DaveyLC
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I'm looking for suggestions for WIFI bridges with built in hard-drives.
I've seen the Routers/Bridges with USB plugs and the WIFI USB dongles but I'm after an all in one solution.
Basically I want to hide away a single WIFI storage device (not in the house) so that I can use for backing up data so that I can access it from all PC's on my network and if my computer was to get stolen or my house burns down i'd have a backup.
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willay
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DaveyLC
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What?
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Dom
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(mini) ITX System + WiFi Dongle? I think Asus makes a router that you can install a harddrive, isn't cheap though.
edit - yup, Asus WL-700gE
[Edited on 21-11-2009 by Dom]
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DaveyLC
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The Asus WL-HDD has been discontinued as far as I can see
Theres a safeCom product that im watching on ebay (again cant find retail ones).
Havent looked for the WL700GE
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DaveyLC
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Just looked up the specs, thats EXACTLY what im after cheers!
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ed
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Isn't WIFI going to be quite slow for what you want? I use WIFI to back my laptop up, and when I'm working off of the LAN it gets painfully slow!
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DaveyLC
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I'm backing up code etc. not 4gb full length grott movies
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DaveyLC
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WL-HDD arrived today! Nice little device Connects as a client to my wireless network and shares the internal drive and/or an external USB key as a standard network share.
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DaveyLC
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Bloody thing is doing my head in my wireless router keeps booting it off
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willay
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got any logs
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DaveyLC
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Neither are showing anything in their logs but when I look at the connected devices on the Router (Linksys WRT54G) I can see the mac address of the WL-HDD appearing and dissapearing over and over again so I can only assume its connecting and disconnecting but when I look at the wireless status on the WL-HDD it says its connected to the correct SSID and shows the signal strength but the packet count stays at 0.
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ed
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Do you configure it over USB first?
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John
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How much code are you backing up?
Online storage not a batter sollution?
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DaveyLC
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I want it at home
quote: Originally posted by ed
Do you configure it over USB first?
Its configured over the LAN..
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DaveyLC
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Well the WL-HDD didnt like my router so I bought a Safecom SWSAPUR-5400 and it works a treat
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