Re: Access to hard disk through router

Say i have a website and my host has only a limited amount of space,
but i would like for people to access my photo album (which takes up
more space than what im paying for with my host) can I enable people to
download photos through from my hard disk on my website, with a simple
click on a link ?



epicman wrote:
Although if you hook the the hard disk to the NSLU2 then into your
laptop or computer then that would enable access to the disk, doesnt it
?


Peter Pan wrote:
William P.N. Smith wrote:
[Deconvolved, as 'epicman' isn't paying attention. Top-posters, go
figger...]
"epicman" <timothymaher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I just bought a wireless router and I was wondering if there was a
way to hook my USB external hard disk up to the router

gene martinez wrote:
If you have a small home network then take a look at the
Linksys NSLU2, it's an ethernet to usb unit. You can also set it up
so you can access your drives over the internet if needed.

"epicman" <timothymaher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So does this mean you can write and read from your hard disk through
the internet ? Particularly interested in people success in being
able to write to it remotely - useful for uploading photos while
travelling.

That's how it works, with the appropriate holes in your router's
firewall, and trust in the security of the NSLU2's password
protections. [I know nothing about them, BTW, just that opening
public access to LAN resources is potentially very dangerous.]

Actually, while it does have 2 usb ports, you have to reformat the disks and
they become linux disks that are only available thru that device (ie you can
no longer plug the externals into the usb ports on other machines)...

Had one, hated it, and now have a Buffalo LinkStation 250GB Network Storage
Center with built-in Print Server - HD-H250LAN (does the external usb stuff
AND provides a print server function - about $20 more, but the external USB
drives do not have to be reformatted, can still be used on other computers,
and you can set permissions to access folders from the internet (I have most
of mine blocked, and only have one folder accessible)

.

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