Seagate Wireless Plus 1 TB External HDD Review

Wireless Use

When the Seagate Wireless Plus is disconnected from a computer and turned on, it works as a Wi-Fi router. It creates a Wi-Fi network that you can connect to with your computer, tablet, or smartphone.

The Wireless Plus can be turned on when connected to a power outlet trough the supplied charger, or completely wireless, because of its internal battery. Seagate claims the battery can last up to 10 hours.

Once connected to it, you can open the product’s interface on your browser, as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6: Product interface page

The first thing to do is to configure a password for the network created by the unit. You can also configure it to connect to an existing network that provides Internet connection. This way, the Wireless Plus routes the web connection, which means you can access the drive content and the Internet at the same time.

All the media present in the unit is shown at the main page, which means it’s easy to access your movies, music, and photos. The problem is that all the media is at the home page, which means your carefully planned folder structure is ignored. You can also upload files to the drive using this page.

On a PC, you can also access the drive as a network drive, which gives you much more freedom to access it the way you want. You can even mount it as a logical drive. It is also compatible with Mac.

For Android and iOS devices, the manufacturer offers an app that can access the drive content. The Wireless Plus can also be integrated with Apple AirPlay or with DLNA devices such as Smart TVs.

However, the Seagate Wireless Plus is not actually a NAS (Network Attached Storage), because of the way it connects to your home or office network. It would be great if it had the option to connect itself to your existing network.