Mike, Never thought, whats in my routers thumb drive, could be vulnerable, (going to clean it up now) that's one thing I don't like about cloud storage. I think, in the end I'll sink by copying and pasting through the thumb drive, from one comp to another. With out images It'll, it might take 4 seconds, I can handle it. Brian
On 2/9/2014 3:14 AM, MikeFry wrote: > On 09 Feb 2014 05:30, Brian wrote: > >> Not to highjack this thread, but wireless router was mentioned. >> My wireless router has a port for a memory stick, which I use to >> transfer files between 3 computers. >> Could I keep my family file in my routers memory stick, >> to sink my desktop and laptop? >> I assume it would operate like dropbox, shouldn't work on one, while the >> other is open. > If you do this, be very, very careful with the way you set up security on the > router. The memory stick (thumb drive, flash drive whatever...) is usually > treated as a network drive and can be accessed from the other side of the > router > i.e. the big, bad Internet world with all its' hackers. > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp