Goodreader iPhone App

[Steve3948]

I know some of you guys use this app and I was wondering if it's possible to access the shared drive on my local network, from the iPad as this is where the bulk of my data is stored.

Not yet found what Goodreader can do that Dropbox does already.

Goodreader can see my printer as a server but not my Draytek router or Naz Drive connected to it.

Thanks in advance

 

[Steve3948]

What NAS box have you got ?For example Synology do some apps specifically for there NAS units and a Cloud solution so you can get to your data on the NAS using a browser...

Its a Buffalo Linkstation Pro Duo 2TB (1TB Mirrored) and its connected to a Draytek 2830n.

I'm not good with VPN's and all that and its been suggested that's the way to do it.

 

[Sidewinder]

There is a thing called air book reader that does what you want by running a server on your pc and the reader on your ipad.

Dropbox is just too small unless you pay for it monthly for me.

Not sure about the Synology/Draytek thing, not tried it, but it will probably work if C9 is suggesting it.

I have a Buffalo Link Station here, not tried to access it TBH as I use it for backup.

 

[Steve3948]

There is a thing called air book reader that does what you want by running a server on your pc and the reader on your ipad.Dropbox is just too small unless you pay for it monthly for me.

Not sure about the Synology/Draytek thing, not tried it, but it will probably work if C9 is suggesting it.

I have a Buffalo Link Station here, not tried to access it TBH as I use it for backup.

Well I keep all my data on the Linkstation and only keep programs on pc's, laptops.

My two kids also have their own folders also mapped on their pc's to the Linkstation on the network.

All pc's laptops can see the Linkstation folders and files, however iPad no.

I found Dropbox works to a degree, but you have a duplicate of everything you want that's already on the Linkstation.

My daughter wants to get an iPad but unless she can access the Linkstation it's no good, she moves a lot of photo's around in and out of folders.

I don't want to have a pc or laptop running in order to access the network linkstation if there is a way not to.

 

[Steve3948]

Nice bit of info and thanks, I will look into this.

On my main Business PC I have a 2TB Hard Drive but only use it for the OS and Programs, all my data is on the networked buffalo linkstation.

It copies all information on drive A to drive B, so in theory if one fails you have the other, just like a ghost image.

Touch wood I have not yet had a drive fail on the Buffalo, but did on a previous model cannot remember name right now, but it did its job a drive did fail and I had a warning light flashing on the front saying one drive had failed, I quickly copied all data to another usb drive for safety.

Even though I have the mirrored array I still copy that to a usb drive every couple of months.

The PC's and Laptops get an Acronis partition image every Saturday, always handy used the Laptop image last week as a windows update failed on install and would not boot, so restored the image from the previous Saturday, all good.

Thanks for the advise.

 

[Steve3948]

@Cloud9

Thank you for that link, I now have have access to all files on the nas from the iPad and iPhone through the Buffalo web service.

Took some time as at first I could not get access, but found I had to enable all users not just one.

I still cannot connect as a user/group only anonymous, if you add restriction for user/group only it asks for login and password, which you do but it will not accept it.

Did a google and other people have the same issue, not read one yet that found how to overcome that.

However thank you for pointing me in the right direction.