WIFI hard drive enclosure ..Panasonic?

Does Panasonic make one?....Do thye make any external /USB/2.5 HDD enclosures?
I have seen aftermarket WIFI ones..
Macally,,Apple,,SMC made an IDE ,,,,Various generics...

Any thoughts on getting one? Tips? Tricks?
Does the drive stay powered all the time? Spinning if you use a platter drive..

 

I would assume it would have a sleep function available from the computer it is tethered to. Don't know.

 

I'm lookin for a standalone...Not tethered to a PC..

 

I'm using WDC Mybook USB drive. 3.5" HDD inside.
It has it's own power saving settings and sleeps when there is no access.
Re standalone - it's a NAS. They are too expensive or too slow.

 

So WDC Mybook USB drive does not have wifi access?

 

I just bought a NAS,prices have dropped a lot and it will take four drives up to 4TB each. About $270 + drives.

 

I'm in the range of (1)2.5" drive. Just a basic setup. No built in router or anything extra needed.

 

That's right.

If you already have one of the modern routers - you can connect simple USB HDD directly to that router and get standalone NAS functionality.
My Linksys E4200 has a very slow USB port (up to 5MB/s), so I'm using it for printer sharing only. But newer ones (like ASUS etc.) are much better and usually have 2 USB ports and even USB 3.0.

I think it's much more interesting to buy something like HP Proliant Microserver instead of NAS

 

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET101BAK-_-Backorder

This is what I got.This is all new to me so I'm learning as I go but I have a fair amount of files to backup.

 

Looks like some plug into my existing router/modem...works like my printer.....it's wireless through the router/modem, not by it's own wifi...

 

Transfer rate will be too low between Wi-Fi NAS and Wi-Fi client. Max 1/2 of transfer rate between wired NAS and Wi-Fi client.