wireless HD

does andybody know if there is a harddrive out there to wire directly
into the switch of my router?? my desktop connected to my router is
pretty old and i wanted to get an external HD like 500 gb or 1 tb to be
able to be used remotely from my laptop.. if you know of an actual
product or just some keywords to search for that would be great.. thanks



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Ya, it's called a NAS or Network Attached Storage.

Adair

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> does andybody know if there is a harddrive out there to wire directly
> into the switch of my router?? my desktop connected to my router is
> pretty old and i wanted to get an external HD like 500 gb or 1 tb to be
> able to be used remotely from my laptop.. if you know of an actual
> product or just some keywords to search for that would be great.. thanks
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krenshaw04 <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>does andybody know if there is a harddrive out there to wire directly
>into the switch of my router??

Yep. It's called NAS (Network Attached Storage). The drive appears
as a shared network drive to Windoze. I use those instead of USB and
Fireware external drives.
<http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/85/93/>
Be sure to read the reviews and note the performance differences. Some
NAS drives are slower than a snail.

>my desktop connected to my router is
>pretty old and i wanted to get an external HD like 500 gb or 1 tb to be
>able to be used remotely from my laptop.. if you know of an actual
>product or just some keywords to search for that would be great.. thanks

If your ancient desktop is running W95/W98/ME, you're going to have
problem. Consider upgrading the laptop before buying a bigger
dumpster.

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