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Title: Network external hard disk
Post by: tlchris on February 02, 2008, 10:28:18 AM

My new router is a DIR 625, and i have a hard disk connect to it. Can my dsm 520 acces the hard disk whitout having to turn on my PC ?

Thanks

Title: Re: Network external hard disk
Post by: BrianAZ on February 04, 2008, 01:22:25 PM

If the drive is plugged directly into your router and you can access it via the network, you should be able to play any videos from it on the DSM 520 w/o your computer being involved.

Title: Re: Network external hard disk
Post by: Fatman on February 04, 2008, 01:53:24 PM

Only if the hard disk also acts as a UPnP-AV server.