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none5x
Apr 21, 2017Tutor
Orbi USB port
I purchased an Oribi around Christmas time from Costco. When the networked USB hard drive that I plugged into the unit did not work, I called into Orbi tech support and was told that the Orbi's USB ...
- Apr 22, 2017
there is a simple answer and thats to put that hard drive in a real nas unit with ethernet as its connection method and this way you will get fast speeds from your hard drive as even if the usb does get activated ( which i doubt ) it would only be usb 2 and quite slow with hdd and the like
i see the new rbk40 and 30 dont even have usb at all , so i would suggest its not ever going to be a usable feature on the rbk50 ether
peteytesting
Apr 22, 2017Hero
there is a simple answer and thats to put that hard drive in a real nas unit with ethernet as its connection method and this way you will get fast speeds from your hard drive as even if the usb does get activated ( which i doubt ) it would only be usb 2 and quite slow with hdd and the like
i see the new rbk40 and 30 dont even have usb at all , so i would suggest its not ever going to be a usable feature on the rbk50 ether