This is assuming, of course, that you also select the option for the app to remember your Pogoplug login credentials-otherwise, the app would start at login, but you would still have to supply your login credentials in order to access the device and its connected drives. The Pogoplug app gives you the option of starting at login, which would then automatically mount the DockStation whenever you logged into your system. Windows, Mac, and Linux users can download a small client app from /downloads, which when installed, mounts the DockStation as an attached hard drive (as opposed to a networked drive). At this point you can access the DockStation via the Pogoplug site's Web interface (by visiting or my.), but most users will probably want to access the DockStation directly via their system's OS. Once the DockStation is plugged into a router and power, you need to activate it by going to First you register the device by supplying your name and e-mail address, and then you create an account using your e-mail address and a password of your choosing. You can set the Pogoplug app to start on Windows login (right). The DockStation does not support printer server functions (although you can hack the Pogoplug to be a print server).Īctivating the DockStar takes only a few quick steps (left) You can attach either USB hard drives or USB flash drives to the DockStation. At any time you can disconnect a drive from the DockStation and connect directly to a system's USB port-although in this case, you do need to make sure that the client system's OS supports the drive's file system. No matter what a particular drive's file system is-as long as the DockStation supports it-any Windows, Mac, or Linux client can read from it and write to it. Once a properly formatted drive is attached, the file system that the drive is formatted with is completely irrelevant to any networking client that attaches to the drive through the DockStation. The good news is that the DockStation supports a wide range of file systems: NTFS, FAT32, Mac OS Extended Journaled, Mac OS non-Journaled (HFS+), ext2, and ext3. You have to activate the DockStar online before you can start using it. ![]() ![]() There is one caveat, however, that isn't mentioned in the manual: Whatever drives you connect to the DockStation must already be formatted-unlike more robust NAS devices, the DockStation does not include the ability to format attached disks. Getting up and running with the DockStation is very easy: you simply connect the device's power adapter, connect the Ethernet port to your router, attach your USB drives, and activate the device over the Internet.
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