August 29, 2009 7:15 AM

I have a D-link DNS-123 on my network. What I need is a log in script on the PoGoPlug drive to let everybody log in with user name and password. Then I will have control over what folders they have access to and what they can read and write to. I would use FTP for this. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Dan

September 9, 2009 9:03 PM

So how does one set up the

September 10, 2009 9:19 PM

Sorry.

I'd love to know how to:

-Change the length of the share duration. This is linux, right? THere must be a .conf somewhere for this.

-Resend the share notification when someone deletes/doesn't get the first (besides deleting and re-adding them to the share.)

September 16, 2009 2:02 PM

I need to do the same thing, share a team drive so we can all access it and use the latest versions of files on it. I really don't care about the web interface with no special software needed, I can't stand that workflow. [Browse to share, download file of interest, edit the file, upload the file] Yeah, no. I'm only interstate in the more tepid flow, open, edit, save. This requires the share to be mounted as a drive, a network drive or simulated local drive. Opening large files across the net can be problematic, but Windows offline files can handle that issue easily. (i.e. We setup a 500 GB Team share, I can then access any files on it I need, any that I'm working on I use offline files with, edit locally and sync transparently to/from the network share. My notebook has a 64 GB SSD, so I cannot just Sync everything, a team Share would be great to provide access to things that I may need, while offline files allow me to take the things I do need, while keeping everyone on the team up to date using the latest without ensiling attachments around).

I see that there is Mac and PC software to mount it as a drive, this is good. What I cannot find however, is any information on it. Nobody seems interested in it, and only reviews the web interface (not interested), because it's cool to not need any special software, which it is. That its fine to share pix and stuff like that, even music. It is not so hot (aka stinks) for working documents however. Any help?

September 16, 2009 4:31 PM

Well then, if Pogoplug is all...umm... Why don't I have one already!? Oh, that's my problem.

Some questions:
01. Have you checked this with offline Files in Windows? (Hugely important)
02. Do you know of any Mac solution similar to Offline Files in Windows?
03. My Mac users all jumped on Snow Leopard before they even got a cup
of coffee, is your Mac client Snow Leopard compatible?
04. Is there any functional difference between your Pogoplug and Seagate's
Dock? (I know the physical delta's like extra ports and Free Agent slot
in the dock, not concerned with those) I'm interested in functional
deltas as seen from a remote PC accessing the Pogoplug, same?

My team is distributed across the country, and often traveling. We don't need anything fancy, just a shared area for our files. The offline files bit is "Airplane Mode", but also helps in hotels and such with spotty networks.

Thanks!

September 17, 2009 8:57 AM

>01. ...
>Nope - can't see how it would work, since you're dynamically looking at
>your Pogoplug enabled drive, and that requires Internet access. It's
>possible that you could just connect, pull down the files, disconnect,
>work on them, reconnect, and push the files back to the drive, but we
>haven't looked at that scenario.

In Vista, while online (and Pogoplug found and mounted) Offline Files will be synced with the mounted drive. When no network is present, or the user picks "Work Offline" (for hotels or other less stable networks); the local file is used. User edits locally, the next time the user is online and the drive mounted, the files will Sync up automatically. For this to work, Windows must be able to mount the drive like any mapped network drive; typical file server configuration.

>got it - pulling files down locally to work, then reconnecting to
>upload them would work, but the drive app probably wouldn't be very
>happy trying to dynamically determine if it's connected to the drive.

Not exactly. The flow you describe is Copy, edit, upload... which is problematic and leads to version issues. The flow wanted (from a user perspective) is Open, Edit, Save. Vista/Win7 looks to see if the mapped drive is connected or not, the drive app should not need to worry about it. If mapped drive is available, Offline Files syncs the local and Server file, and default behavior is to open and edit on the server. User can press "Work offline" to use the locally synced copy (anytime), or if mapped drive is not available, the locally synced copy will be used. All this should be transparent to the drive app... IFF the drive app uses the disk interface for network drives. From a user view, the workflow online with drive mapped, or offline is: Open, Edit, Save.

For the 4 clients that I support (not counting my individual team), each wants this feature. Average Joe Home sharer is likely fine with the web interface. People working on dynamic documents, or collaborating need more of a sync solution. Offline Files is built into Windows and does this very well. It was "challenged" in XP and before, but in Vista and Win7 I it is very nice. If you could test this (would take less than 4 minutes), it would be a good thing.

March 18, 2010 5:45 PM

Jon.QA said: Hey Lythander, 1) I assume you mean change the timeout of the email link, right? That is something that I'll put on our feature request list for you - right now that is not user configurable. The share itself is just permission for a user, so when they create an account (free, of course) that account has perpetual access to that folder until you revoke it. You can set their access level to read only or read/write. 2) Actually there isn't a way to resend a share notification aside from the admittedly cumbersome method you got there. It would definitely be nice to be able to resend share notifications - I've put that on the feature request list as well!

Jon, how / where does the user create an account? Thanks for helping.......

March 18, 2010 6:14 PM

peterD said:

Jon.QA said: Hey Bristolview, The drive applications for Mac and PC are definitely not afterthoughts for us - we did just revamp our web services today, which is why there's a lot of excitement around it now. The drive apps (free, and can be used by an unlimited number of users) will give you the functionality you are looking for. You could attach your drive to a Pogoplug, give everyone share access to it (read only or read/write as appropriate), have them create an account at my.pogoplug.com (free) and download the drive software (also free). This will allow them to sign in and have any directory (including the entire drive) show up as a drive in either Windows or OSX - hope that helps!

Jon, I see you constantly refer to "creating an account at my.pogoplug.com (free)". How? When you land there, the only setup is for someone setting up their PP. If you don't have one, there is no way to just set up an account for a shared user to have permanent access to shared files. And the "click here to setup an account" link on the shared user's page is dead and non-functional. So how do I "create an account....." for my shared users?

Jon, thanks for the firm answer on setting up a shared user account, that certainly makes sense. however, i still seem to be screwed. if that link on the shared user page is the ONLY WAY to set up a shared user for permanent access, and that link is dead, dead, dead, how in the world do I set up a shared user? this must be so common that I'm doing something wrong, but I can't see my error. I've closed and reopened IE7, flushed all the cache in IE7, even rebooted the computer, that link is still DOA.

March 18, 2010 6:37 PM

Jon.QA said: @peterD, You've asked this question in several places, so I'll answer here and post the same answer elsewhere. You are correct that the only placed where one can sign up for an account without having a Pogoplug enabled device is through the share link. We did this because without anything shared to you it doesn't make sense to have an account - there's nothing there for you. Just confirmed that the link that appears in the dialog "This link will expire after 2 weeks. Click here to create a Pogoplug account so you can always access these files." appears to be working for me - is that not what your sharee is seeing? Finally, you should be able to make a shared directory full access as soon as you enter the email address - there should be a drop down next to the email address that says "View/Download" - the other option there should be "Full Access". There is no "Full Access" option for an individual file. Hope that helps!

Jon, thanks for the heads up on the bug, hope you guys get time to fix this soon, firefox not a problem for me but some of my clients only want to use IE. there may also be another bug on that page with the broken link. that drop down list is not visible until after you click the Invite button and send the email (it's covered up by an information balloon explaining what the Invite does). therefore, you can't make a view/download or full-access choice until after it's too late (ie, the Invite email has already been sent).

July 24, 2010 10:17 AM

She can use your account or you can create one for her. You would go to my.pogoplug.com > settings > General settings and add her email.

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July 25, 2010 7:51 AM

dpw-ct said: I can't seem to set up an account for her as the device is already activated, if I use my account it does not give her the option to enable active copy on her files. Please help.

You should just be able to add her here.

By clicking on the "add" link.

dThat should give her full access under her own email address.

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