Can i plugin in my 2 TB HD in the usb port of the N300 and share its contents over the network?some one please answer so i can buy it
205021
No, I purchased this unit for that purpose and it didn't work. I could see and read files from the USB drive but could not save files to the drive. The problem seemed to be that it was so slow the write failed due to time out, not permissions.
205022
The manual I have states you can hook up a USB printer or speaker to the USB port. Does not state anything about a harddrive or flashdrive, sorry. They call it a ReadyShare Printer and music port. To use it, you must download the NETGEAR USB Control Center Utility from netgear's home page.
205023
Yes you can, but its a horrible router, i wild suggest not to bu as it freezes so often.
1578006
Hello Justin. The drive is bigger than others but not so much. I can plug it with other devices without any problem.Regards.
1813553
From my research the My Book World Edition can't be accessed via USB, only via network. Why pay the extra for another NAS anyway only to use it as a USB HDD? You can add a cheaper USB HDD instead.
1619264
This works good. I had no problem with the setup. I also like the you can attach an external usb drive and share on your network.
1951096
If you've got the requisite port, there shouldn't be a problem. There's no drivers to play around with, it behaves like a traditional HDD: plug and play.
775052
I dunno if it's a formatting thing, but I tried to plug in my portable 120GB external drive, and it blanked. My 1GB stick came up with a menu though, so there's gotta be a size limit somewhere, I just don't know where it it.
1449507
Yes. I have two computers, one with only USB 2.0 and the other with the 3.0 option. My A30 works flawlessly with both USB versions. And although the user manual warns that a single USB 2.0 connection might not be enough to power the drive I have never had that problem. They do make an adapter for just a case though. As a note, there is a slight wine when using USB 2.0 but that might just be my unit. It's hardly noticeable and has has never bothered me.
1879836
I don't have this hard drive yet, they have not sent it back to me. But it is not a network storage device, it connects to your computer via firewire or USB. At least that's what it should do.
643053
The older Thecus N5200 series is limited to 2TB drives, but I am aware of no such limitation for the N5550 NAS. Load it up!
1217765
You can use the cable that came with the drive (actually, you have to since USB 3.0 has one different end). It will automatically transfer data at 2.0 speeds.
697668
None. You can buy an external USB drive or share a drive from another computer. We use our portable for that purpose.
1167794
If the disk is powered by USB only, then it should work (the max disk capacity that I've connected was a 250gb seagate external hdd). If the hard drive has a separate plug for power like an AC adapter, you should be fine because all the nexus would be doing is accessing the files intead of powering the drive. According to research, USB devices connected via OTG cables like this one should be plug-and-play so it should work because nothing I've read so far addressed anything about power limitations.
2130147
Did some research and found a forum post that says the N600 supported multiple devices on a hub, but they were both external drives and not an external drive/printer combination. Most printers made within the last 2-3 years now have a built-in ethernet port on the back that you can plug into the router directly. Alternatives: Connect the printer to a computer and share it to your network via Windows Homegroup, or buy a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device and use the USB port for the printer. The ReadySHARE software looks annoyingly complex (see http://www.netgear.com/assets/landing/readyshare/ReadySHAREPrintUM.pdf); I'd avoid using the routers usb for printer sharing.
1889894
Physically there is no problem. The N40 does SATA just fine. You will probably have to remount the drives in the provided caddies, which are not hot-swap. WHS may require a re-install, or at the minimum re-entry of the license key since there may be significant differences in drivers/etc., so I hope your data is is in a different partition on your boot drive than windows is. If your drives are RAID, there may be problems - I don't trust any RAID that isn't on a $400+ hardware only card. If you do have to re-install windows, there are 4 external USB and 1 internal USB ports - use one of those with a cheap USB drive for boot since a media server does not need a lot of performance on its boot device. If you like to tinker, this is a good platform. There is almost no internal room for expansion for cards, but I flashed the BIOS to support 6 drives, installed the SATA and power splitter cables, bumped RAM to 8GB, and it has been rock solid with Ubuntu 12.04 as a file server and backup. With 6 drives, so the 150W power supply is not a limiter for my middle of the road 2TB drives. There is a lot of how-to information on the internet. Good luck. Oh - and it is very quiet.
2170377
Thanks to you all for your response. I guess I will have to live with USB 2.0 speed
2146478
I don't think so. Unless you could figure out a way to network a USB device but at that point you're better off buying a product meant to be a NAS. FYI, my unit failed after 1 month. Don't buy this product.
1509152
You can. Not a feature I have tied yet. USB drive seems to be the best answer and of course you would need to set it up in your setup menu.