Attaching a USB hard drive to the network

Zaphan58 · 18 Mar 2013 at 21:21

I'd like to attach my external USB hard drive to the network so I can access the files over all my devices. Just wondering what is the best way? I was thinking a Raspberry Pi plus a Wi-Fi adapter might be a fun and cheap way to do it. Or is that a bad idea?

PhillyDee · 18 Mar 2013 at 21:23

You can get routers with a USB port on it, a NAS with USB ports, or you can get USB NAS which convert USB to Network.

ScoobyDoo · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:58

Router with USB port is easiest option, doing this on my Asus router and works great, can access all you data from amywhere, lan and wan

Zaphan58 · 19 Mar 2013 at 21:31

Thanks. I don't believe my router has a USB port but I will take a look.

valve90210 · 20 Mar 2013 at 11:32

Do such routers tend to support ntfs?

ShortWarning · 22 Mar 2013 at 10:36

valve90210 said:
Do such routers tend to support ntfs?

My BT HH 3 does. I'd imagine most of them do.

!bluetonic! · 22 Mar 2013 at 10:39

The older Linksys NSLU2

was designed for this.