Can you map this as a network drive for local machines or does it have to be accessed exclusively by web portal?
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After following instructions how to set it up go into my computer look towards the bottom left-hand side where it says network click on that link and your Hard drive will appear under the folder public you will not need a password but in your username you want need a password to login click on reminder anyone ever ask you for that again
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yes, it is easy to map as a network drive. I have mapped it to both Windows 7 and 8, as well as Linux
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yes, it is easy to map as a network drive.I have mapped it to both Windows 7 and 8, as well as Linux
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It's not a hard drive - just an enclosure. You would have to provide your own drive.
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The drive shows up as a network drive but you should be able to install programs on it. If you just want an external drive to install programs on you wouldn't need this network drive. You could do that on any external hard drive that is not networked. You would only need this drive if you wish to have access to your files and data while away from your computer say on a laptop or other desktop computer. Hope this helps. uspilot
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Depending on your network, you can use really any computer and OS; this will just be a network drive they can access. The answer can also vary based on what backup utility you are using, now a days most can use a network backup with no problem (worst case scenario you can map the network drive).
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You configure the drive to connect to your local wifi, then pass through to the web.
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Due to my own ignorance on the subject, I assumed that linking by IP address was the way to access the data. My question is how do you link from a remote location across the internet to access files on the NAS?
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Yes. It's easy to setup since the drive operates independently from either Windows or Mac.
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It will work just fine as an extra drive. It can be accessed just as you do any internal drive. What you cannot do with the Dashboard software is to do automatic backups if the drive is connected to your router. It should be able to do automatic backups but only if the drive is connected directly to a USB port on your computer.
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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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Yes, you can map as many network drives as you like and have access to each one separately. If you want to use the media juke box it will have a separate juke box per network share unless you use the NMJToolbox software on a desktop to make the juke box show media from multiple shares.
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IF you do not have a user account that has access to a share on that drive then you will get an error mapping the drive.I thought there was a util;ity built in that would map a drive for you. i hve upgraded to a netgear nas
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It shouldn't matter what OS you are running. As long as your OS can map a network drive it will work
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Yes, it will show up in your local explorer under network/router if you attach it to the router. works as just another drive if it is attached direct.
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Hello DavidYes, in my domestic network scenario I use a Mac and my wife use a Windows laptop and network drive map works without problems. The NAS is connected on my Apple Time Capsule 1TB old version and the GUI interface of this NAS is easy to use and the access is via http. About the FTP, I can't comment because I've never used.
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I have no idea where these yes and/or maybe answers are coming from. Even if your router is one of the few with a USB interface specifically for hard drives (airport extreme is one), you can't call this USB unit a network hard drive. A network hard drive has an ethernet or wifi interface, which these do not have. The only correct answer is no, it won't work as a network hard drive. Are we all talking about the same exact Toshiba? Maybe not since Amazon likes to make changes and lump things together as one, but I doubt any in this series have ever been network capable.
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Yes it is a Network drive that plugs into your router, NOT your computer It can be accessed from any computer on the network and files, music, photos etc can be sharedEasy to set up and use I have a 2TB duo & 3TB duo set up with a mirror driveFiles stored on one auto back up to the second drive
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Yes. You have to setup web-DAV and some other things, and then it work like a dream. There are plenty of how to's on the internet and synology.com.