Can I network my USB hard drive?
February 22, 2006
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I'm setting up a home network and need some help. I'll have my desktop, which will act as my main computer, and two laptops that will access wirelessly. I want to have these three computers back up to and store data on a 500GB external hard drive. Is there an adapter I can run from the router to the external drive so that the laptops don't have to access through the desktop first?
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Submitted by:
bemmett,
CNET forums
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If you already have a USB hard drive, you'll need a network storage adapter, which is a device that plugs into your router. You then plug your hard drive into the network storage adapter, and you'll be able to access the files on that hard drive from any computer, wired or wireless, on your network. If you're looking for a new hard drive, the solution is even easier: a network-attached storage (NAS) drive. You can plug these drives straight into an Ethernet port on your wireless router and share files over your network. Many of these NAS drives have USB ports, so you can easily expand your networked storage by plugging in additional USB hard drives.
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