remote hard disk

Hi all

I am hoping some of you will be able to answer a question for me. I have a
11g wireless network at home with a wireless router. If I buy another 11g
wireless access point which has a USB socket, is it possible to connect a
external hard drive with a USB connection to it so that the computers on the
network are able to save and retrieve information on the hard drive?

Any help with this would be much appreciated. thanks

nigel

no
it will need a pc to manage it.

mike

"lugaburuga" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> I am hoping some of you will be able to answer a question for me. I have
a
> 11g wireless network at home with a wireless router. If I buy another 11g
> wireless access point which has a USB socket, is it possible to connect a
> external hard drive with a USB connection to it so that the computers on
the
> network are able to save and retrieve information on the hard drive?
>
> Any help with this would be much appreciated. thanks
>
> nigel
>
>

"lugaburuga" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:K2gId.28883$(E-Mail Removed). uk...
> I am hoping some of you will be able to answer a question for me. I have
> a 11g wireless network at home with a wireless router. If I buy another
> 11g wireless access point which has a USB socket, is it possible to
> connect a external hard drive with a USB connection to it so that the
> computers on the network are able to save and retrieve information on the
> hard drive?

No, but you can use something like Ebuyer Quickfind 60265.

Performance will suck over wireless; it's tolerable for most things using
100Mbit wired Ethernet, but for close-to-local-drive performance your best
bet is a PC with the drive(s) in and a gigabit Ethernet network. OTOH if all
you want to do is stream music/video off it, ultra-high speed is not
important.

Alex

In article <K2gId.28883$(E-Mail Removed) >,
"lugaburuga" (E-Mail Removed) says...
> Hi all
>
> I am hoping some of you will be able to answer a question for me. I have a
> 11g wireless network at home with a wireless router. If I buy another 11g
> wireless access point which has a USB socket, is it possible to connect a
> external hard drive with a USB connection to it so that the computers on the
> network are able to save and retrieve information on the hard drive?
>
USB has a client-server architecture - you need a server (PC, print
server etc.) to attach clients to.

You can get dedicated NAS servers like this to attach a USB disk to
an ethernet network
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...ProductID=1716
or complete NAS solutions like this
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52452

You could attach a wireless ethernet bridge to one of these (ethernet
is a peer-to-peer protocol) to make a wireless NAS solution.
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52459

"Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <K2gId.28883$(E-Mail Removed) >,
> "lugaburuga" (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> Hi all
>>
>> I am hoping some of you will be able to answer a question for me. I have
>> a
>> 11g wireless network at home with a wireless router. If I buy another
>> 11g
>> wireless access point which has a USB socket, is it possible to connect a
>> external hard drive with a USB connection to it so that the computers on
>> the
>> network are able to save and retrieve information on the hard drive?
>>
> USB has a client-server architecture - you need a server (PC, print
> server etc.) to attach clients to.
>
> You can get dedicated NAS servers like this to attach a USB disk to
> an ethernet network
> http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...ProductID=1716
> or complete NAS solutions like this
> http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52452
>
> You could attach a wireless ethernet bridge to one of these (ethernet
> is a peer-to-peer protocol) to make a wireless NAS solution.
> http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52459


thanks - all of your help is much appreciated

In message <K2gId.28883$(E-Mail Removed) >, lugaburuga
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Hi all
>
>I am hoping some of you will be able to answer a question for me. I have a
>11g wireless network at home with a wireless router. If I buy another 11g
>wireless access point which has a USB socket, is it possible to connect a
>external hard drive with a USB connection to it so that the computers on the
>network are able to save and retrieve information on the hard drive?
>
>Any help with this would be much appreciated. thanks
>
>nigel
>
>
Http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/420/asus_wl-hdd_2

Have seen one that a friend brought back from Hong Kong, not sure if
available in the UK yet but if it fits it might be worth looking for.
--
Clint Sharp