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    External wireless hard drives

    Anybody know of any decent wireless external hard drives around the 1Tb size ? I was looking at the Freecom 1Tb Datatank on dabs.com and seems to have good reviews. Seems to have gone up in price recently though .... that pesky pound again no doubt.

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    1 terra bit!? That's a 'bit' big isnt it?
    I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!

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      #3
      Originally posted by BolshieBastard View Post
      1 terra bit!? That's a 'bit' big isnt it?

      Terrabyte

      Well no, actually. I've got my PC and the missus laptop with video and all. You'd be surprised how quickly it all builds up.

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        #4
        I've got a couple of 1.5 Tb Maxtors. They're not wireless though. I wouldn't trust my wireless network to transfer any serious amount of data.

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          #5
          Why would the storage need to be wireless?

          I use a Netgear ReadyNAS which is connected wired into my network, but laptops can access it through the wireless router.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Gonzo View Post
            Why would the storage need to be wireless?

            I use a Netgear ReadyNAS which is connected wired into my network, but laptops can access it through the wireless router.
            I agree. If one needs to plug the Network Aware Hard drive onto the network and is nowhere near the Router, get a HomePlug and encrypt the traffic with AES. That's what I have done for my Network USB Hub.
            If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Gonzo View Post
              Why would the storage need to be wireless?
              Stream those movies to ones big LCD screen player or something like this...

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                #8
                Originally posted by AtW View Post
                Stream those movies to ones big LCD screen player or something like this...
                What about backups?

                To be honest I'd want my drives on a hard wired network, where I can upload to them, back them up etc, and then use wireless to serve up data on demand.
                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by adestor View Post

                  Terrabyte
                  Terrabit.

                  1Tb is what you said in your original post, which is 128GB.

                  I also don't understand why you'd want wireless. Just connect it to a wireless router and have the benefit of both.
                  Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
                    What about backups?
                    Use RAID on your storage box - wireless in this case is just another interface, nothing stops this box from also using wires.

                    I prefer wired network too as even 1 Gbits is not fast enough if you copy a lot of data (many terabytes).

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