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N600 as wireless NAS only
I have an old N600 (WNDR3400V2) router laying around unused, and I'd like to know if I can use it as a wireless NAS w/its USB drive connection.
I'd like to have the N600 connect up to my existing router via wireless ( but I can wire it if that's easier).
I don't want the N600 to do any routing... just function as a NAS device for my existing local network.
Can this be done, and if so, anybody willing to walk me through the steps for setting it up?
TIA
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It might be possible, but would be very slow. Not a path I'd recommend, but here are my thoughts.
You would need to connect it to your router with ethernet.
Chapter 5 of the manual tells you how to set it up: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDR3400V2/WNDR3400v2_UM_EN.pdf
Setup would require you to connect a PC to the N600's network (either its ethernet or its wifi).
If you connect the ethernet to the N600's WAN port then you should be able to access it over HTTP or FTP. You'd need configure the N600 to allow this access over the internet (since as far as the N600 knows, you would be doing that when you access it from your normal network). Then access it using the IP address you see for the N600 in your main router.
You wouldn't get the normal Windows File Sharing (SMB). But the N600 only supports SMB 1 anyway, which is being deprecated by both Microsoft and Apple.
That doesn't sound quite like what I was after, but thanks for the info.
jmessina wrote:
That doesn't sound quite like what I was after.
The other option is connect everything on your home network to the N600 (using its wifi and ethernet LAN). Then connect the WAN port of the N600 to a LAN port of the ISP router. But the N600 is really old (10 years I think), and your ISP router is likely much faster.
Back-to-back routing works ok, but you do need to do a couple of extra steps when port forwarding.
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