2011-01-06, 06:04
First post on the forums! Just looked around and finally decided I'd go with an Apple TV and XBMC for my HTPC needs. It's cheap and will fit the bill nicely. I am about to order one and a Crystal HD as well as an external RAID array with 2 hard drive slots to give me 4TB of space, which should be plenty for me for the near future (I hope )
My questions are the following before I make the purchase:
1- I understand that you have to remove the wireless card to install the Crystal HD one. Can you add an external USB wifi dongle to the Apple TV to still be able to access it via wifi?
2- If I can do so, can I have the external raid array connected to another computer in the appartment and have the apple tv access all the files that are on it?
3- As a different option, could I use a little USB hub on the Apple TV, and then plug both a USB wifi dongle as well as the external raid array to it and update the files on the raid array wirelessly through my network when I need to?
My goal would be to do everything without having to move the external raid array around to update the files on it. It's not that big, but moving it around would be an inconvenience. If anyone has a similar setup or could give me any advice it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!
My questions are the following before I make the purchase:
1- I understand that you have to remove the wireless card to install the Crystal HD one. Can you add an external USB wifi dongle to the Apple TV to still be able to access it via wifi?
2- If I can do so, can I have the external raid array connected to another computer in the appartment and have the apple tv access all the files that are on it?
3- As a different option, could I use a little USB hub on the Apple TV, and then plug both a USB wifi dongle as well as the external raid array to it and update the files on the raid array wirelessly through my network when I need to?
My goal would be to do everything without having to move the external raid array around to update the files on it. It's not that big, but moving it around would be an inconvenience. If anyone has a similar setup or could give me any advice it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!