Hello, I have an external hard disk (usb 2.0, seagate). Can you tell me how can I configure for using for files storage and access it in every point of my home with my laptop?. I dont want to connect it like a slave on a laptop or a desktop. I want to mapp it in a network drive and see it in the windows explorer
Thanks
2006-12-21 05:21:28 · 6 answers · asked by lycra s 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
You won't be able to set the drive up as a standalone network object, since it does not have a network card or any way to access your network directly.
You will have to share it via one of the computers in your network. Simply plug it into a computer that will be on all the time, and then on that computer, right click the drive and go to properties. Go to the sharing tab and enable the drive to be shared.
To access it from another computer, simply type that computer's internal network IP address into a file browser, and the shared drive should pop up. You can also map that drive to the other computer's so you can access it as if it were a local hard drive.
2006-12-21 05:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by Che jrw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See the Linksys NSLU2 (Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives). It's hardware made specifically for what you want to do.
It's actually a small, Linux-based server for your home network, with a variety of uses.
Cost? About $100/US, although sometimes you can find deals/rebates, etc.
Recommended, and geeks love 'em, too for the many, many things that can be done with them (with some modification).
2006-12-21 05:44:03 · answer #2 · answered by gr8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't do what you want with your existing hardware. You're trying to make a simple external hard drive into a NAS device. You'd have to buy a kit to convert your USB connection to ethernet, along with the hardware to make the drive a seperate network device.
For the money, and the effort, you're probably better off getting a true NAS device and be done with it.
2006-12-21 05:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by antirion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u need to use NAS. with NAS your external hard drive will have it's own IP address and will be accessible from all systems on the network as long as it has power. USB drives are not only unreliable but if the host computer that it is connected to is not powered on you will not be able to access that drive.
2006-12-21 05:48:45 · answer #4 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have to buy some sort of a conerter so that your drive can wireless or through a hard wired connection attach to your hub/switch/router. The device could be a different type of enclosure that has an RJ-45 hookup; or it could be a convereter, to convert USB to ethernet and can do something about the difering protocols.
2006-12-21 05:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by Ubiquity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't do it.
What you might do is to go to FreeNAS.org, and download that free software. It will run happily on an old PC (got clients using P233 Pcs). Better still, it doesn't care if the BIOS won't see a large hard drive, since FreeNAS is based on BSD and bypasses the BIOS when looking at hard drives.
I have several clients running FreeNAS, and it's rock-solid. Works great for an FTP server as well as a RSYNC client/server as well.
2006-12-21 05:30:55 · answer #6 · answered by geek49203 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋