Going on Vacation, Good Setup for Networking Photos Locally

[larrytucaz]

Exactly a month from today, I'm going on a vacation. I will be taking many photos, "offloaded" to a notebook PC (I use real cameras, not smartphones, for my photos) but I desire it to be the case that at least 2 other people, at their PCs, can also view these photos, and do so without me having to make full backup copies for each such person. The files will probably be about 6 gigabytes worth everyday in my estimation (counting any video clips), the notebook PC I'm taking only has USB 2 instead of USB 3 because the USB 3 ports don't work (unless I grab another PC for cheap between now and then which DOES have working USB 3 ports), and making multiple copies of everything would become tiresome ESPECIALLY over USB 2.

What would be the best setup, without spending a HUGE amount, to accomplish this? I do have a spare router with a storage link I could take (we'll be in a large private cabin with lots of room), one thought is I could backup to a 64G USB flash drive locally at my machine via "Free File Sync" (or to a spare 500G portable hard drive I have) and subsequently plug the flash drive/hard drive into the router's storage link (backing up over the network would be SLOW). However, such persons would also want to be able to go online via the cabin's Wi-Fi, I figure that will be another network, and as far as I know there is no way to be on the network I'd setup via that router for accessing the photos AND be on the network for the Wi-Fi at the same time, so they'd be switching a lot. Another thought is an external hard drive with wireless access, although this would be the only time I'd utilize that wireless ability.

Thoughts?

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Multiple RDP sessions would be worth trying. Transferring multiple large images over the network will likely cause network slowdowns, but RDP sessions would use less bandwidth while still viewing the same files.

In order to do this you would need to make some changes to the RDP library file (or replace them with previously modified file) or use RDP Wrapper Library. Instructions for Windows 7 or earlier are here, and instructions for Windows 8 or newer are here. This of course assumes the notebook PC is running Windows. You can use the existing user or create a new RDP user with full access to the image folder.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Crossover cable and basic networking knowledge.

File sharing from a router will be slower than USB 2.