Re: Wireless networked HDD?

In article <xn0evl4aya2aa1a000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Gaines
says...
On 30/12/2006 in message <DSvlh.5924$RL5.1933@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Lobster wrote:

Thanks for the reply. OK, I was obviously being overly simplistic and
expecting too much! So what is the difference between connecting a NAS
directly into my network, or connecting it to a WAP (and thereby into my
network via my wireless router?)

Hopefully somebody will jump in if I get this completely wrong!

A wireless device needs drivers of some sort - whether it's a USB dongle,
a PCMCIA card or a PCI card. I don't see how you can plug any of those
into a NAS and install drivers (unless you're a Linux hacker). I may be
wrong, perhaps you can connect a WAP to a NAS with cat5 and it just works
- perhaps somebody can comment?

Do you even know what WAP stands for? WIRELESS ACCESS POINT. A
standalone unit like a router. It doesn't need any drivers.


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