On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:36:38 -0400, "Josh Koffman" said: > I went to local mall here and found a few wireless routers that > support various file sharing options. Now I'll have to see what > protocol they use and figure out if they need a client software. Wee! How fast/how big files are you dealing with? Will you be working from the shared drive, or with local copies? I ask because if you don't need super performance, any cheap NAS or media router like a Western Digital MyBook World or a Linksys NSLU2 with a USB drive attached work pretty well. They aren't fast enough for what I needed because in my case everything, mail folders, you name it, was on a shared drive. Even though the MyBook World had gigabit ethernet, it didn't have the processing horsepower to move data faster than 65Mbits/sec under optimum conditions and typically 1/5 of that. But for most uses either of the devices I mentioned will work fine. Though they use Windows file sharing your Mac OSX machines will have no problem with that. And either device has plenty of options when it comes to permissions and file ownership. Not stamping the last user's name on a file, I'm afraid. But you can have groups. And the NSLU2 supports NTFS drives. There are other cheap NAS devices out there, too, as you have seen with those media sharing routers. Performance is basically what you pay for. I have used both the NSLU2 and the MyBook World and they are both decent devices. Make sure you also have a backup solution, though. Someone knocks an external drive over while it's running, quite often it's good-bye. Drives tend to run hot in those external cases, too. Cheeful regards, Bob -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist