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?
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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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The device itself is not Wi-Fi enabled, however if you use a network cable to connect it to an open port on your Wi-Fi access point it will take on an IP address and you can then access it from any wireless device on your network. In this configuration you can transfer files to it in the same way as a wired device can.
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As yet, I've not needed tech support. I installed a 1TB drive and as I mentioned in my review, the documentation leaves some to be desired. You _have_ to format the drive before the device will make it visible to computers plugged into the USB port. I verified that I can read 32GB CF and SD cards and that I can get the files off the drive over the USB port. Those are the main functions I'm counting on.
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The drive app will see the folders; how it interacts w/ your ethernet question is unknown. It should work, but ... connectivity is diceySorry I cannot be more specifici
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Hello DavidYes, 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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This is basic networking question. The answer is yes. If you have wireless network set up at home then you have access to all you network files. Internet has nothing to do with your wireless LAN
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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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The device acts as a wireless router and a wireless bridge (aka wireless extender), according to the Amazon page and manual. I have personally powered it up and plugged in a USB thumb drive. I was able to successfully access the files on it from my iPad using the HooToo TripMate app. I'm sure that one could access the files via a laptop or desktop browser as well. I have not yet tested it plugged into my Internet access, nor have I tested it as a wireless extender.
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I have used a LAN(ethernet) cable from the WD MY Cloud to my laptop LAN port or my Roku3 LAN port with no problems.I can see my video, foto and music files on my Roku and I can read and write files from my laptop!At fisrt I always used it trough my router wired or wireless but now can use it direct connect via LAN cable!
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no - its a network device with storage, access to disks are via the network
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I got one but can't access it on my Mac. I know the Mac can "see" it sitting on the USB port, but it doesn't mount it as a volume or do anything else which would let me access its files. Looking for a workaround.
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This doesnt connect directly to your computer, you access it over the network through its own interface, or a mapped network drive. It shouldnt matter what OS you are using. We use everything from XP, Vista, 7, 8 & Macs to access this without any issues.
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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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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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Yes. If you are at all tech savvy, you can hook this up to your home network and then open the port on your router so that you can access this drive from the internet. I haven't done this yet myself but I do know it is possible. Search the web or some forums for ways to access your home network remotely.
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Yes it is a Network drive that plugs into your router, NOT your computer It can be accessed from any computer on the network and files, music, photos etc can be sharedEasy to set up and use I have a 2TB duo & 3TB duo set up with a mirror driveFiles stored on one auto back up to the second drive
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Yes you can access files remotely from work, friends, during travel. There are instructions to set it up. In addition, there is an app - Android - Seagate Media - for accessing files on mobile devices. I am sure there is one for apple too. I hope this helps. If you purchase and run into any problems, their tech support seems very helpful and friendly.