Wirelessly Accessible USB Hard Drive?

Hey all,

I'm just putting a new stereo in a car and I have a deck that will play
MP3's off of any USB block storage device (assuming FAT32 file system).
I have been hunting for some sort of USB drive that has wireless access
(probably through some onboard Linux OS). I've seen a few wireless NAS
options but all of them have USB ports purley to plug in additional USB
storage media - I'm looking for something that my stereo can access as a
USB drive via the USB port, but at the same time I can update via my
home's wireless network.

Anyone seen such a beast floating around? I built a car computer last
year but wasn't really happy with the results (too much IO on the USB
bus).

Jeremy


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triksterut wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm just putting a new stereo in a car and I have a deck that will
> play MP3's off of any USB block storage device (assuming FAT32 file
> system). I have been hunting for some sort of USB drive that has
> wireless access (probably through some onboard Linux OS). I've seen
> a few wireless NAS options but all of them have USB ports purley to
> plug in additional USB storage media - I'm looking for something that
> my stereo can access as a USB drive via the USB port, but at the same
> time I can update via my home's wireless network.
>
> Anyone seen such a beast floating around? I built a car computer last
> year but wasn't really happy with the results (too much IO on the USB
> bus).
>
> Jeremy
>
>
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> View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=29331
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Not exactly what you asked, but may give you an ides... I have the buffalo
linkstation on my wireless network
(http://www.buffalotech.com/products/...e/linkstation/ ) and
store all my mp3's on there, so I can access them from any of the
laptops/pda's etc, and just copy them to 1/2/4 GB jump drives for use on the
car stereo (or the walkman/portable mp3 player type).. didn't seem to make
any sense to get the cars to work with the wireless network, since if I'm in
the car (or walking with the walkman type thing) I'm usually not home! That
specific device has two USB ports (I have the 1 TB model), I use one for a
network printer and the second for one of the el-cheapo 500 GB drives (use
on the network for added storage, or hook it to each laptop for a way faster
backup than wireless can do)...
Haven't tried it to see if I can just use a jump drive off the linkstation,
but they do make really nice jumpdrives with neck cords that are great for
not home use...

triksterut <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm just putting a new stereo in a car and I have a deck that will play
> MP3's off of any USB block storage device (assuming FAT32 file system).
> I have been hunting for some sort of USB drive that has wireless access
> (probably through some onboard Linux OS). I've seen a few wireless NAS
> options but all of them have USB ports purley to plug in additional USB
> storage media - I'm looking for something that my stereo can access as a
> USB drive via the USB port, but at the same time I can update via my
> home's wireless network.

A USB storage device can't be connected to two hosts at the same time.
If your stereo can't function as a network device and file server,
you'll have to unplug the USB device from it and connect it to something
else whenever you want to update the contents.