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    Looking for nice THIN Wi-Fi HDD/SSD enclosure

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by GalaxySII, Mar 20, 2014.

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    Hi
    Guys I am sick of disconnecting and reconnecting my USB SSD/HDD enclosure ..
    I am looking for Wi-Fi enclosure which MUST be thin
    Any suggetions ?
     
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    Did you consider the transfer speed (or lack thereof) of such a setup?
    It might be a lot more annoying than connecting and disconnecting an USB enclosure.
     
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    Yeah u prob right .. but what bout Wi-Fi ac ?
     
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    I'm not sure there are enclosures like that at this point but that would be enough - between 20 and 40MB/s easily which would outperform USB 2.
    That said it would require additional investment in a router - between $100 and $200.

    I did a quick search and came up empty in terms of a slim 802.11ac enclosure.
     
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