Drive Host Controller
Drive Host Controller
Is there a wireless controller/interface for a USB hard drive?
I have a 500GB USB drive in an external case that I plug into a laptop when the laptop is at home. Now have additional laptops in the family that also need to access the external hard drive. I don't have a spare computer to easily allow the hard drive to be a shared drive. There is a wireless router at the house and all the laptops are wireless. Is there a wireless or wired interface so that the hard drive can be accessible by the other computers in the house without the hard drive being hosted by a dedicated computer? Our printer is wireless and does not have to be hosted on a computer and that printer is accessible by all our laptops. Can a hard drive be done the same way? Is so, then what is it called so I can look it up on eBay. The external hard drive has a USB connector but does not have an ethernet connector.
Not easily. The hard drive needs a "computer" to host it on the network, whether it be wired or wireless (built in...). Some routers have USB ports that can be used to share an external USB disk, but you will have to shop around for one. Otherwise, you need some "computer" device to allow sharing over a network.
This is because disk file sharing all has some security on it, what to share, to whom, etc. Even "Everyone" is a security identifier in computers. Wireless printers are easier, because it in a one direction share - you print to it only...Others cannot see the printout on a shared printer - so no security issues, but disk shares, you have to control access in both directions.
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