Pretty nifty device to be honest, nice to have so many features in one unit too. Share & stream files, charge your devices ect... All info below anyway!
Blurb
The Lenovo Multimode WiFi Storage F800 is an ultra-compact storage unit which allows you to keep your media and files by your side at all times. Wirelessly stream content to your tablet or smartphone to access it on the go. Share with friends – up to 8 devices can access the F800 at once. 1 TB storage capacity holds up to 500 films and thousands of songs, files or photos. Stream wirelessly with built-in WiFi. High-energy battery lets you connect and charge your smartphone or tablet.3-in-1 wireless hard drive, portable router, mobile power Wireless Storage: built-in WiFi and enough hard disk data for several people to share Wireless Router: integrated, portable and good for free-surfing Mobile Power: endurable and safe 4,000 mAh high-energy battery High-speed Transmission: USB3.0 interface for faster data flow Multiple-system Compatibility: supports all mainstream platforms
Top comments
fishmaster
23 May 1619#6
Looks like an old HP DC7900 USFF desktop computer >
Horrorwood
23 May 169#9
Quickly scrolling through and not reading the text I thought "it has a DVD-RW drive too?!?" :confused:
sijones855
1 Jun 163#87
Mine has turned up. I take back what I said earlier - it does behave as an NAS, which is a very pleasant bonus feature (which they seem to underplay, in my opinion). Attach it to your router & it can be mounted as a network drive on your PC, but even if you don't mount it, it also dishes out files via DLNA.
As has been pointed out, you don't need to rely on the (somewhat naff) apps to use it - it you've got a browser, you're in business.
Cool! Still don't know quite why I bought it, but I reckon I'm keeping it...
dereklogan7
23 May 163#21
Please persuade me I need this. :confused:
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NeoTrix
23 May 16#1
uni
23 May 16#2
this looks pretty good for the money. I wonder if it can work via Ethernet too as it seems to do everything else. if you can swap the internal drives for a 2tb or SSD that would be cool too. hopefully it's still available come payday
gooner786 to uni
23 May 16#4
First comment shows ethernet input
gooner786
23 May 16#3
This portable or like a desktop hdd?
steveex
23 May 16#5
There's a lot of hate for this product on Amazon (US)
Even if it isn't as entirely flexible as it claims, you're still getting a 1TB expansion for iproducts and a portable power supply for <£50
fishmaster
23 May 1619#6
Looks like an old HP DC7900 USFF desktop computer >
Tequila
23 May 16#7
Cant find it on amazon.com at all?
bobby-gg
23 May 162#8
I read the amazon us reviews before ordering it, and I loved the UK one that thanked all the one star reviews for dropping the price to £49!
I'll see what it does, but for the money you can't really go wrong
Horrorwood
23 May 169#9
Quickly scrolling through and not reading the text I thought "it has a DVD-RW drive too?!?" :confused:
Ronin2yk
23 May 16#10
Would that work on my LG T.V ??
Thank You
Ronin2yk
23 May 16#11
Would that work on my LG T.V to record programs ??
Thank You
dheeraj2606
23 May 16#12
I was looking to buy Ethernet to wifi device , can this do that for me? Anyone knows ?
ahigham01
23 May 162#13
suppose the question is would you be able to transfer files from say a lap top to the device without it going through an app
dheeraj2606
23 May 16#14
No sorry, my wifi signal does not reach my bedroom so I am using power line adaptor, but it is not broadcast wireless, did not notice while buying, so was thinking of this can solve my problem with additional benefits it comes with
Gavin01
23 May 16#15
I'm dithering as to whether to buy or not looks perfect for sharing to tv or kids tablets??
MeesterX
23 May 16#16
Anybody know if you can daisy chain other drives with this - or of a similar device which allows daisy chaining?
Hmmm.. so tempted... always have been by this site (not Amazon, or Lenovo.. HUKD!)
Toonah
23 May 16#18
oops... sorry, should have posted my reply (above) linked to you
ism
23 May 16#19
Anyone have any idea how quickly this would charge a smartphone ie would it be equivalent to a 2A charger?
Could you use this as a Plex server?
Bossworld
23 May 161#20
Tempted but as ever it's a HUKD special as it solves loads of problems I don't have!
dereklogan7
23 May 163#21
Please persuade me I need this. :confused:
sijones855
23 May 161#22
You'd be crazy not to buy one!
*Ahem* I just ordered one, my flimsy rationale being that it doubles up as a Plex TV shows backup that lets the kids watch direct to their tablets when in the car / away from home. Less faff than rigging up the DVD players (increasingly the stuff the kids want to see is MP4s not DVDs anyway).
Told you my rationale was flimsy. But mainly it's because I want to tinker with it.
dereklogan7
23 May 16#23
I know it sounds good. I would probably fill it with movies and then I could just plug it into the telly. Think I better get it in case they run out. Thanks. :sunglasses:
Call in to Poundland or Home Bargains and get a Nintendo DS case for a quid. It will do exactly the same job.
dereklogan7
23 May 16#27
Good thinking. I'll wait until it's delivered and take it with me. Cheers. :smiley:
mickrick
23 May 16#28
Just ordered. I was in need of a powerbank anyway, after a recent disastrous trip to Dublin with no phone charger. The wifi network streaming is also a great feature and it will be excellent for taking on holiday. Here's hoping the transfer speeds are decent. The 1tb storage is a bit weak by today's standards so if it didn't have the additional features it would be a bit overpriced even at £49.
dereklogan7
23 May 16#29
Should show full price in title. £99.
NeoTrix
23 May 16#30
It's £49 using the code in the description.
dereklogan7
23 May 16#31
I know but you're not showing what it's discounted from.
NeoTrix
23 May 16#32
It doesn't really matter either way to be honest :smiley:
dereklogan7
23 May 16#33
Makes it look a better deal showing what the full price would be. Maybe just me.
IronGlaive
23 May 16#34
Anyone know if you can stream to a roku or fire tv device via dlna? Or is it only android and apple since you need to install a client? I read they're is a guest mode but cannot find any further information.
deathtrap3000
23 May 163#35
Don't need this but bought it anyway. Who doesn't need a wireless battery hard drive router.
jamestheace
23 May 16#36
am i right in thinking this will let me know wirelessly drag and drop all my photos/videos onto it, then still be able to access them on my laptop and tv? sounds too good to be true!
I've emailed to try and cancel, can't see any confirmation that this would work plugged into a router either as some form of wired network addressable storage. Only seems to work as a wireless access point.
mickrick
23 May 161#41
Yeah I was IOS bashing. So shoot me. And have you ever stopped to think that maybe the apps are working ok and don't need to be updated? Ever heard the the old adage "if ain't broke, don't fix it"?
And this is taken from the manual I posted the link to a few posts ago...
Kal100
23 May 161#42
Don't Forget Quidco at a generous 7% cashback. Sorely tempted to order, but before I do can anyone point me to and similar devices on the market to compare !
sijones855
23 May 16#43
I think Bossworld's right, we shouldn't expect this little thing to behave like a NAS, not at this price. If you connect its Ethernet port to your router, I don't think the storage will show up on your network as a disk drive. I think the idea of the Ethernet port is simply that the Lenovo gadget is a mini wifi router: plug it into an existing hardwired connection and get your own wifi network.
One of the Amazon reviewers mentions 'NAS' but I'm not convinced they're right. I'll investigate when mine arrives.
Totally agree about the apps though - don't need an update if they work OK. So long as they don't get yanked off the app stores. But even if that did happen, I don't see why an iPad / tablet / smartphone couldn't access this thing via the web browser method?
Bossworld
23 May 16#44
How cute. It's a shame some people can't just enjoy the platform they're using without feeling the need to put another down.
I read the manual before posting, thank you for the link. There's no immediately obvious confirmation, that the ethernet port is for anything other than creating a wireless access point. That said, the manual does reference "Internet
This option is used to set Internet access mode: wired access or wireless access. The default wired access and dynamic IP are shown as follow:" . Whoever receives one, if they're willing to do some testing it would be interesting to see if it does show up when hardwired in and set to samba sharing.
My biggest concern re: the lack of updates is support for various file formats, as information seems thin on the ground. Also, even if it currently works, there's no guarantee it will continue to work when iOS/Android gets updated. The screenshots also suggest it won't be running at the native resolution of an iPhone 6 handset on iOS.
mickrick
23 May 16#45
Which I will be more than happy to do. :smiley:
kieranlogic
24 May 16#46
e-coupon doesn't work...waste of time...
Kal100
24 May 16#47
Voucher still working ! Just ordered With free delivery and qudido also tracking - BARGAIN
alittleleftbehind
24 May 16#48
had one in the basket, then went to sold out :disappointed:
alittleleftbehind
24 May 16#49
still let me add to basket, just not the code so changed the amount to 2, added the code and changed down to 1. Might be helpful for someone. Thanks!
dar72
24 May 161#50
I don't know why companies produce junk like this which requires their own "app". What is it with companies re-inventing the wheel (badly...very, very, badly), I don't know how these corporations are so big and successful considering the irrational decisions they all seem to make.
Their are vary standards for network-based storage which have hundreds, if not thousands of clients already available to access them, they are publicly available standards so that anyone can write a client and connect to them. There's NFS, Samba, SFTP, FTP and more. What is wrong with using one of those? I already have file all the file managers that I need and they can already connect to these protocols, why would I want a separate program to access this or any other device?
alittleleftbehind
24 May 16#51
worth noting Quidco is without VAT on this so you'll get £1.22 back
NikLP
24 May 16#52
If this can perform as a NAS (which is a network drive - I don't believe that the definition should include "playing"/streaming videos etc) then it's pretty damn good. I would love to be able to have a portable NAS. The wifi hotspot is also a great feature. This would additionally be a fine tool for DJing - personal hotspot allows for using wifi controllers (tablet w/ TouchOSC) with network storage for extra music too!
CosmicTrader
24 May 16#53
I just got one. Code seems to be working.
CosmicTrader
24 May 16#54
I just got three more for friends. Code still works.
CallMeCrazy
24 May 16#55
If I had the money i'd get one for sure... must be possible to hack it to make it work however you want it to.
MaNIaCv1
24 May 16#56
What are you talking about? I don't know why people produce junk comments like this.
The manual states the following:
"F800 Configuration (WEB)
You can enter the WEB management interface to configure F800 through PC/Mac OS client or by
directly typing "192.168.100.1" into the browser."
DaiLaughing
24 May 16#57
The code needs to be in caps not lower case. Otherwise can't see why it didn't work for you as it did for me. Free delivery as well even though the price is under the £50 limit. £35 for the 1TB would be normal so £15 gamble on the wifi capabilities.
nickb23
24 May 16#58
if it is like the other wireless hard drives, you only really need to use the app to setup to begin with. from then on it will be like a network share. I had a Kingston Mobilelite with an attached 320gb hard drive, and the kids used VLC in the car to stream directly from the drive to their ipad and android tablet.
IronGlaive
24 May 16#59
FYI - I have just called Lenovo to try and get more information on this product and they have told me that they do not provide support for it and suggested I need to speak to the reseller (even though I kept telling them its on their webpage).
Still trying to find out if it works with DLNA to streaming devices and hoped they would be able to answer that. So not very good if they can't even discuss it (or have it listed on their system).
Gavin01
24 May 16#60
Teetering on ordering.... So its a 1 to hard drive and powerbank in one basically
mickrick
24 May 16#61
So how would you expect to access this piece of junk remotely?
Picture the scenario: You're away from home for a night and you feel like relaxing in a gentleman's way. But the hotel's in-room entertainment is too dear and anyway, you don't want it appearing on your bill. You have a lot of material on your networked hard drive at home, which you have downloaded purely for research reasons, but you have no way of accessing it. If only you had some way of connecting remotely to the hard drive to stream some of said material. Like a small piece of software on your smartphone, for instance.
sokos
24 May 16#62
Great little gadget, thanks to TS.
There goes my savings again, thanks HUKD
dar72
24 May 161#63
Using an NFS/Samba/SFTP/FTP client....obviously? For example, on Android, ES File Explorer allows you to access remote filesystems using protocols like this and it will do it much better.
I actually forgot DLNA/UPnP, that would not only allow you to access files on this device but would handle the streaming for you too in your situation.
I think you completely missed my point.
IronGlaive
24 May 16#64
Hi Dar, you sound like you might know a bit about this device? Do you know if it can be joined wirelessly to a home network and then media streamed off it to a roku / firetv / ps4/ xbox etc via dlna?
dar72
24 May 16#65
I don't know about this device specifically, I'm just saying that devices like this should use existing protocols and clients rather than forcing the user to use a proprietary client...which sounds like what you need. I don't have one of these but it seems it only works with their client software which is unlikely to be available for those devices.
Personally I use minidlna on Linux for streaming videos to Android. Most of the NAS devices out there support at least some of the protocols that I mentioned including DLNA although some (like this one it seems) require a proprietary program to access the drive, personally I'd never buy one of those for various reasons.
NikLP
24 May 16#66
Surely Lenovo aren't daft enough to issue something that requires a proprietary client? That's insanity.
If this box doesn't appear as a networked drive ie NAS I'd be amazed. Well, stupified. It would be absolutely perfect for my needs if it did!
madmackem
24 May 16#67
Just bought one - cheers, probably dont need it though!!
MaNIaCv1
24 May 16#68
First dar72 said:
Then dar72 said:
How do you know it doesn't "use existing protocols and clients"? I wish people would contribute to these threads with some knowledge instead of just guessing. It would be much more helpful to others who are thinking of buying this.
dar72
24 May 16#69
Because of the reviews stating that it does and complaining that the mobile client is out of date (one reason why proprietary clients are a bad idea)
MaNIaCv1
24 May 16#70
What reviews? Link please? Just because it has a proprietary client, it does not preclude access via standard protocols. Do you know for sure it doesn't support standard protocols?
dar72
24 May 16#71
I'm not spending time finding a link for you, that was hours ago. The product description on Lenovo's website doesn't list any protocols that it can be accessed by therefore I'll assume it doesn't support any. If it does then it's their fault for not providing adequate details and they don't deserve to sell any.
hoof hearted
24 May 16#72
ordered - thanks OP
Toonah
24 May 16#73
This group of posts is hilarious. Still debating if I need one (nowt to do with anything mentioned, just personal) but some posts are just brilliantly amusing :-D
MaNIaCv1
25 May 16#74
Thanks for confirming that your ill informed and poorly researched opinion can be totally dismissed.
GuyK
26 May 16#75
Looks like it's no longer available.
deathtrap3000
26 May 16#76
Just got my shipping confirmation. Should be here in a few days.
bobby-gg
26 May 16#77
Just looked back in here to see if anyone had received theirs yet as I've had nothing since I purchased, but guess they must be rather lax if they are setting up shipping now
deathtrap3000
26 May 16#78
Might be a while though. Shipping from the Netherlands scheduled for delivery on Tuesday.
Bossworld
30 May 16#79
Had an email back to advise that it's already been shipped but that I can return for free with a prepaid label, so should sort itself.
deathtrap3000
31 May 161#80
Anyone got there's today?? Seems to work well enough as a standalone nas without needing to use the app. Can't imagine using the battery function, or the router feature seeing as its already plugged into my router. Could be used as a wifi extender though. Will have to see if the settings allow for that.
MaNIaCv1
31 May 161#81
Yes, I got mine today too and it works well, Mobile phone internet access using Wi-Fi or wired pass through. You don't have you use the dedicated app (Wi-Fi Storage) to configure and set it up, as it also has a web interface on 192.168.100.1 So far I've found it supports DLNA and File access using SAMBA. I've streamed a test MKV film and that works well too. Very pleased with it so far, especially for the money.
alittleleftbehind
1 Jun 16#82
mine arrived yesterday and i'm really enjoying so far. Samsung Smart TV picks its up straight away either through WiFi or just plugging it into my router.
alittleleftbehind
1 Jun 16#83
what do you mean by mobile phone internet access using WiFi?
MaNIaCv1
1 Jun 16#84
Your mobile would normally connect directly to your Wi-Fi router to access the internet, with this bit of kit your mobile connects via Wi-Fi to the F800 which in turn connects to your router using Wi-Fi or wired ethernet. So the upshot is your mobile has access to both the internet and the F800 at the same time so you can stream movies and view files or browse the internet. I hope that makes sense.
deathtrap3000
1 Jun 16#85
And its not necessary to access it via this method either. You can just plug it into your router and access it without connecting to it's own WiFi.
MaNIaCv1
1 Jun 16#86
Yes that method works well too, but would remain tethered to your router, if you need portability then Wi-Fi works well. Also when you don't have access to your own Wi-Fi router, in a hotel for instance, you can connect it to wired RJ45 connection, and then the F800 acts as your portable Wi-Fi router. That's the beauty of this device, there are so many different ways to use it.
sijones855
1 Jun 163#87
Mine has turned up. I take back what I said earlier - it does behave as an NAS, which is a very pleasant bonus feature (which they seem to underplay, in my opinion). Attach it to your router & it can be mounted as a network drive on your PC, but even if you don't mount it, it also dishes out files via DLNA.
As has been pointed out, you don't need to rely on the (somewhat naff) apps to use it - it you've got a browser, you're in business.
Cool! Still don't know quite why I bought it, but I reckon I'm keeping it...
alittleleftbehind
1 Jun 16#88
That makes sense (that's what I was doing) just making sure there wasn't some extra feature I was missing out on!
Does anyone know how to switch it on to WiFi mode (blue light) etc when it's already in disk mode (just white light with usb plugged in) I can't seem to do it without powering it down first
MaNIaCv1
1 Jun 16#89
I don't think it's possible to access to the hard disk via Wi-Fi at the same time as accessing the disk via USB, which probably makes sense I suppose. You can unplug the USB, turn the F800 on, then plug it in again so it's charging, but you can't then access the disk through the USB.
alittleleftbehind
1 Jun 16#90
That makes a lot of sense actually. I've been going crazy with it all evening only doing one or the other. I was planning on running it from a Ubuntu computer to power and transfer files from but I suppose I'm better of with it being mains powered and networking the Ubuntu (and every other device)
dereklogan7
1 Jun 16#91
ME too. Will follow this thread to see how to use it.
hoof hearted
2 Jun 162#92
Like wot he said :smiley:
Still not sure how to use this to max potential but
a) it's neat
b) it's a1Tb drive
c) it does other stuff :smiley:
For £50, it's a keeper!
mickrick
4 Jun 16#93
Had mine a few days now. I had a bit of a head scratcher at first about configuring it to use as a NAS, but its going great guns now. Well worth fifty quid of anyone's money.
mickrick
4 Jun 161#94
Here's what I had to do - connect to the lenovo f800 network using a phone or tablet. Web browse to the f800 setup screen. Go to internet connection option. Reconfigure the internet connection as wired and give it a static ip address on your home network. Save and do a hard reboot.
A couple of things - you can only save configured static ip details if you have it connected by ethernet. You can't save them if the cable isn't connected. Also, my VM Superhub2 freezes any time I change anything - even turning the f800 off and on again triggers it. I then have to do a hard reboot of the router. And finally Esther (if you're under 40, google it), I can only turn it off and on if the usb cable isn't connected. Once its up and running I can connect the usb cable and it still works ok.
alittleleftbehind
4 Jun 16#95
thanks for the tip! hadnt tried a static IP. my only issue is that if you use the software (or browser) to access files, you can't set up a downloads file (for example for torrents) and just leave it running.
Bossworld
13 Jul 16#96
I haven't used this since purchase - plugged it in and forgot about it. Bit of a long shot but is anyone interested in purchasing?
Gavin01
14 Jul 16#97
Just to confirm can i plug this into router and then all devices see it? Like a Nas? Oh and how much :smile:
Bossworld
14 Jul 16#98
See the posts above - it shows up as an SMB share and I think there's a couple of other ways you can access it (web interface, DNLA).
To be honest, I just want to recoup my outlay, so I'm after £49 (inc postage). They're going for £70 odd on eBay. It's fully boxed with the original cable, as before it's just been plugged in and left. Someone else has PM'd so I'll start a thread and put you both down as first refusal.
I've put a post up and the mods have approved the images - in the interests of fairness need to wait on a response from the other two if that's OK.
NikLP
15 Jul 16#101
And I'm in, I believe.
IronGlaive
15 Jul 16#102
Hope you manage to sell it. Mine broke very quickly and I'm still trying to get a refund out of Lenovo. The Warranty is meaningless now they have discontinued the product they don't even provide support for it. Good luck :smiley:
NikLP
15 Jul 16#103
Cheers for that encouragement!
will_0407
25 Jul 16#104
has anyone formatted this drive to Mac OS journaled or Fat32? It comes NTFS however me and my family all ue macs. It's working fine over the network, and is picked up my tv so it's working fine, I'm just thinking if we ever want to plug it in and ue it as a 'normal' hard drive, we won't be able to write to it.
I'm reluctant to format in case it loses any of its current functionality- can anyone confirm?
NikLP
25 Jul 16#105
I've looked pretty hard at options for configuring this unit and had some proper struggles with it. Just FYI I haven't come across anything where the has been a reformat of the drive unit.
Given that also I haven't seen anything about firmware updates or anything, I suspect the firmware is going to be locked to NTFS support, but I could be wrong. I'm not sure how you'd even go about testing it tbh.
I'm guessing that the teardown of the unit would involve removing the rubber feet, exposing some screws? Then disassemble the unit, removing the drive and reinserting a different filesystem'd drive to test it, but YMMV!
will_0407
25 Jul 16#106
Think I'm just going to leave as is, would rather play safe and make do than try and reformat it and ruin the set up I've got.
NikLP
25 Jul 16#107
Indeed. Hard to set up these units!
On another note, can you not just enable NTFS support with macos? Its easy enough with Linux.
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Pretty nifty device to be honest, nice to have so many features in one unit too. Share & stream files, charge your devices ect... All info below anyway!
Blurb
The Lenovo Multimode WiFi Storage F800 is an ultra-compact storage unit which allows you to keep your media and files by your side at all times. Wirelessly stream content to your tablet or smartphone to access it on the go. Share with friends – up to 8 devices can access the F800 at once. 1 TB storage capacity holds up to 500 films and thousands of songs, files or photos. Stream wirelessly with built-in WiFi. High-energy battery lets you connect and charge your smartphone or tablet.3-in-1 wireless hard drive, portable router, mobile power Wireless Storage: built-in WiFi and enough hard disk data for several people to share Wireless Router: integrated, portable and good for free-surfing Mobile Power: endurable and safe 4,000 mAh high-energy battery High-speed Transmission: USB3.0 interface for faster data flow Multiple-system Compatibility: supports all mainstream platforms
Top comments
As has been pointed out, you don't need to rely on the (somewhat naff) apps to use it - it you've got a browser, you're in business.
Cool! Still don't know quite why I bought it, but I reckon I'm keeping it...
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Even if it isn't as entirely flexible as it claims, you're still getting a 1TB expansion for iproducts and a portable power supply for <£50
I'll see what it does, but for the money you can't really go wrong
Thank You
Thank You
thx.
Hmmm.. so tempted... always have been by this site (not Amazon, or Lenovo.. HUKD!)
Could you use this as a Plex server?
*Ahem* I just ordered one, my flimsy rationale being that it doubles up as a Plex TV shows backup that lets the kids watch direct to their tablets when in the car / away from home. Less faff than rigging up the DVD players (increasingly the stuff the kids want to see is MP4s not DVDs anyway).
Told you my rationale was flimsy. But mainly it's because I want to tinker with it.
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EDIT: The app for phones/iPads hasn't been updated since 2014. Starting to think this perhaps isn't a good idea.
I've emailed to try and cancel, can't see any confirmation that this would work plugged into a router either as some form of wired network addressable storage. Only seems to work as a wireless access point.
And this is taken from the manual I posted the link to a few posts ago...
One of the Amazon reviewers mentions 'NAS' but I'm not convinced they're right. I'll investigate when mine arrives.
Totally agree about the apps though - don't need an update if they work OK. So long as they don't get yanked off the app stores. But even if that did happen, I don't see why an iPad / tablet / smartphone couldn't access this thing via the web browser method?
I read the manual before posting, thank you for the link. There's no immediately obvious confirmation, that the ethernet port is for anything other than creating a wireless access point. That said, the manual does reference "Internet
This option is used to set Internet access mode: wired access or wireless access. The default wired access and dynamic IP are shown as follow:" . Whoever receives one, if they're willing to do some testing it would be interesting to see if it does show up when hardwired in and set to samba sharing.
My biggest concern re: the lack of updates is support for various file formats, as information seems thin on the ground. Also, even if it currently works, there's no guarantee it will continue to work when iOS/Android gets updated. The screenshots also suggest it won't be running at the native resolution of an iPhone 6 handset on iOS.
Their are vary standards for network-based storage which have hundreds, if not thousands of clients already available to access them, they are publicly available standards so that anyone can write a client and connect to them. There's NFS, Samba, SFTP, FTP and more. What is wrong with using one of those? I already have file all the file managers that I need and they can already connect to these protocols, why would I want a separate program to access this or any other device?
The manual states the following:
"F800 Configuration (WEB)
You can enter the WEB management interface to configure F800 through PC/Mac OS client or by
directly typing "192.168.100.1" into the browser."
Still trying to find out if it works with DLNA to streaming devices and hoped they would be able to answer that. So not very good if they can't even discuss it (or have it listed on their system).
Picture the scenario: You're away from home for a night and you feel like relaxing in a gentleman's way. But the hotel's in-room entertainment is too dear and anyway, you don't want it appearing on your bill. You have a lot of material on your networked hard drive at home, which you have downloaded purely for research reasons, but you have no way of accessing it. If only you had some way of connecting remotely to the hard drive to stream some of said material. Like a small piece of software on your smartphone, for instance.
There goes my savings again, thanks HUKD
I actually forgot DLNA/UPnP, that would not only allow you to access files on this device but would handle the streaming for you too in your situation.
I think you completely missed my point.
Personally I use minidlna on Linux for streaming videos to Android. Most of the NAS devices out there support at least some of the protocols that I mentioned including DLNA although some (like this one it seems) require a proprietary program to access the drive, personally I'd never buy one of those for various reasons.
If this box doesn't appear as a networked drive ie NAS I'd be amazed. Well, stupified. It would be absolutely perfect for my needs if it did!
Then dar72 said:
How do you know it doesn't "use existing protocols and clients"? I wish people would contribute to these threads with some knowledge instead of just guessing. It would be much more helpful to others who are thinking of buying this.
As has been pointed out, you don't need to rely on the (somewhat naff) apps to use it - it you've got a browser, you're in business.
Cool! Still don't know quite why I bought it, but I reckon I'm keeping it...
Does anyone know how to switch it on to WiFi mode (blue light) etc when it's already in disk mode (just white light with usb plugged in) I can't seem to do it without powering it down first
Still not sure how to use this to max potential but
a) it's neat
b) it's a1Tb drive
c) it does other stuff :smiley:
For £50, it's a keeper!
A couple of things - you can only save configured static ip details if you have it connected by ethernet. You can't save them if the cable isn't connected. Also, my VM Superhub2 freezes any time I change anything - even turning the f800 off and on again triggers it. I then have to do a hard reboot of the router. And finally Esther (if you're under 40, google it), I can only turn it off and on if the usb cable isn't connected. Once its up and running I can connect the usb cable and it still works ok.
To be honest, I just want to recoup my outlay, so I'm after £49 (inc postage). They're going for £70 odd on eBay. It's fully boxed with the original cable, as before it's just been plugged in and left. Someone else has PM'd so I'll start a thread and put you both down as first refusal.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/for-sale-trade/lenovo-f800-multi-mode-1tb-storage-usb-3-0-wireless-streaming-router-power-bank-2480025
I'm reluctant to format in case it loses any of its current functionality- can anyone confirm?
Given that also I haven't seen anything about firmware updates or anything, I suspect the firmware is going to be locked to NTFS support, but I could be wrong. I'm not sure how you'd even go about testing it tbh.
I'm guessing that the teardown of the unit would involve removing the rubber feet, exposing some screws? Then disassemble the unit, removing the drive and reinserting a different filesystem'd drive to test it, but YMMV!
On another note, can you not just enable NTFS support with macos? Its easy enough with Linux.