USB Drive that simultaneously connects to more than one computer
- by user2499
Background:
I have a portable USB drive that I use to make sure I have access to common files whenever at home, work, travel etc for cases when I may not have Internet/Network access of any kind.
There are some cases when I have to work simultaneously on a laptop and a desktop computer, and for those cases I usually have to unplug this USB hard drive and move it between the two.
Question: dual-computer USB drive?
Is there a USB-based solution that would enable me to use this portable drive between two computers simultaneously?
If there is not a USB-based solution, does anyone have alternative suggestions, consistent with the underlying rationale?
Rationale:
Sometimes I have to work on a desktop computer with locked-down networking capabilities (such as at the local photocopy shop) and it can be difficult to get a network configuration that allows dual-computer access without breaking things, or accidentally making my USB drive visible to the entire network.
Basically what I need is a very simply LAN that is guaranteed to work regardless of the rules or constraints set by the network administrator for wherever I happen to be at the time.
See also:
http://superuser.com/questions/99274/how-to-connect-two-computers-with-usb
