chewbacalips
11th February 2011, 11:12
Hi. There are several people living in my household, each of us with our own computer station, but we never learned how to set up a home network. Now that I have my WD TV LIVE PLUS (WDTVLP), I'm very interested in setting up a network.
Here is the home connection:
The house gets internet through a modem. The modem feeds a linksys router. The router feeds two PC desktops via Ethernet cable, and one Mac laptop via wireless connection. The router also feeds my WDTVLP via Ethernet.
Here is what I noticed:
On my Mac, under my "Shared" section, there is a device called "WDTVLIVE." This folder is only accessible when (1) my WDTVLP is connected to the router and when (2) a storage device (e.g., USB flash drive) is connected to my WDTVLP. When this is the case, through my Mac, I can enter the USB flash drive device and delete/add any content I want. However, this occupies the space available on the USB flash drive.
QUESTION #1 - Can all of the other computers in the house access this USB device as well? I presume they can. If so, how can I choose to enable/disable the ability for other computers to access the attached device (other than detaching the device)?
QUESTION #2 - Through my WDTVLP, is it possible for me to access the content from other computers within the house? I presume that I should be able to do this (but can probably only access files in their "Shared" folders), but I don't know how.
QUESTION #3 - In my WDTVLP, I go to Video > Network Shares > USER-PC > a sign-in page. What is this whole process? I presume that this is the method of solving my Question #2, but I don't know how to get passed the sign-in page. The "Account" and "Password" are nothing that I can think of. Am I supposed to set these up, or based on how my house is wired up with internet, should there already be an appropriate set of sign-in info?
Thanks.
Here is the home connection:
The house gets internet through a modem. The modem feeds a linksys router. The router feeds two PC desktops via Ethernet cable, and one Mac laptop via wireless connection. The router also feeds my WDTVLP via Ethernet.
Here is what I noticed:
On my Mac, under my "Shared" section, there is a device called "WDTVLIVE." This folder is only accessible when (1) my WDTVLP is connected to the router and when (2) a storage device (e.g., USB flash drive) is connected to my WDTVLP. When this is the case, through my Mac, I can enter the USB flash drive device and delete/add any content I want. However, this occupies the space available on the USB flash drive.
QUESTION #1 - Can all of the other computers in the house access this USB device as well? I presume they can. If so, how can I choose to enable/disable the ability for other computers to access the attached device (other than detaching the device)?
QUESTION #2 - Through my WDTVLP, is it possible for me to access the content from other computers within the house? I presume that I should be able to do this (but can probably only access files in their "Shared" folders), but I don't know how.
QUESTION #3 - In my WDTVLP, I go to Video > Network Shares > USER-PC > a sign-in page. What is this whole process? I presume that this is the method of solving my Question #2, but I don't know how to get passed the sign-in page. The "Account" and "Password" are nothing that I can think of. Am I supposed to set these up, or based on how my house is wired up with internet, should there already be an appropriate set of sign-in info?
Thanks.