can you use an ethernet switch for a mycloud network external drive?

[luckydriver]

ethernet comes from the basement and up to the office. there's an outlet there where the laptop is plugged in to the ethernet. running new wires is not something i want to do.

however i have a mycloud external drive which must be plugged into the router to work and i dont want the thing downstairs in the basement with the comcast router. though i guess in theory that is an option

so coming out of the wall in the office can i use something like this. wire out of wall connected to the switch then one wire to the laptop and one to the mycloud drive.

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Protection-FS105NA/dp/B00002EQCW?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_3

 

[zero_l0gic]

yup, it will work

 

[The Paladin]

if your mycloud has an ethernet device yes you can use one of those.

 

[zero_l0gic]

if your mycloud has an ethernet device yes you can use one of those.

its a mycloud external drive, they have ethernet, if they didnt they would be just external drives 😀

 

[luckydriver]

ty for the answer. there are 2 laptops in another room that are only connected via wifi. i'm assuming they can be backed up to the mycloud since it's all the same network?

meaning since they are connected to the router, they are good to go to be backed up through the router to the mycloud

 

[jsmithepa]

Wired or Wireless doesn't matter, they are all in the same network. So yes, here another saying DO IT.

 

[luckydriver]

since i'm on a roll here:

if i hook up something like synology NAS directly to my router with ethernet, but i use wifi with my laptop, will i be able to access the NAS

my guess is 'yes they are all in the same network' but i wanted to be sure.

 

[The Paladin]

yes if your nas is on the network, anything on the network , including laptop, tablet and phones can access the files. even your television (I do it for movies for example

 

[luckydriver]

how do you play your movies from NAS? id love to have a solution where i put the avi/mkv etc on NAS and import to my tivo

currently all files are on the laptop and i use pytivo to pull from the laptop to tivo. its not a bad way to do it but if they were all on NAS it would be better

 

[The Paladin]

well depends ont he TV, if your movies are in the right format and your tv is a smart tv or using a device to make it so (rokus etc.) then its access the server name of the nas drive,.., for example I have a 6TB nas called //movies and that is how the tv accesses it from the smart menu and when I select the movie it plays :0