Can you access the drives as a network location or only over an internet connection?
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Both. Mappable as a network drive (over intranet), and can also access via a web browser (intra and inter)
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You can access it both ways. It is a very easy interface to use.By the way, my prior criticism about Time Machine backing up very slowly onto the Synology was resolved by an IOS update.
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Yes you can. You connect to your Synology box via network as usual and the USB drive will appear as folder named 'usbshare1'. Once USB drive is connected, it mounted and shared automatically by the Synology.
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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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Hi Ryan, No you can't. This is not an overly intelligent device. It essentially acts as a gateway between whatever hard drive you plug into it and the net, allowing you to access your content remotely through pogoplug.com.
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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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You'll have to have something turned on. What device would be accessing the files other than your computer?There are devices other than a desktop or laptop that could access files via the usb port. You could move this from your computer to the other device. It is not a network drive, but some wifi routers have a usb port to make drives and printers network accessible. Failing that, WD's Mycloud line has inexpensive network drives.http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EVVGAD0/ref=twister_B00GHJFREW?_encoding=UTF8&p;sc=1
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You would access through the drive. Make the drive access your Internet then you access the drive as your access point.
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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 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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No, this is a pretty terrible product in my experience. The only way to use it at all is with the network mode. Save yourself the trouble and just buy a stand alone hard drive.
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Probably not easily... I hesitate to say that anything is not doable these days, but the Plugable needs a fair bit of power and a software driver. If you want to share your hard drive over the local network, look into plugging your hard drive into your router. If you want a mobile solution, look for a wireless-enabled hard drive made for that purpose.
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I don't know about the transporter but this drive doesn't have a web server. I don't think there's a way to access it remotely unless you have it set up as a NAS and you can remote in to a PC on the se network as the NAS.
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The unit itself is plugged directly into the router via an ethernet cable. Other computers on your network can access the files via wifi also over the internet.
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Yes. It's easy to setup since the drive operates independently from either Windows or Mac.
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Hi Ryan,No you can't. This is not an overly intelligent device. It essentially acts as a gateway between whatever hard drive you plug into it and the net, allowing you to access your content remotely through pogoplug.com.
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so if i were to put a mess of files from a pc on this drive, i will be able to access them with my mac?
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If the drive is set to be shared on the network and your laptop has remote access into the PC then yes.