Accessing my music over the net

My setup - I have a Linksys NSLU2 (slug) storage hub connected to 2 USB
hard drives. I've stored all my music on there and listen to the music
through ITunes on my laptop over a wireless network.

I'd like to be able to listen to all this music while I'm at work. What
is the easiest way to acheive this? If I have ITunes installed on my
work PC, can I just set the library location to be my home folders? I
tried to do this by setting the NSLU2 up as an ftp server. I can see
the files from my work PC, but can't get ITunes to set that network
place as the location for the music files? Would it make a difference
if I connected as a web server, rather than a ftp server?

Is it feasible to play music over a network like this? My home internet
connection has an upload speed of 256kps.

If possible, I want everything to run from the NSLU2, as I don't want
to have to leave my laptop switched on the whole time. Also, my wife
sometimes takes it away.

Thanks



Simon

Hello Simon

Your question to accessing music over the Internet will be too slow. Best
thing to do is buy a removable hard drive that you can use at work and at
home. Its really the only solution.

Hope this helps

Regards
Andrew Bell

"Simon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My setup - I have a Linksys NSLU2 (slug) storage hub connected to 2 USB
> hard drives. I've stored all my music on there and listen to the music
> through ITunes on my laptop over a wireless network.
>
> I'd like to be able to listen to all this music while I'm at work. What
> is the easiest way to acheive this? If I have ITunes installed on my
> work PC, can I just set the library location to be my home folders? I
> tried to do this by setting the NSLU2 up as an ftp server. I can see
> the files from my work PC, but can't get ITunes to set that network
> place as the location for the music files? Would it make a difference
> if I connected as a web server, rather than a ftp server?
>
> Is it feasible to play music over a network like this? My home internet
> connection has an upload speed of 256kps.
>
> If possible, I want everything to run from the NSLU2, as I don't want
> to have to leave my laptop switched on the whole time. Also, my wife
> sometimes takes it away.
>
> Thanks
>

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2006 16:22:19 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
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<(E-Mail Removed)> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>Hello Simon
>
>Your question to accessing music over the Internet will be too slow. Best
>thing to do is buy a removable hard drive that you can use at work and at
>home. Its really the only solution.

I use iTunes SSH-tunnelled over the internet from work to home all the time.
I use RendezvousProxy to help with the tunneling.

I have a 200Kb upload from my home machine (NTL cable), and 2Mb download at
work. I don't have any problems.

Also bear in mind that work's internet access is shared between up to 650 PCs.

The great thing about using iTunes this way rather than Shoutcast or Windows
Media Streaming (both of which I've used before without problem) is that you
get access to your full music library that you can play in any order, rather
than rely on a pre-made playlist or a VNC/Remote Desktop session into your
home machine to change tracks.

deKay
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