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NAS Drive

  • 27-07-2014 02:26PM
    #1
    practice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭


    I want to copy music and movie files to a 2tb NAS drive and want to know if I would be eating up my broadband allowance doing this. I can fill it up but dont want to go over fair usage policy. ( the nice folk at eircom support "don't know")

    Is there a simple way to connect direct to computer was on google and not so simple


Comments

  • #2
    T-K-O
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,309 ✭✭✭T-K-O


    I'll assume you're not copying files over the internet. I.E you're copying the files at home from PC to NAS?

    If so, this has nothing to do with your bandwidth. Cable the NAS and the pc to your internet broadband router - this will allow connectivity from the PC to the NAS. Then simply copy the files across.


  • #3
    practice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭practice


    "I'll assume you're not copying files over the internet. I.E you're copying the files at home from PC to NAS?"

    Yes, from PC to NAS. Does this apply to wireless. (Slower I know but I have to do it this way)

    Thanks


  • #4
    T-K-O
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,309 ✭✭✭T-K-O


    Yeah same applies, just a slower transfer rate.


  • #5
    RikuoAmero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭RikuoAmero


    practice wrote: »
    "I'll assume you're not copying files over the internet. I.E you're copying the files at home from PC to NAS?"

    Yes, from PC to NAS. Does this apply to wireless. (Slower I know but I have to do it this way)

    Thanks

    Pretty much what the other guy said. If you want to understand, think of it this way - if the devices that you want to talk to each other are all contained physically within your house, then you don't need to worry about internet bandwidth usage at all. That only applies when a device you own wants to talk with a device that is outside your house (i.e. your computer to a computer on the Internet)


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