Hello guys, can anyone point me in the right direction. I'm looking for a Nas drive that I can connect to my router and leave plugged in however, when I travel and I go to places where there is no online connection I can use it as a regular external HDD? I was looking at a MyCloud but it doesn't appear to support this feature.
Nas External Drive that I can also use Offline as a regular External HDD
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Won't any external HDD do this? I use a Toshiba Canvio 3TB or something and leave it plugged into router. It has all of my home movies and stuff on it, can unplug it from USB at any time or access over VPN if I want.
Is the limitation here your router rather than the HDD?
Dam! Why didn't I think of that haha. I have a Superhub? I guess a regular external plugged in will do the trick?
Yep, it should have a USB slot that can be used
I use an RT-AC87U for mine, bit more snazzy but same principle (and it was in the Prime sale in July 
)!Yep, it should have a USB slot that can be used
Haha sounds good! I take it you just plug it in and it should show in your network drives on Windows 10?
Yep, should be that simple. Homehub is a consumer aimed device, so I can't imagine it being complex.
In some cases you may need to go to your router configuration (usually your gateway IP, 192.168.1.1) and configure the drive as a Samba share.
Edit: Looks like you can't breach 2TB or it is unsupported.
https://community.bt.com/t5/Connect...ternal-Hard-Drives-to-Home-Hub-5/td-p/1055896
Thanks for your help. I will try it when I get home. Also I have the Superhub
Not the homehub so hopefully I can surpass the 2TB limit.Thanks for your help. I will try it when I get home. Also I have the Superhub
Ah my bad, I get lost in all these BT revisions!
Hello again pal, got home and my super dupa superhub doesn't even have a USB port haha!
Ahhhh bugger. I thought Superhub was BT! Doh.
Yeah, as above, in that case you'll have to use it as a modem to a router that supports USB and Samba.