GoFlex Satellite

[keyclick]

Yeah, it is not connected to the internet...while it may show that in the brower URL bar, it is just talking to the webserver built into the GoFlex drive. :-) Any address you may type in while on the GoFlex's WiFi connection will atutomatically redirect to that (fake) URL, but it it is just local.

BTW, thanks for posting your question to this thread... it made me smile to see this thread bumped to the top of the list... because it is indeed a "awsome device" that indeed has "horrible software"!!!!

[FXWizard]

Speaking of horrible software - it appears the Paragon activation servers are down as I cannot activate the NTFS Drivers for Mac.

I looked through the forums here and found instructions for a certificate workaround, but it failed as the certificate number listed is now apparently invalid (not surprising, as the info was from last year).

I've entered support requests here and with Paragon and I hope I can get this resolved soon as I'd like to keep the Satellite, but if I can't activate file transfer due to issues with the supplied software, it's useless to me.

[Jrwilkinson]

I agree, the GoFlex app works for basic media navigation & playback but if you add more than a few albums it is difficult to play them selectively. I am using Smartstor Fusion Stream which is currently free. It will find and navigate the Satellite, list music by artist or album, create playlists & play music in the background. It also supports photos & videos but the music playback was the hardest to use. I imagine other DLNA apps will work as well until the GoFlex app enables these features.

[awair]

I have just got my Satellite and am frustrated by some of the limiting design options.

Why do I have to log on to the Flex WiFi? This is very poorly thought out. Hey why doesn't my email work anymore. Why can't I register this software...

Please, have a look at the Elgato Tivizen (Europe only at the moment):
1. It is a TV tuner>WiFI device (similar to the Satellite)
2. It creates it's own hotspot to stream TV to the iPad/computer
3. It lets the user change this to join an existing WiFi network... Brilliant!
4. If no known networks are available, it broadcasts the original... Perfect.

Please copy/steal/licence, as appropriate.

[hef]

it's possible this can be done through modding but nobody has successfully figured it out yet. we have yet to find a full spec for the capabilities of the broadcom wireless adapater to see if it's even possible yet.

there is a thread about connecting the drive to a wireless network allowing access through your home lan and some people have had varying levels of success with it. i think the key thing here is patience, there are people working on it. wouldn't expect an official solution from seagate any time soon though as apparently they are still dillydallying around with creating a reasonable way of organising the files in their interface and making the music player better.

[Gabriel James]

The internet connectivity issue is a significant problem for most users.

It would much more sensible to obtain this information from Seagate rather than speculating on their priorities.

Has anyone heard anything from the Seagate developers?

[Rhoro]

As of this date, the s/w is still horrible. I can't see any of my PDFs, and that was the primary reason for buying this piece of junk. That said, I just installed WebDAV on my ipad but cannot get it to connect to the satellite - all I get is a 200 error. What URL are you using? Thx!

[avman]

I imagine Seagate envisaged this device being used on vacation, so perhaps out in the sticks, probably nowhere near a wifi hotspot, hence the Customer just wants to watch a film, browse their photos, listen to some music, uninterrupted by endless email 

Unfortunately, you provide no info' about your pdf's, so I suspect only Patrick Jane could help there 

This box doesn't (directly) support webdav, nor does the advertising even state that, so what made you think webdav would work?

If you post back with what you've actually done, maybe somebody can help......

[Rhoro]

greetings! avman, what information on pdfs do you need? I'm only referring to files with a 'pdf' extension. I was looking back at earlier posts, and Lucid1 noted on aug-18 that he had enabled webdav and had it working. (take a look on p.1 of this thread) I was hoping he would have noticed my query, but if anyone else has a suggestion I'd appreciate it. I am trying to get access to a bunch of pdf files (adobe pdf) so that I can offload few GBs of them from my 16DB iPad. I would also like to do the same with all my podcasts, but the stoopid goflex satellite s/w doesn't distinguish between folders for files of the same type and my podcasts get all mixed in with my music mp3s and the name field is too short to allow me to even sort them out. What's wrong with Seagate? From today, when s/w and systems just 'work', we seem to have gone back to the old DOS days, where we had to buy and figure out our own drivers in order to make any two devices talk to each other.

[avman]

Indeed, season's greetings to you too.

Doubtless more experienced users of GFS than I will chip in, but let's have a look at a ***.pdf file.

I went over to a macintosh, opened a web browser, logged on to GFS address, selected "folder view" in the left hand window pane, then pressed the "Upload" button, & uploaded a pdf file.

Unplug GFS from mac', select GFS network id on iPad2, opened the GFS app, which nagged me yet again to upgrade my firmware, & touched the "Folder View" in the left hand pane, & there was the pdf I'd uploaded. So, I touched the humungously long title of the file, & up popped a box suggesting some actions. As I have several readers capable of PDF reading, I decided to press "Open in..." & selected "Cloudreaders" (you may not have this app) whereupon iPad went off & opened the PDF 

You could attach GFS via usb to your computer & make folders holding pdf's etc., so the above is just a very simple example. Obviously, I haven't the foggiest idea where you put, & why you can't see your PDF's.

HTH.