How does one set up the USB to network a drive? Are there instructions for this somewhere. The User Manual doesn't seem to help.
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Use the web page from the AC66U. On the left you will see USB. Click that. That will give you page where you can set the name of the server, type of server etc. I would suggest getting some media on a USB drive first and pluging that into the ASUS. I don't use this feature but that should get you going!
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Use the web page from the AC66U. On the left you will see USB. Click that.That will give you page where you can set the name of the server, type of server etc. I would suggest getting some media on a USB drive first and pluging that into the ASUS.I don't use this feature but that should get you going!
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It's been a long time. I think a cable came with my drive. I don't see why you could not use any USB cable. I switch them all the time.
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We use ours on our networks. I actually have two locations and two units. One is a slave to the master and they connect over the internet. I assume if you use the USB cable it would give you the same access. BTW, it interfaces well with Quick Books.
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Well I tried connecting a drive to the router. Works fine. You'll need the PDF manual found online (not in my box or CD) to set it up. You'll probably not figure it out without it. I connected a WD320 as well as a WD500 through a 5-port passive stick hub. The router sees both drives and labels them Drive 1 and Drive 2. You have plenty of options to customize directories as well as protect who gets access to them. You can also indidually assign passwords to users and assign access to guests. The drives I plugged in already have data on them. There is an option to format the drive when you plug it in. Make sure you do NOT do this because you will lose any/all information on the drive itself. Transfer speed is fairly consistent to other NAS out there. The Linksys E3000 does keep a listing of the master directory and can peruse it on an user inputted basis to keep the directory updated. When you access the drive of course you will have the lag associated with the drive itself starting up. Watching movies streamed from either drive via wireless N was pretty good with only a hiccup or two over an hour show. I'm sure YMMV over distance you are from the router. My router is downstairs at the front of my house. Unbelievably, I get 5 bars upstairs at the rear of the residence - not like that WRT110 or WRT600N. On a side note, I can only acquire 130mbps, not the 300 advertised on the box. I was getting 300 through my WRT600N and WRT110N routers. Perhaps thats an issue to take up with Linksys Tech Support (oh boy..) Other than that good router overall. I paid $194.38 at Staples last week. They may see it returned shortly. The same router is a much better deal here on Amazon than here. If you need networked attached storage, this is a good router to purchase.
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I love this drive. I'm about to get another. Yes, it can be connected via USB to your wireless network and accessed by multiple computers that way. Hopefully that answers your question.
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I attached the USB drive to the standard USB port and use file explorer to browse it. It just simple worked.
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Simple and straight forward setup. Everything is in the router's settings page.There is a section for USB settings, you select how you want the USB port configured (In your case it would be "storage sharing"). When you select that, the options will appear to start the service and name it etc.If you make any changes after you've been using it, you will need to reboot the router.But it's very simple to setup.. takes less than 2 mins.
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Only one computer can control the drive at a time. It might work if the other computer was off when one accessed the drive, but should not work if both are powered on. Your better solution would be to use a network device like a Netgear PR2000 or a router like an Asus Rt-N16 that have USB ports that can share drives and network ports
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I have set up a few of these drives for users. In some cases I installed the WD softwares, but in others I did not, depending on the user and his needs. For my personal drive I just plug it in to a USB port and use it as I would any other physical, virtual or cloud storage device. I never installed the software.
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Have you personalized the device by using the instructions on page 8 here:http://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/support-content/external-products/seagate-central/en-us/SeagateCentral_UserGuide_EN.pdfThe instructions manual is pretty much a joke, as is their web site FAQs. I had this unit for 3 days before I returned it as it got "lost" when I changed the IP address to a static one. Tried for hours to connect to it, but gave up, boxed it, returned it.
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I'm not the seller, sorry. I'd suggest looking up some installation guides because it can be a little tricky I had to buy a powered USB hub when I got mine.
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The simple answer is: No.The USB ports are for moving data from the Network Drive to a flash drive (or vice versa).
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The drive doesn't haves wifi card, so it needs a wired connection to your router/switch. It can then be accessed wirelessly through your router.
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Are your asking can you locally access the drive or remotely access it? If its on your home network it does not use the Internet. But if you want remote access from outside your house you need the Internet. The only problem I'm having is remote access. I'm on the second drive, first one replaced by Buffalo, and we cannot keep remote web access working!!!
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I bought one and I use it. Windows 7 Backup doesn't work with it, so I use a 3rd party backup. It has a USB 3 interface, but I have only USB 2. The disk works fine.
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I don't really know the answer... but I don't think it was intended to work that way. If you plug in the hard drive into the USB and then plug in the Ethernet connector and not hook up the computer, I don't think there's a built in server or anything to directly access the hard drive over the network.
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But how would you add more than one external drive? Would you just use a USB hub?