In looking through the manual for the Seagate drive:(P. 18)
"To add a PC to your GoFlex Home network storage system, you must
install the GoFlex 
Home software—Seagate Dashboard and Memeo Instant Backup. Up to five
people/
computers on your home network can access GoFlex Home.
TIP: You can upgrade to unlimited users and computers (and add other
useful GoFlex 
Home features) by subscribing to Seagate Share Pro. See “About Seagate
Share Pro
on page 8 for more information.
http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/whitepaper/ug_goflex_home.pdf
There's a long review here:
http://www.everythingusb.com/seagate-freeagent-goflex-desk-external-hard-drive-19351.html
Between the proprietary cables and the software, I'd be much more
inclined to make my own using something like this:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3952307&sku=D700-2364
I still don't understand why you want to connect the laptop via
ethernet.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [PCBUILD] Backup drive and Computer for HDTV or use a media
player?
From: Tom Waddell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, October 08, 2010 5:44 pm
To: [log in to unmask]

I am in the process of getting an external HD for backup. I currently
have 4 computers I could backup, 2 wired desktops, a wired computer
hooked up to my HDTV and a wireless laptop. Looking for a backup drive
that will allow me to back up all the 3 wired computers on a schedule
and backup the laptop manually. Looked at the WD World Book NAS but it
does not have another input to hook up the laptop. Looked at the Seagate
Free Agent Go Flex USB 3 that I could share, but it limits me to 3
computers. Any thoughts?

The computer I have connected to my HDTV is old. It has a Pentium 4
running at about 3G with 2GB memory. It works great once it is up and
running, no chatter when watching movies etc. However it is slow booting
up and changing pages when I am on the net. Thinking of keeping the
memory but upgrading the MB and processor. Is it worth it, or would I be
better off getting a media player? My guess is it would allow me to
stream recorded or live video from my computer to the HDTV. One problem
is the TV is in another room. Stopping, starting, pausing and rewinding
would be a problem. Currently I watch / record TV video onto the TV
computer and control it with a remote. Can even rewind live TV for a
short way back. My guess is I would loos that with a medis player.

Any thoughts?

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