“A reviewer writes that you must disconnect from your home network to connect to this product's network. True or false? if you want to use this product wirelessly (and that is the selling point of the product), then you are required to disconnect from your regular home network to log into this product's unique wifi network. Meaning you cannot copy pictures directly from this unit to the Internet. For me, that hurts convenience. And now I'm always changing wifi networkks back-and-forth”
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True and False. You do need to be connected the the drive's hotspot in order to use it wirelessly, however the drive has a bridging mode that allows it to connect to other wireless networks. You can bridge the drive to your wireless network and be able to use the drive and Internet at the same time.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.In the setup options you can connect to your wireless home network and then use the WD as router so you could access both your files and the internet. That is one of the best features of this product.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The drive can be programmed to pass through Internet access to networks that the drive itself is connected to. If your device has network priority settings you can set the drive as a higher priority and when you turn it on it'll he drive, maintain Internet connectivity and then connect back to the network after the drive is turned off.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes and no. Yes you have to use the wifi on your mobile device to connect to the Passport. The WD Passport is connected to your mobile devices via wifi and can be connected to an external wifi signal such as your home wifi. This allows you to have access to wireless internet through the Passport however don't expect it to give you spectacular speeds to surf... While transferring files from mobile devices to passport.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You can connect either way, just the drive or both. You may need to check the instructions if you can't figure out how but it's easy.
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