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Does Orbi RBK50 support USB3 Connected hard drives?
Hi, Does Orbi RBK50 support USB3 Connected hard disks? My router just can't recognise USB3 hard disks. However it is able to recognise my 8gb uab2 pen drive. Is this a limitation in current firmwar...
Hi All,
I have checked this with the team. Orbi has not been updated to use Readyshare features as of right now it only officially supports Readyshare print for printers via the USB.Regards,
Blanca
Community Team
All our current ReadyNAS units have USB3 ports. We even have one/more eSATA ports on a number of models if you prefer that interface.
A NAS does need at least one disk installed internally. Performance for internal disks in network storage is likely to be be a lot better than USB disks. If you were thinking of permanently connecting a USB disk, a NAS connected to an ethernet port on your Orbi would be a much better way to go.
With a NAS you can use redundant RAID levels with multiple disks to make needing to do a full restore from backup less likely. Whereas with a USB disk if the disk fails you’ll need to restore a copy of the data elsewhere.
A NAS is a headless PC with its own CPU and can be used to do lots of different things.
Thanks but NAS is generally expensive. My USB3 device is backward compatible with usb2 port. Orbi has an usb2 port and so I thought it would support my USB drive.
Is it something that will be supported in future firmware updates ?
Is it something that will be supported in future firmware updates ?
Until now, with the latest firmware installed, Orbi RBK50 supports sharing Printer on USB port only. USB storage still not be recognized.
This is sad, hope netgear will get this up and running soon.
I got my Orbi RBK50 system in mid March 2018, and soon overwrote whatever firmware was installed with firmware V2.1.2.18. From the outset, that FW worked. Wired backhaul, Apple HomeKit with Ethernet, Lifx, and the router’s USB port accepted an attached hard disk. Since then I have uploaded a beta variation of V2.1.4.10.
All aspects of my Orbis are working satisfactorily, and I don’t get auto updates either, thanks to the Telnet tweak.
The only grumble is have is that a couple of fixed 2.4Ghz devices randomly roam from the satellite to the much further away router, so I power cycle the rogue devices, which returns them to the satellite but within a couple of days, they roam again. But there are other devices, both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, which are rock solid.