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From: raghav on 16 Apr 2008 10:08 Hi, I want to buy myself a router, that takes in a wan connection and allows few lan connections. the Lan connections should be on ethernet AND on wireless both. I know, thats a simple thing to buy. But, I want another feature from the router, which I cant seem to find. (Or may be I am looking for a diff term). I want that my External hard disk should be attached to the router so that its available to the whole internal network as a network disk. Is that possible ? are there products in market allowing something like that ? Or is my wish something absurd ? better ways of achieving the same thing ? I think AirPort Express/Extreme from Apple allow something like that. I am a non-apple user and still want similar behaviour.. possible ? too much to ask for ?? pls suggest .. cheers raghav..
From: SMS on 16 Apr 2008 12:08 raghav wrote: > Hi, > > I want to buy myself a router, that takes in a wan connection and > allows few lan connections. the Lan connections should be on ethernet > AND on wireless both. > > I know, thats a simple thing to buy. > > But, I want another feature from the router, which I cant seem to > find. (Or may be I am looking for a diff term). I want that my > External hard disk should be attached to the router so that its > available to the whole internal network as a network disk. Buy a drive enclosure with an Ethernet interface and plug it into the router, i.e. a Coolmax CN-350, "http://tinyurl.com/5mbcom" Or you can buy a complete drive with an Ethernet interface, i.e. "http://tinyurl.com/6gaaj3" I do exactly what you're doing. Remember, the drive will always be on, it doesn't hibernate.
From: gene martinez on 16 Apr 2008 14:33 raghav <sharma.raghvendra(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I want to buy myself a router, that takes in a wan connection and >allows few lan connections. the Lan connections should be on ethernet >AND on wireless both. > >I know, thats a simple thing to buy. > >But, I want another feature from the router, which I cant seem to >find. (Or may be I am looking for a diff term). I want that my >External hard disk should be attached to the router so that its >available to the whole internal network as a network disk. > >Is that possible ? are there products in market allowing something >like that ? >Or is my wish something absurd ? better ways of achieving the same >thing ? > >I think AirPort Express/Extreme from Apple allow something like that. >I am a non-apple user and still want similar behaviour.. > If you get a usb type drive you can take a look at something like the Linksys NSLU2. I have it working with (2) usb drives. Another nice thing is (if you need/want it) you can access the drives over the internet.
From: Bob Smith on 17 Apr 2008 02:08 On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:08:50 -0700 (PDT), raghav <sharma.raghvendra(a)gmail.com> wrote: What your looking for is Network Attached Storage or commonly called NAS devices. The NAS device is basically a computer with a network card and hard drives that you assign an IP address to and are able to access the hard drives from any computer on the network It's connected to the network via a cat5 cable which you can plug into the router check the link below. NAS storage is operating system flexible. They usually all have the hard drives formatted with FAT32 (similar to the USB convention) but you can format them for apple only or NTFS for Windows XP and above. http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1738,677853,00.asp hope this helps, they are a little pricy and have various options Bob Roibert Smith Consulting >Hi, > >I want to buy myself a router, that takes in a wan connection and >allows few lan connections. the Lan connections should be on ethernet >AND on wireless both. > >I know, thats a simple thing to buy. > >But, I want another feature from the router, which I cant seem to >find. (Or may be I am looking for a diff term). I want that my >External hard disk should be attached to the router so that its >available to the whole internal network as a network disk. > >Is that possible ? are there products in market allowing something >like that ? >Or is my wish something absurd ? better ways of achieving the same >thing ? > >I think AirPort Express/Extreme from Apple allow something like that. >I am a non-apple user and still want similar behaviour.. > >possible ? >too much to ask for ?? > >pls suggest .. > >cheers >raghav..
From: _raghav_ on 18 Apr 2008 04:38
On Apr 17, 8:08 am, Bob Smith <n...(a)na6t.com> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:08:50 -0700 (PDT), raghav > > <sharma.raghven...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > What your looking for is Network Attached Storage or commonly > called NAS devices. > > The NAS device is basically a computer with a network card and > hard drives that you assign an IP address to and are able to > access the hard drives from any computer on the network > > It's connected to the network via a cat5 cable which you can > plug into the router > check the link below. NAS storage is operating system flexible. They > usually all have the hard drives formatted with FAT32 (similar to the > USB convention) but you can format them for apple only or NTFS for > Windows XP and above. > > http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1738,677853,00.asp > > hope this helps, they are a little pricy and have various options > > Bob > > Roibert Smith Consulting > > >Hi, > > >I want to buy myself a router, that takes in a wan connection and > >allows few lan connections. the Lan connections should be on ethernet > >AND on wireless both. > > >I know, thats a simple thing to buy. > > >But, I want another feature from the router, which I cant seem to > >find. (Or may be I am looking for a diff term). I want that my > >External hard disk should be attached to the router so that its > >available to the whole internal network as a network disk. > > >Is that possible ? are there products in market allowing something > >like that ? > >Or is my wish something absurd ? better ways of achieving the same > >thing ? > > >I think AirPort Express/Extreme from Apple allow something like that. > >I am a non-apple user and still want similar behaviour.. > > >possible ? > >too much to ask for ?? > > >pls suggest .. > > >cheers > >raghav.. I found something from LinkSys... http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1162354643512&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=4351239789B02 anybody tried something like this ? any experience ? |