Can I connect this to the USB of my router and use as NAS?
1005952
I really don't know if it will work but, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't. I really love mine but, never thought about connecting it to my router. I might give that a shot!
1005953
I'm pretty certain the answer to your question is 'no'. This model of the Drobo is designed to be hooked up to a single computer as a direct accessory/peripheral device to the computer. Models directly above this one are designed to function as NAS.
1005954
I don't think so. It needs the Drobo desktop software installed on the computer you're using, i don't think that will work on a server.
1005955
It totally depends on the router. I tried to connect it to a Apple AirPort Extreme - it won't work. The APE will not recognize anything bigger than 3 TB and the Drobo won't format to anything smaller that it's maximum capacity...no matter how few or small you drives are. The Drobo I have, with only 3 TB of disks always formats to 16 TB (to permit expansion without the need to reformat) so the APE won't work with it. You will have to look at the limitations of your router's USB support.
1005956
That would depend on your router. If you can plug a thumb drive or other external hard drive into it and access the drive, then I would suspect the drobo should work to. Windows recognizes it, without any additional software, as a standard drive.
196632
The answer is a qualified yes, because it depends on the router. Go to http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/GetArticle.aspx?docid=0868d4e24a6a468280c3cf270c1d6a31_21517.xml&pid;=1&converted;=0 for a list of the linksys wireless routers that support USB external storage. This will also tell you what you need to do to set up the storage. Keep in mind that the drive inside your enclosure must be formatted FAT32 or NTFS.
69192
Yes there is . I have a similar setup with a nas and a node that is connected to a router. I can access the Nas quite well. Actually better than my very expensive routers wifi. However be sure your settings are right on the node as you can isolate your network from users on either wifi login. hope this helps
81669
Yes you can. You connect to your Synology box via network as usual and the USB drive will appear as folder named 'usbshare1'. Once USB drive is connected, it mounted and shared automatically by the Synology.
1646787
The setup process should be pretty easy. Take the unit out of the box and connect to the router and power it up. Download the Qfinder to find the IP address of the NAS. Type in the IP address of the NAS then a step by step guide should pop up asking you insert the HDD and what kind of raid you would like. Yes you can back up to Amazon S3, Google drive, Drop box, elephant drive, and Microsoft Azure
1820124
If you get a router that has a USB port, then you can use that. It will become a network printer then.
521220
I have no idea where these yes and/or maybe answers are coming from. Even if your router is one of the few with a USB interface specifically for hard drives (airport extreme is one), you can't call this USB unit a network hard drive. A network hard drive has an ethernet or wifi interface, which these do not have. The only correct answer is no, it won't work as a network hard drive. Are we all talking about the same exact Toshiba? Maybe not since Amazon likes to make changes and lump things together as one, but I doubt any in this series have ever been network capable.
2274441
The NAS adapter will only recognize drives that are formatted as FAT. Most likely your drives are NTFS (for 2TB). But, if you had 4 USB sticks connected to a hub, you may be ok.
706923
It depends on the router. Does the USB port support external hard drives and serve them on the network? It should work, but Thunderbolt is what makes this worth buying, not USB.
2109235
I dont believe this enclosure is meant to be use as NAS. It can be configured while connoted to a computer.
1666612
it supports USB drives it should be fine. But you need to make sure your router is compatible with ready share.The list of routers is herehttp://www.netgear.com.au/readyshare
1700370
This device uses Linux as SO. There is an option to allow you to do it. But, you'll need to get the root privilege on the device. And, if you are absolutely comfortable with Linux, my guess is read a lot before, do a back up first and don't count on the EMC/Iomega after a failure they will do nothing to help you. Take look at: http://iomega.nas-central.org/wiki/Main_Page - a lot of good information tehre !
1122973
How do you have this hooked up to the unit? If USB, make sure that you don't have an internal drive in the unit. If Ethernet, have you logged on to the NAS? Have you shared the shares? - Does the AIOS have the permissions to see them?
1677386
Yes, you can use a thumb drive or a hard drive on the router as a network drive Follow the instructions in the setup and you will have it up and running in no time. You can assign read only or read write to the drive as well as password access.You can find more detailed information on the manufacturers website.Hope this helps.
686560
For that I think you'll want a NAS unit that connects to your router by an ethernet cable. I believe this unit is simply designed for simple access from 1 computer.
1771700
Bob R.My new router has a usb connection, could that possibly used to connect an external HD for streaming purposes? ( I'm really not sure what it's for)Thanks
1849748
You can rSync to do it. Or have QNAP's RTRR keep pulling data from synology over FTP that should work too.