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Connect External Hard Disk to Wireless Router

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/connect-external-hard-disk-to-wireless-router.149922/

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priyam1309 Original post #1
Dec 12, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Hi,
I want to connect my WD 2TB Ext hard Drive to the Netgear WGR614 N Wireless Router so that I can access my Ext HD wirelessly.

Please suggest how can I achieve this with minimum cost?

Can I connect a USB to Ethernet adapter in between the Ext HD and Router?
Thanks
mithun_mrg
mithun_mrg #2
Dec 16, 2011 at 7:32 AM
why dont u connect it to some pc & share it on the network this way will give better performance
prabhu.wali
prabhu.wali #3
Dec 16, 2011 at 10:12 AM
mithun_mrg said:
why dont u connect it to some pc & share it on the network this way will give better performance
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bcoz everytime he wants to acess the ext. disk he has to switch on the pc and doesn want that