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ssandheinrich's avatar
ssandheinrich
Aspirant
Dec 30, 2018

NAS on the Orbi

I purchased the RBR50 tri-band mesh router for our home from Costco. I noticed that there are USB ports on the back of the access points.  Can you connect a drive for a network attached storage?  I don't see any documentation on this at all.  If not, what is the purpose of the USB ports?

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  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 30, 2018

    Not at this time. NG only seems to support USB printers connected to the USB port. 

    • ssandheinrich's avatar
      ssandheinrich
      Aspirant
      Dec 30, 2018

      Any benefit to USB attached printer v.s. wireless connections to the printer?  Thanks for the info.

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Dec 30, 2018

        USB would not take up any wifi bandwidth. If your not doing alot of printing you could use USB. Wireless you could allow wifi devices to connect directly to the printer.