cheep/free NAS

[Pcinacan]

I have a old drive around 251 gb and I have no use for it so i thought i could make a NAS for my home. I would use it to store photos and other things like that. I may upgrade it one day, but 200 is fine for now.

what are some easy ways to do this.

It would be nice if i could access it from out of the house too.

[Benergy]

7 minutes ago, Pcinacan said:

I have a old drive around 251 gb and I have no use for it so i thought i could make a NAS for my home. I would use it to store photos and other things like that. I may upgrade it one day, but 200 is fine for now.

what are some easy ways to do this.

It would be nice if i could access it from out of the house too.

1. Put the drive in a computer you already have
2. Set it up as a shared drive on your LAN
3. Set it up as a shared FTP folder
4. Use port forwarding on your router to forward traffic to a specific port to the FTP port on your computer
5. Bingo, you can access the drive from anywhere (with a login)

[Pcinacan]

1 minute ago, Benergy said:

1. Put the drive in a computer you already have
2. Set it up as a shared drive on your LAN
3. Set it up as a shared FTP folder
4. Use port forwarding on your router to forward traffic to a specific port to the FTP port on your computer
5. Bingo, you can access the drive from anywhere (with a login)

thanks for the help, off i go to get a sata cable. last time i plugged it in with usb adapter my pc would not start...

[Pcinacan]

if i wanted to 

3 minutes ago, Benergy said:

1. Put the drive in a computer you already have
2. Set it up as a shared drive on your LAN
3. Set it up as a shared FTP folder
4. Use port forwarding on your router to forward traffic to a specific port to the FTP port on your computer
5. Bingo, you can access the drive from anywhere (with a login)

if i wanted to open this on my phone is there an app i could use?

[Benergy]

1 minute ago, Pcinacan said:

if i wanted to 

if i wanted to open this on my phone is there an app i could use?

You can actually browse FTP sites through your browser, but all mobile OS' should have some 'FTP client' app available if you search for it.

[Pcinacan]

oh, ok thanks 

[Pcinacan]

Just now, Megasteel32 said:

Just want to ask where you got a 251 gig hdd. Were the manufactures picking numbers out of a hat?

no i was