I'm looking to use this on my LAN; however, I'm not comfortable enabling file access over the internet. Can this feature be disabled on the device or do you have to expose it outside of the LAN? I'm looking to use this on my LAN; however, I'm not comfortable enabling file access over the internet. Can this feature be disabled on the device or do you have to expose it outside of... » Read More I'm looking to use this on my LAN; however, I'm not comfortable enabling file access over the internet. Can this feature be disabled on the device or do you have to expose it outside of the LAN? « Show Less
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You have the ability to limit who accesses the information on the drive through assigned passwords setup for specific folders (separate from the public folder) that contain more sensitive data. For Public files such as music or photos you can choose not to add items or assign a password to prevent access.
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You do not have to enable it so that it can be accessed from outside of your LAN. It can be set up to stay inside of your network only.
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We never set the network up to be protected. Is this something that would be set by default? We've never entered the MAC address for any of the other computers, playstations, etc and they all work fine.For the 2nd one - add the code for your DNS server - are you suggesting to add the code to the player and if so how?One other problem I have gotten 3 Blu Ray disc from Netflix and none of them have worked but the ones that I have purchased work fine!! I updated the player via an iso image from a disc. Any ideas??Thanks!
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I'm using a mac and it works but JUST BEWARE. Remote access on this thing is kinda limited. AS FAR AS IVE SEEN (It may be possible and i just haven't seen how to do it) You can only use remote access through a kind of clunky web browser based interface (where you can only download and upload files and not for instance directly access files [play a song or video without downloading it to your device first]) (and mobile app that i haven't got around to testing out) (supplied by shuttle) so if you want to remotely access files on this from finder be wary of this unit (However you can access files though finder if you're on your home network that the NAS will be plugged into). But other than the whole remote access aspect of this it has worked without too much of a hitch so far. (If you buy it update the firmware IMMEDIATELY.) I bought mine new and it had a REAAALY old/bad software version on it that hardly worked. Updating the firmware makes everything run pretty perfectly. ALSO if your the kinda person that wants the best version of what they buy please take into acknowledgement that there also KD21 and KD22 models that are apparently faster and better. Although i couldn't seem to be able to find anywhere to buy them. any other questions feel free to ask.
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you should be able to use it on another computer. especially if you have used it as a backup drive or just downloaded random files you should always be able to load it onto a different computer.
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Hello David Yes, in my domestic network scenario I use a Mac and my wife use a Windows laptop and network drive map works without problems. The NAS is connected on my Apple Time Capsule 1TB old version and the GUI interface of this NAS is easy to use and the access is via http. About the FTP, I can't comment because I've never used.
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It has a guest access which I have turned off. I had to look to confirm it has 2 USB ports because I don't use them. Remember a router is a relatively slow computer so why use what little computing it has to deal with this stuff. We found that by passing our VPN through to a computer rather than letting the router handle it, our speed was much much faster. I think the same would apply here.
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Yes. Once it's on your LAN, it can be accessed via a browser from any device on the same subnet (e.g. 192.168.100.x addresses).
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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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By "file server" does that mean that it can connect to the internet on it's own? without any other device connected to it?Example: Can I leave this drive on at home or the office (connected to the internet, without a cpu), and travel to somewhere with a internet connection and see my data? Or even download or upload to it?Is there any tech info available on this besides the "Data Sheet" which sounds more like a sales pitch then a technical document?
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So, you want to record the info from one PC and view it on another PC? Remove the device, install it one the PC you want to read it on, and open the log file there. Does this answer what you were asking? Or are you asking if you can view the log from a remote location? Because if that's what you want, they offer a wifi version as well that will email you.
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Yes, I use one at work and share with several departments. I also have another at home and share files with other family members. I access both and we all update files.
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I have not done this BUT, according to the setup manual:"...You will be able to access files from a USB external hard drive or thumb drive that is plugged into the router from your local network or from the Internet using either a web browser or an app for your smartphone or tablet..." so I don't why the other two respondeers said no to you.
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This device has a couple of Modes. In the mode for extending your wireless network (either via a hardware "Access Point" or wirelessly) It will support multiple devices connecting. BUT if you want to use the mode that converts a wired connection to wireless (like DVD box with a wired network connection) it stinks. In that mode it has a built in DHCP, and will answer DHCP request with it's private address range. There is no way to turn it off or limit it. End result your other network devices will randomly stop talking to the internet.
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You can't use your home internet and connect to this at same time. You can plug it in to you pc directly but then it's not like a external hard drive. I highly recommend buying a wirless router with a USB port. You than can connect and external hard drive you want and connect to all your pc's including internet.
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for my use case it works faster that WD. I transfer files over LAN. Wifi will be slow.
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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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this discussions encourage me to buy the airport extreme as my router for home even when i only have windows computers. I can said everythings goes fine but there is an important issue about the external hdd that was a major feature i like of this product.the things is it cant handle ntfs hdd so you have only two options: format with fat32 and limit yourself to files no larger than 4gb that is absurd as it sounds, or buy macdrive and format the disk with mac format to make ir reconogzible for the airport and also readable in windows without any kind of limitations.i think i will go for the second but still have no try it but i seems to work. this discussions encourage me to buy the airport extreme as my router for home even when i only have windows computers. I can said everythings goes fine but there is an important issue about the external hdd that was a major feature i like of this product.the things is it cant handle ntfs hdd so you have only two options: format with fat32 and limit yourself to files no larger than 4gb that is absurd as it sounds, or buy macdrive and format the disk with mac format to make ir reconogzible for the airport and also readable in windows without any kind of limitations.i think i will... » Read More this discussions encourage me to buy the airport extreme as my router for home even when i only have windows computers. I can said everythings goes fine but there is an important issue about the external hdd that was a major feature i like of this product.the things is it cant handle ntfs hdd so you have only two options: format with fat32 and limit yourself to files no larger than 4gb that is absurd as it sounds, or buy macdrive and format the disk with mac format to make ir reconogzible for the airport and also readable in windows without any kind of limitations.i think i will go for the second but still have no try it but i seems to work. « Show Less