https://blog.henrypoon.com Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:14:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 83044199 https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2010/05/10/usb-storage-over-the-network/ https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2010/05/10/usb-storage-over-the-network/#respond Tue, 11 May 2010 06:24:18 +0000 http://henrypoon.mooo.com/blog/usb-storage-over-the-network My router (DGL-4500) comes with a USB port at the back, which implies that it can be used for plugging in an external hard drive.  All I had to do was update my router to the latest firmware (that’s why I had my previous post) so that I would see the “USB Settings” page within my router configuration page.  I used D-Link’s Shareport program to share a USB External Hard Drive over the network.  I left the setting within the router page to use Shareport.  I installed the Shareport client on my computer and I was able to access my external hard drive quite easily.  However, it does take a little extra time for the computer to recognize it’s there.

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