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phillyman36

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Hi i am looking at these 3 devices

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148496


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822601001

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822155009


For now i just want other family members (not on same network) to be able to download video files(large ones like 7 gigs) from their own computer. I like the easy to use web interface of the pogoplug and Seagate. Should i get one of those devices of a nas like the Dlink(i have a dlink 655 router. My networking skills are lacking to say the least but would the dlink allow me to set something up so someone can type a web address and download themselves?
Im not sure how much power they use but i would like to be able to turn it off when not in use. What do you think?
 
Not entirely sure I understand what you mean by, "other family members (not on same network)." Do you mean other people who are not in your house/apartment/location who have internet access? If that is the case, then none of those solutions are really designed for that.

To do that, you need to setup some type of dynamic-dns service, like DynDNS.com, setup either your router (if possible, but this is usually only on third-party linux router flash images like DD-WRT, OpenWRT, or Tomato) or PC to automatically update the dynamic-dns service with your current IP address from your ISP. You need to setup an internal static IP address for the NAS box (do not use DHCP, unless you are setting a static IP with DHCP using MAC addresses), this is needed for the next step. Next you need to setup port forwarding on your router to redirect connects to your dynamic dns name to the IP address of the NAS (if you don't use a static IP for the NAS, you would have to change this setting almost everytime the NAS reboots), or place the NAS in the DMZ.

Unless you really know what you are doing, all you are going to do is open up your own network for outside attack.
 
To deal with files so large over Network you need a computer configured as a NAS and a Network that is Giga capable.

Regardless of their tech spec., None of these thingies that you linked to is fast enough to provide reasonable Speed to transfer 7GB files.

As for doing it over the Internet. Combining the factors of, Size of files, Upload Speed, and ISP's TOS. You can forget about it.
 
A second on Jacks recommendation. A 7GB file would take up to a day or maybe more depending on your upload speed. Any reason you couldnt compress the video into a more manageable size?
 
RadiclDreamer said:
A second on Jacks recommendation. A 7GB file would take up to a day or maybe more depending on your upload speed. Any reason you couldnt compress the video into a more manageable size?
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Probably not. It sounds like sharing HD video either from capture device, or from a digital video camera. These will most likely already be compressed with H.264.
 
I have an NS-349 internet-facing, with it's built-in HTTP server, and it pukes on files that are larger than 4GB, it won't let you download them.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that many of these smaller NAS devices have the same limitation.
 
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