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Manual for my system and it does not address a USB 2 port anywhere in the maNUal.
My Orbi Router has a USB 2.0 port on it. I have the Tech Manual and no where in the manual does it tell me what the USDB 2.0 port is for. Can it be used for a wired connection with my Lenovo Flex 5 laptop via a USB 3 port?
Thank You,
ElexSys
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ElexSys wrote:My Orbi Router has a USB 2.0 port on it. I have the Tech Manual and no where in the manual does it tell me what the USDB 2.0 port is for. Can it be used for a wired connection with my Lenovo Flex 5 laptop via a USB 3 port?
Sorry, no. When the Orbi was originally designed, it appears that the intention was to support connecting printers and/or USB hard drives to the Orbi to be shared on the network, a feature common on many routers, including the Nighthawk line from Netgear. Somewhere along the way, the concept was abandoned. Newer models of Orbi have no USB port. And, the expensive WiFi 6 Orbi product has no USB port.
As far as I am aware, there was never any intention of using USB to connect user devices, such as computers.
