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| Thread ID: 111329 | 2010-07-22 10:47:00 | wifi usb thumb drive storage | rodlco (15294) | Press F1 |
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| 1121413 | 2010-07-22 10:47:00 | i was just wondering if there is any usb thumb drives out there that store data but also can transfer them direct to a laptop through Wifi. say i am working on a public computer at university and also have my laptop next to it. i plug in a usb thumb drive in public computer. then anything i add to the thumb drive is automatically transferred to my laptop. without having to disconnect the thumb drive from the university computer. the reason i would like this is i can not connect to the internet on the laptop at university (no wifi access where i am and no network connection points). so while i am downloading papers and stuff on the university computer i would like to transfer them directly to my laptop at the same time. Thanks Rod |
rodlco (15294) | ||
| 1121414 | 2010-07-22 10:53:00 | How can you use wifi if Uni doesnt have it then? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1121415 | 2010-07-22 11:16:00 | How can you use wifi if Uni doesnt have it then? uni has it but not where i am. and its not what i am meaning. i want to be able to place files on the thumb drive that automatically get sent to my laptop (through either wifi chip on the usb thumb drive communicating with my laptop wifi) really just wondering if there is any device like this out there |
rodlco (15294) | ||
| 1121416 | 2010-07-22 11:19:00 | You would still have to plug it into something for it to send (and whatever its plugged in, would have to be configured). I dont think it'll send whatever by itself | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1121417 | 2010-07-22 11:25:00 | Nothing like that exists to my knowledge, but you could try a USB data transfer cable, just a cable with a box in the middle, but I don't think it works like a thumb drive. Why not just use a thumb drive, then spend 30s copying it over? |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1121418 | 2010-07-22 11:34:00 | You would still have to plug it into something for it to send (and whatever its plugged in, would have to be configured). I dont think it'll send whatever by itself of course i know that. if it is out there i would expect it would have to plug into the computer then my wifi on the laptop would be able to discovery it. i would suspect it would need some device drivers on the computer so it can be turned on. but i was just wondering if there are plug and play usb thumb drives that have wifi and storage integrated |
rodlco (15294) | ||
| 1121419 | 2010-07-22 11:38:00 | Well actually there is www.theregister.co.uk I just found out. Since you asked nicely (NOT). All you have to do is find out where it is in NZ |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1121420 | 2010-07-22 11:48:00 | Well actually there is www.theregister.co.uk I just found out. Since you asked nicely (NOT). All you have to do is find out where it is in NZ thanks speedy that does sound exactly what i am looking for. thank you for your time @ubergeek85 - thought about the cable transfer and yes i could just use a flash drive but i dont want to take it out all time |
rodlco (15294) | ||
| 1121421 | 2010-07-22 11:51:00 | No probs. There is a Gigabyte NZ site. You can try and contact them to see where you can get it (if youre in NZ). Umm altho, as it says on the link it only supports WEP (for now). Which isnt that secure. There is another one the Apacer Steno MB112. Looks like the shop down the road has this, but dont know if any are in stock ($129 )! And this http://www.airstash.com/ which can be used as an access point / media server Something is wrong with this forum, the underlined part after my reply. Only appears after 4-5 posts. And the links dont work ! |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1121422 | 2010-07-22 12:30:00 | Something is wrong with this forum, the underlined part after my reply. Only appears after 4-5 posts. And the links dont work !I think it's just your end Speedy - not seeing any problems here. Have you tried doing a forced refresh / clearing your browser cache etc? Failing that, maybe your ISP is just playing with their cache settings and you were unlucky enough to be caught in the middle. God knows TelstraClear cause enough problems with theirs :groan:. |
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