I want to hook up my external harddrive to my router and then be able to upload, download, and view photos and videos from it from any of my electronic devices (ipad, laptop, android phone) wireless.
Ideally I'd like to be able to do this from anywhere in the world but if that's not possible, then just within my own home. The main goal is to be able to upload photos/videos into my external hard drive wireless through all my different electronic devices.
Is there a router or some other device that would allow me to do this? I'm trying to keep from having to pay a monthly fee for a cloud drive since I have tons of videos/photos.
Thanks.
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Asus makes routers that ship with something they call "aicloud" that does exactly what you want. As always of course with asus routers, they are feature packed but can sometimes have poor firmware or odd quirks. An N66U or and N56U is something you can look at, good hardware (though it's on the medium/high end of pricing).
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If you have a lot of data to store and you need bandwidth, liik into network attached storage (NAS). NAS vary greatly in features and price range though, so if you intend to go the NAS route, better give us a budget.
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Thanks a lot guys. I think I'll get the asus router. Thanks for mentioning the NAS too. I really only need about 200-300 MB of data (though I do want to stream HD video) so think asus should work.
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Does the asus rt-n56u have the same aicloud capabilities and the rt-n66u? By "aicloud" I mean all the stuff I asked for in my original post.
A youtube video said it would with firmware updated but everything I read on aicloud only lists the 66u model as compatible.
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Does a router that can act like a cloud drive exist?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by heehee62, Nov 9, 2012.