MUO on MSN

Your router has a USB port on the back and you should be using it

If you've got an old printer gathering dust because it doesn't have Wi-Fi, you can bring it back to life by connecting it to ...
MiBolsilloColombia on MSN

Your router has a secret USB port: Here's why you should be using it

The USB port on many routers can turn them into a personal cloud or media hub, but using it safely requires understanding the ...
Ars Technica

An SSD on the USB port of a router for network shared storage?

Currently have an aging 3.5" 5400 rpm hard drive attached in a powered external enclosure, with backups and shared pics and music for the PCs in the house. I want to replace the drive before too long ...
CNET

Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Smart Wi-Fi Router (R7000) review: A solid network and storage powerhouse

Netgear announces its latest Smart Wi-Fi Router, the Nighthawk R7000, that can do a lot more than just sharing the Internet. The new device is capable of delivering fast Wi-Fi performance, and working ...
SlashGear

Mydlink SharePort App Turns Router Connected USB Drives Into Cloud Storage

D-Link has been producing wireless routers and other networking hardware for a number of years. The company has announced a new app that enables consumers to create their own cloud storage network.
Lifehacker

Get More Out of Your DD-WRT Router with an External Drive

You've supercharged your router with DD-WRT, you're using it to monitor your bandwidth use, and yet you still wish it could do more. Well it can; today we're looking at how to connect to and use your ...
Digit

Wi-Fi routers with USB port to add shareable storage

We often use external hard drives and USB drives to store collections of movies, photos, music and more due to the large storage space they offer. However, it can be a hassle to connect them ...
The Verge

Netgear Media Storage Router is an N900 router with built-in storage

Netgear announced its Media Storage Router, a NAS box that combines the networking of its N900 router with 2TB of internal storage. Netgear announced its Media Storage Router, a NAS box that combines ...
ZDNet

Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link

The WRT350N is one of the latest in the Linksys line of wireless routers. It has three main features that interested me: - Wireless-N support, for my new laptop, and Wireless-G for the rest of the ...
Ars Technica

Anyone know of a "wireless travel router" than can share files on USB storage via FTP

Devices like the HooToo Wireless Travel Router, the Kington and RavPower ones, etc, seem like they would be very useful for being able to access normal external storage on iOS devices, vs. the way-too ...
CNET

Netgear Centria WNDR4700 review: Much more than a Time Capsule killer

The Netgear Centria (model WNDR4700 or WNDR4720) was first announced during CES 2012. Almost a year later, it's now available, and for the most part it lives up to the status of being one of the ...