Re: wireless HD

krenshaw04 <krenshaw04.320w07@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> 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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