How exactly does this product work?: Pogoplugged

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March 17, 2010 10:31 AM

1. It's not a NAS in the traditional sense. You connect a USB storage device to it, and it will allow you to share files stored on that device over the Internet.

2. It does not store files on Pogoplug's servers.

3. The files come directly to you from your connected hard drive. The Pogoplug service gives you a hassle-free and secure way to facilitate this. None of your files are stored on external servers.

4. As far as I know, the Pogoplug must be connected to the Internet to work - but I'll look to verify this.

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March 17, 2010 11:19 AM

Great response Peter- these answers are all correct. A bit of clarification on #4 - while the Pogoplug does require the Internet to work it will route traffic locally through your LAN where it can detect that it is on the same network as you computer. The Pogoplug needs to be able to check in with the web service for things like files you share, and that are shared with you, as well as checking in to see if there are firmware updates.

The result is that while we don't need to pipe your data through our servers, we do need to have the Pogoplug "check in" over the Internet for proper operation. Hope that helps!

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March 17, 2010 2:54 PM

Jon.QA said:

Great response Peter- these answers are all correct. A bit of clarification on #4 - while the Pogoplug does require the Internet to work it will route traffic locally through your LAN where it can detect that it is on the same network as you computer. The Pogoplug needs to be able to check in with the web service for things like files you share, and that are shared with you, as well as checking in to see if there are firmware updates.

The result is that while we don't need to pipe your data through our servers, we do need to have the Pogoplug "check in" over the Internet for proper operation. Hope that helps!

Thanks, just so I'm clear, once everything is setup and I have my plug running in my home network, will ActiveCopy and/or DLNA work, within my home network, if my Internet connection goes down?

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March 17, 2010 4:11 PM

Actually no - we do need to have the Pogoplug "check in" over the Internet for proper operation, although we don't send your data up to our servers and back to your house. In order for your Pogoplug to work properly it does need a persistent Internet connection

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March 17, 2010 4:28 PM

Jon.QA said:

Actually no - we do need to have the Pogoplug "check in" over the Internet for proper operation, although we don't send your data up to our servers and back to your house. In order for your Pogoplug to work properly it does need a persistent Internet connection

Thanks but ouch :) That will be fine for some of my plans, i.e. remote access, but disappointing for local access. Is the persistent Internet connection a long term requirement or are there plans to loosen it up down the road.

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March 17, 2010 8:57 PM

First of all thanks to Pete and Jon for the responses. David's question is mine also. I am setting up a home system from scratch and I did not want to buy a HP server ($500) or a MacMini Server ($900) to do so. Pogo seemed the best way to store and distribute media throughout the house. But having it connected to the Internet at all times seems a little worrisome. Right now, I am using my main computer as a quasi server, but it is inefficient. I would love to use a Drobo or NAS drive to do everything that I need, including streaming. But I don't want to have the Internet on all of the time to do so. Like David, I would like to have just my Local Access on. To repeat David's question, will you decrease this need eventually?

Second question, can this act as an Itunes Server and can it relate back to the AppleTV?

Thanks so much for the responses.

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