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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:Read the manual?
On mine for creating backups.
Yes, this is what is says (page 114):
"The USB ports on the router can be used only to connect USB storage devices like flash drives or hard drives. Do not connect computers, USB modems, CD drives, or DVD drives to the router USB port."
I thought my NAS could be seen as a USB storage device, unless its seen as a computer of sorts by the R7000?
> So USB ports on routers and NAS are just used for external USB
> drive/dongle access only ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM
On an R7000, you can attach a (simple) storage device or a printer --
whatever the firmware on the router supports.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Read. Look for "USB"?
> I thought my NAS could be seen as a USB storage device, [...]
Which it's not. So you were wrong.
> [...] unless its seen as a computer of sorts by the R7000?
You nailed it. That's exactly what it is.
> [...] I'd have even more HW and signal/power cables in an already
> tight space. [...]
Life is hard. With my weak psychic powers, I can't see your
equipment or the space, but a small (5-port) cheap network switch seems
to me to be pretty small. Does the switch need to be in your "tight
space", or could you place it closer to the router or the client devices
(depending on what's where)?