS), hard drive. This drive will then plug
directly into your routers Ethernet port and will make the files always
available regardless what machine is on or off.
As to actually connecting your exsisting drive to the router I don't think
this is possible. If If it's a 3.5" drive you could google to see if you
can buy NAS enclosures to put the drive in and that would work.
If it's a sealed drive like say one of the passport drives I don't think you
can open them. I have had 2.5" and 1.4" HD's arrive in little USB
enclosures that could be opened either buy sliding and lifting the lid or
that had little tiny screws in them that I've unscrewed. These are very
fiddly screws though, not much bigger than jewler screws in watches and the
like. So I'm not sure if you can get NAS's for anything smaller than 3.5"
drives.
Hopefully that's given you something to mull over.
Barry,.
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Phil Stephenson
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:33 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] connecting external HD to wireless network
Hi,
I currently have an external hard drive connected to my desktop which is in
turn connected via an Ethernet cable to our o2 wireless router. I will soon
be moving the desktop to another part of the house and connecting it
wirelessly to the o2 network. I would like to still have the external HD
available as a network drive but I don't want to have to put it in the same
room as the desktop, is there a way I can connect the external HD to my o2
router directly so I can access it via the desktop and my laptop?
All help gratefully received,
Cheers,
Phil
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