First, my setup:
On my home network I've got a wireless laptop and a desktop (wired) connected to a Linksys 4-port wireless router. The desktop and laptop are set up to share files and the laptop can print while the desktop is on. I have a VoIP adapter/router connected to the Linksys router, with cable Internet through the Linksys router.
What I'd like to do:
The hard drive on my desktop crashed unrecoverably over the weekend (with no backup!), so I want to be able to do backups from my laptop and desktop on a networked drive, but I don't need hundreds of Gigs of storage - I'm not looking to backup my entire drive - just critical files and settings.
I also would like to be able to print from my laptop without having to turn my desktop on (which the printer is connected to currently). One thought along the printer lines was would putting the desktop in Hibernate mode when not using it still allow the laptop to print?
I'd appreciate it if someone could toss some ideas/solutions at me. For the backup storage is it just a matter of hooking up a USB drive to my router? I don't really have exactly unlimited funds to throw at this project, so I'd like to keep it as low-priced as reasonably possible.
If you need more info to help, let me know. If I gave too much info already - sorry!
Thanks for anybody's help!
Mark
On my home network I've got a wireless laptop and a desktop (wired) connected to a Linksys 4-port wireless router. The desktop and laptop are set up to share files and the laptop can print while the desktop is on. I have a VoIP adapter/router connected to the Linksys router, with cable Internet through the Linksys router.
What I'd like to do:
The hard drive on my desktop crashed unrecoverably over the weekend (with no backup!), so I want to be able to do backups from my laptop and desktop on a networked drive, but I don't need hundreds of Gigs of storage - I'm not looking to backup my entire drive - just critical files and settings.
I also would like to be able to print from my laptop without having to turn my desktop on (which the printer is connected to currently). One thought along the printer lines was would putting the desktop in Hibernate mode when not using it still allow the laptop to print?
I'd appreciate it if someone could toss some ideas/solutions at me. For the backup storage is it just a matter of hooking up a USB drive to my router? I don't really have exactly unlimited funds to throw at this project, so I'd like to keep it as low-priced as reasonably possible.
If you need more info to help, let me know. If I gave too much info already - sorry!
Thanks for anybody's help!
Mark