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retiredintahoe
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I just bought a PogoPlug ($99 USD + $10 shipping in USA via UPS) and tried it out. Seems to work as advertized. I have no connection with the company and know nothing about it other than what I read.
Basic idea is to plug in an external hard drive and access it from anywhere that you have Internet Access. Can download or upload files. And, can share folders with other people so they can download or (optionally) upload files.
Obvious uses:
1) put files that you might need when you are going to travel onto the hard drive. Then you have access to them as long as you have your laptop and Internet access.
2) when you are abroad and have files that you'd rather not have anyone else see on you laptop when coming back home (wonder what files those might be), upload them to the external hard drive sitting at home. Then let customs look at your laptop or camera all they want.
3) nice way to make folders available to some other person, especially when the files are too big to transfer using e-mail.
4) nice way to have someone send you a large file.
The Good:
1) Seems to work as advertized after 4 hours of playing with it.
2) Real simple to install.
3) Web access or a small plug-in that you can run on your laptop.
4) Works with Windows XP/Vista and MAC.
5) No need to turn a computer on while you are gone. Just have your router and PogoPlug and hard drive on.
The Bad:
1) No encryption. So, if you have important/sensive information, make sure you encrypt it yourself.
2) The data bit stream must run through Pogoplug. Who knows if they capture it.
3) Not real fast. I saw about 70kbps while downloading a large file.
4) Can only share entire folders, not individual files.
PogoPlug turns your external hard drive into a Network Drive.
Company web site:
http://www.pogoplug.com/
The original article that I read that got me interested in PogoPlug:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2009-04-08-computer-file-remote-access-pogoplug_N.htm
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 5:39 pm on April 10, 2009
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DrLove
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What is the advantage of using this device and a file sharing service like Rapidshare apart from having control over your own files?
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 5:45 am on April 11, 2009
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retiredintahoe
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Similar concepts.
I don't pretend to understand the nuances of either rapidshare or pogoplug, but some of the advantages might be:
1) control of your own files (this can be quite important) ;
2) with a plug-in available from pogoplug, the hard drive looks just like any other disk drive on your laptop. You can use your file manager (Windows Explorer for XP) on it just like any other hard disk;
3) following on with #2 above, this can be a shared network drive for ALL your computers, with the advantage of no specific computer having to be on;
4) extremely easy to share pictures, music, video with non-technical folks. When they click the link provided by you, the files just show up in your browser;
4) you don't have to cut up large files into smaller pieces, as you do with rapidshare;
I certainly agree that the User Interface for pogoplug could be greatly improved. I had to play around for a while before I understood how to upload and download files.
And, of course, you have to lay out the $100+ USD for the pogoplug and have an external hard disk to attach.
But, it seems to be a nice geek toy and perhaps has some real world applications as well.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 2:00 pm on April 11, 2009
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DrLove
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As you know I tried it and down/uploaded some files.
Compared to Rapidshare, speeds (up and download) were found to be very low (just at my end).
Rapidshare allows 200Mb files.... downloading larger files from Pogoplug won't be recommended (again at my end).
I'll upload a large file, so you can test the download.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 3:11 pm on April 11, 2009
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visitingbkk
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While I realize that some files may be too large, most really important documents I have are <10 megs such as scans of all my IDs, passport, cc info, etc, etc, etc.
For those items I may need in a pinch while traveling I have everything scanned and in PDF form. I then encrypt the PDFs with PGP and have it all online in my email. This has served me well for more than 10 years and I know that I can alway get it when I need it.
Another approach I am using for larger files is that you can get a website hosted for free from any number of providers (google for example) and store 5-10 gigs online for free. You can create a secure (SSL) login, have lots of storage and move all your files to this place.
The time involved in setting the site varies but if all you want is a secure location, < 1 hour should be fine.
Pros: low/no cost, generally great reliability and uptime, global access, you are not having to deal with your own hardware
Cons: If you want to deal with 100s of gigs, you can do this on a website hosted solution but it will costs some for the additional storage.
Conspiracy theorists may have some but frankly, no matter what you have and where you have it, "they" can get it if they really want. So I see no cons to this at all.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 8:44 pm on April 11, 2009
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