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Can I access my NAS by connecting my R7000 router to Synology NAS via their respective USB 3.0 ports
My current router has only 4 ethernet ports and they are almost all used. I want to save an ethernet port, if possible via connect my router to my NAS via USB, instead of ethernet as I have it now. I...
Don't think that would work. Best bet is to get an inexpensive gig switch. Any dumb switch should work just fine
labatt wrote:
Don't think that would work.
I'm with you on that one. Looks like a disaster waiting to happen.
Is it even possible to use USB on an NAS to do anything more than read/write to a USB drive?
So USB ports on routers and NAS are just used for external USB drive/dongle access only ?