Storage

[Captain Mike]

Right-e-o guys


i have 2 computers and two external hard drives and i often swap things from one pc to another.

i also use one of the hard drvies in my dvd player as it has a usb port.

anyway of making them all accessible from either pc or dvd player? (plugged in all the time) (both hard drives are USB)


cheers chris (i reckon he will reply first)

 

[Stu DemonD]

Are the PCs networked?

 

[ChrisUK]

Yes a USB hub.....

 

[Captain Mike]

Are the PCs networked?

nope

 

[ChrisUK]

Are the PCs networked?

Im guessing the DVD player won't be

 

[Stu DemonD]

Im guessing the DVD player won't be

Mine is, well if you count an Xbox as a DVD player

 

[Captain Mike]

Im guessing the DVD player won't be

yeah i realise i will prob have to do some unplugging when it comes to dvd player

 

[ChrisUK]

Mine is, well if you count an Xbox as a DVD player

Yeah there is that . As it being j1ppers im guessing its not

 

[Captain Mike]

Yeah there is that . As it being j1ppers im guessing its not

nah

ok whats the best network setup then for the above minus the DVD player?

 

[Stu DemonD]

Im guessing the DVD player won't be

To be fair, I never read the question, I just wanted to reply first and make j1ppers fail

 

[Captain Mike]

To be fair, I never read the question, I just wanted to reply first and make j1ppers fail

how dare you

 

[ChrisUK]

If you remove the DVD player from the situation Id get a Network storage caddy.

This has room for a Harddrive and a network port (some have wireless too ), this will then act like a file server with a windows file share on as well as FTP access. Then just network your PC's.

 

[Captain Mike]

If you remove the DVD player from the situation Id get a Network storage caddy.

This has room for a Harddrive and a network port (some have wireless too ), this will then act like a file server with a windows file share on as well as FTP access. Then just network your PC's.

ok lets go for the cheapest option

 

[ChrisUK]

ok lets go for the cheapest option

USB hub. But thats crap . Network storage caddy's are cheap usually about £20-£30 take the hard drive out your external and jobs a good'un also most of them have a USB port too .

 

[Captain Mike]

USB hub. But thats crap . Network storage caddy's are cheap usually about £20-£30 take the hard drive out your external and jobs a good'un also most of them have a USB port too .

i like:chin:

research time

 

[ChrisUK]

i like:chin:

research time

 

[Captain Mike]

what does that mean sorry im a newb