If the NAS is connected to a router which also hosts your wireless access 
point, it should be seen and utilized same as a hard-wired node could. 
IP-based devices don't care if it's over a wire or through the air, so long 
as packets get routed from one end to the other and back again.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom Waddell
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 4:22 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Wireless Network Backup

I assume from your post an external USB HD could be used for manual backup 
if it is shared? My guess is with a NAS all computers connected to the 
network can be automatically backed up? What about wireless backup? I 
actually have 4 computers, 3 hardwired and 1 laptop on my network. My guess 
is I could backup the laptop wireless but it would be slow. The NAS HD I am 
thinking of, WD World Book, has an ethernet input but no others, I think. If 
I connect my laptop to the desktop, do you think I can back up my laptop 
manually that way? Maybe I should look for another NAS that has multiple 
inputs.

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