I often travel, in order to facilitate remote work, I put files, pictures and other information into the network disk; but embarrassingly, the network disk download speed is slower than the turtle, low efficiency. I wanted to go directly to the NAS host, but the NAS host often cost thousands of yuan, and it did not have a hard disk, the cost was too high, and I could only give up without the ability to pay money.
After weighing the pros and cons, I decided to use the "Dandelion X1 + U Disk" combination to create a NAS; because I have an idle U disk, only buy a dandelion X1 on the line, the investment is very small; the use of Dandelion's Virtual Local Area Network technology, you can easily get NAS file sharing and remote work, let's talk to you about the actual experience.
▼Product unboxed
As you can see, the dandelion X1 box adopts a black simple style, the front is the dandelion LGOG, and the back is the model, power specifications, MAC address, SN code parameters. Open the outer box, remove all accessories, there are dandelion X1 intelligent networking box, TYPE-C power cord, instruction manual.
The three circumferences of the dandelion X1 are 70x70x18mm, and the body volume is only the size of the palm; not only is it convenient to carry on business, but also the tabletop occupies a small area, which will not affect the layout of the desktop; the fuselage is black style, and the four corners are large R rounded corners, which are calm and flexible.
It is worth mentioning that the dandelion X1 cleverly integrates the indicator light with the LOGO, the indicator light is lit, full of technology, and more advanced.
The left side of the fuselage is a USB2.0 interface, insert a U disk, a mobile hard disk can create NAS, insert a 3G/4G network card can be transformed into a portable route, connect the printer to achieve cloud printing and other functions, can meet the needs of different scenarios, people send the nickname "Little Superman".
The rear side of the fuselage is an adaptive 100-megabit network port, TYPE-C power interface, reset hole, the network port can be used as a WLAN port wired Internet access, can also be used as a LAN port wired connection to subordinate devices, such as desktop computers; reset key long press for 5 seconds after release, you can restore the factory settings.
▼Network access and networking
Dandelion X1 is USB powered, the input power is 5V/2A, in the office or home, I am directly plugged in the socket of the USB interface power supply; business or outdoor, I am using the charging treasure power supply, very convenient; after powering on, the indicator light is on, indicating that the power is on.
Connect the Dandelion X1 for the first time, a laptop, you can connect to the WiFi that starts with "OrayBox"; desktop computers that do not support WiFi need to connect to the Dandelion X1 with a network cable.
After connecting to the network, the browser opens 10.168.1.1, automatically enters the distribution network interface; the Internet access mode can choose broadband dialing, dynamic IP, static IP, 3G/4G USB adapter, wireless trunk and other Internet access methods; after the Internet access is set, set the WiFi and management password, click configure to complete, and the network access will be completed.
My original intention of choosing Dandelion X1 is to create a company shared cloud disk, at home, outdoors at any time to obtain the company's hard disk data files, and the most core step of remote remote access is networking.
The computer is connected to the dandelion X1 network, the browser logs on to the cloud management platform, clicks "I want to network" on the home page, and jumps to the dandelion networking management platform.
Enter the dandelion networking management platform, click the smart network on the left, click Add Member; enter the SN code of Dandelion X1, click OK; but at this time there is only one member of Dandelion X1, so you also need to add computer-side, mobile phone software members to the network, as shown below, free only three members.
▼Configure nas
Insert the U disk or portable hard disk into the USB interface of dandelion X1, support FAT, NTFS, exFAT, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4 file system format; if the U disk file system is not within the scope of support, format it on the computer to support sharing file system.
The computer is connected to the dandelion X1 network, the browser logs in to the cloud management platform, clicks the application center on the left and selects file sharing.
At this time, Dandelion X1 will automatically recognize the USB disk or hard disk, select to enable the file sharing function, and set the user name and password, click Save, to this "Dandelion X1 + U disk" to create a NAS configuration complete.
▼Scene experience
Scenario 1: Home Sharing Cloud
I bought two dandelion X1s this time, one layout in the company, one layout at home, and this one at home is used as a home sharing cloud. The computer is connected to the Dandelion X1 WiFi, enter "\\\10.168.1.1" in the computer folder address bar, verify the password to access the files in the U disk, upload, download the file directly copy and paste, as simple as operating the local hard disk.
Similarly, the TV is connected to the Dandelion X1's WiFi, here I take the Xiaomi TV as an example, other brand TVs have the same steps. Open the HD player, select Add Device, enter "10.168.1.1" click Connect, enter the user and password to view the hard disk files. The point is that without the Need for the Internet, the TV can directly play videos on the hard disk and browse pictures, which is much more convenient than mirroring the screen.
Scenario 2: Remote private cloud
Computer remote access to dandelion X1 cloud disk, need to log in to the dandelion networking client, other operations and local area network, I will not repeat, focus on sharing mobile phone remote access to private cloud disk.
Open the dandelion APP on the phone, switch to the middle network, click Connect, at this time the mobile phone status bar will display the networking logo, and the APP interface can see that the current mobile phone is in the same network as the dandelion X1.
Click the repository, click the + sign in the upper right corner, select Samba will pop up the setting interface; the name can be set at will, the host must fill in "10.168.1.1", if you have multiple hardware, fill in the corresponding IP; fill in the username and password point to save, the library list will display the hard disk.
In the Library, click on the folder to access the drive. Single or batch check the files that need to be downloaded, click the lower right corner to download the file to the mobile phone, mine is a 4G network, the file download speed up to 2MB/s, completely bid farewell to the network disk turtle speed; click the upper right corner + sign, you can upload the pictures, videos, files in the mobile phone to the hard disk, easily realize file interaction, dandelion X1 has now become my remote office secret weapon.
I bought a total of two this time, and found that the dandelion X1 was divided into two models, A and B, the main difference was the power interface and the network port indicator. Power interface, A model is Micro USB interface, B model is TYPE-C interface; network port indicator, A model indicator area is wide, B model indicator area is slender.
As mentioned above, compared with thousands of nas devices that do not have a hard disk, the dandelion X1 + U disk combination to create a NAS, more cost-effective; and the transmission speed, faster and more stable than the network disk, will not change the original network structure, more suitable for me to hit the worker. In addition to creating a NAS, Dandelion X1 can also remotely control PLC equipment, remote debugging, and transform traditional printers into cloud printers, which can meet the needs of different users and different scenarios, and is a veritable "little superman".