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Western Digital MyBook World 1TB Ethernet With Remote Anywhere Access Drive - Retail
- £142.93ex vat
- £164.37inc vat
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- manufacturer #: WDG2NC10000E
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AWESOME.......SIMPLY AWESOME
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Windows XPHard drives are no longer boring boxes storing extra info. This unit is AWESOME , I can access my files from anywhere in the world.....jesus that is amazing, went on hols and tried it and i can see all my pictures play all my music files and everything and I am just scratching the surface......man this thing is good.
Nice Piece Of Kit
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Windows VistaI brought one of these and it super. Sits on my network always attached and can access it via any computer in the house at any time. even when im transferring onto the drive i get no low speeds when im using it on another computer.
Reading the other reviews, few people saying you have to install mionet to run it. Well you don't. I installed it , and it never found my drive so i uninstalled it. You go to windows explorer and attach it as a network drive.
Just go to the Web Interface of it(e.g 192.168.1.3) or look on your router for a new ip address. Log in (admin, 123456) and change the workgroup name to your network workgroup. then go to network places and attach the folder PUBLIC as a network drive.
Nice a neat design, stylish and the morse code air holes are a good feature as well.
I read the manual !!
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Windows XPP29 of the user manual (on the CD)shows you how to configure shared storage manager WITHOUT WD anywhere installed. Simply type "mybookworld" into your internet browser and off you go to the setup wizzard. Cant be easier than that, it will share mp3, avi etc over my local network and just acts like any other NAS drive. 909GB of actual free space available.
best value for money.... BUT....
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Windows XPIf you're looking for cheap, then this is the best.
However - theres a few gotchas - you login through mionet software, that idiotically, if their server is down, you can't use it. (which happened for 3 days recently) Luckily I connect through a drive letter mapping, so I don't need mionet, but it's still a daft setup for someone new to computers. And I can't work out how to change the mionet-supplied password without being a linux whizz.
Apart from that, it's a little bit noisy, but you can replace the fan when the warranty runs out.
There's nothing that's close, value for money-wise though.
Overall not bad for the price.
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Windows VistaI bought one of these about 6mths ago now and its been pretty much ace.
Its not the quickest NAS ever but i think the problem is being exaggerated somewhat. I have used mine for the last six months to stream and store divx videos and music and have had no playback issues even when combined with a wifi network. I also regularly transfer GB's of data to and from the disc with reasonable transfer rates.
As for the complaints about mionet true its possible the worst remote access software I have ever used but the last comment about having to use it even locally is totally wrong, the second you plug this puppy in you can access it via mybook as you would any normal network share... and you can configure it via the web page http://mybook so you never have to even install mionet...
Using it though you do get a high level of permission on the files and have once or twice had to use it to delete a file that was locked.
One of this NAS' weaknesses not mentioned here is noise, when it decides to turn on its fan, which from my observation seems to be randomly and mainly when its not being accessed its quite loud and is noticeable.
Overall for the money, its great, so good in fact i'm going to get another one.
Nice kit let down by insecure MioNet software
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Not ApplicableUnder the covers the MyBook has an ARM9 microprocessor and runs Busybox Linux.
The installation process installs MioNet software on your PC and also the MyBook. MioNet allows sharing of your PC and MyBook with the rest of the world over the Internet. After a 30 day trial period MioNet costs $8 a month.
In my view MioNet is a security risk and could open up your PC and data to hackers. The only protection is a username and password. If you forget your password, MioNet will email you your password in clear text. All a hacker needs to do is get access to your email account and then they can access all your computers and data regardless of firewall settings and OS user names/passwords. A better way to setup remote access is to use VPN.
MioNet doesn't allow the sharing of various file types such as video files. This is a joke because it can be circumvented simply by changing the file extension types. How else is one supposed to use up 1TB of storage other than using it for video and music?
Fortunately with a little effort and Linux knowledge MioNet can be removed. See http://martin.hinner.info/mybook/
Once MioNet is removed, this is a fantastic device for backing up PC's and providing extra storage at a low cost. I use a MyBook in conjunction with Acronis backup software. Restoring a PC after a hard disk failure is very easy.
I would have given this product 5 stars if it were not for the fact that MioNet is installed as part of the standard install. Not everyone wants to share their files across the Internet and even if they do, they want to do it in a secure manner.
Western Digital have recently taken over the company that produced MioNet and I guess they are looking to rake in $8 a month from each MyBook sold. Buy the MyBook but save yourself $8 a month and a security risk by removing MioNet.
Just Plugged It In and There It Was!
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Windows XPOrdered it yesterday and it came this morning. Plugged it in and as I had phone call was 10 minutes before I started to do anything with it. (It says wait 3 minutes).
Just went to a folder and under "tools" did "map netwrok drive". Selected an unused drive letter and then browed for it. It was under "my network places". Haven't even touched the installation disc but will need to use this for remote acess I suppose, which involves paying a monthly fee I understand. Have copied some videos to it and can see them on the other PCs.
nice to look at and stores lots but network very slow
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Windows XPThis is a nicely made bit of kit, looks great and stores lots of data. software installs fine and its very simple to setup and is soon up and running. there is password protection to gain access to it and it shows up nicely in windows explorer. but now the bad news, it really is very slow at transferring data, i've tried various setups using 100mb and 1gb switches different cables and computers but the best i can get is about 5mbytes a second.
if you can live with the slow transfer rate then this is a fine piece of hardware.
The Good & The Bad
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Windows XPI have brought many Weston Digital h/drives in my time, but never one like this! The concept is awesome and it does work for sure. It came well packaged for excellent protection. The software went on no problem, but when it came to putting data on the hard drive, it kept cutting out, dont think its user error, but i cant say i have had this problem before. The build quality is excellent. The on / off button is clumsy and confusing, just a simple switch would have done the job. But all in all, a fair job dun by Weston Digital...
A warning
These units have got some bad press recently as they have Digital Rights Management (DRM) built in that stops you sharing over 30 types of media (mp3, avi etc).
This stops you sharing media both across your local network and the web - even if its your own home movies that you own the copyright to!
That said my one of these works fine and lives out in the garage as a disaster recovery backup device.
Good for the price, a little noisy but won't let you access your MP3s across the web (which would have been really nice :(
