Share Your External Hard Drives Over Your Network

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Britec09

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@kamertonaudiophileplayer847 10 ай бұрын

I do that for decades and this video is still handy.

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@ramnik.khanna 10 ай бұрын

@Brian, brilliant! And here I was connecting a single external device to the USB port of my router! LOL! The beauty is that you come up with simple, no-brainer solutions, that get people like me thing, "Heck, why didnt I figure that out myself!" Thanks!

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic!

@robert8 10 ай бұрын

Great idea. it really eliminates the hassle of big and chunky device like NAS. For me to do this, I will have to change my Router first because I have tp-link Archer C which does not have the usb. Anyway, I will get it done, because I do not trust the system as systems tends to crash erasing some or all data, so its better to have a backup copy of the data.

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

Give it a go, works great

@MR.GM.Goodwrench 10 ай бұрын

One important piece of advice is if the file manager can't find your drives in TP-Share you'll have to check to see if Windows update turned off your SMB or disabled some of them. Use ( Turn Windows Features On or Off) typed in the search box. Windows update will do this on all of my network PC's 50% of the time. My best success with sharing 4 external HDD is with TP-Link routers and a powered 4 port USB hub and the external HDD's are all powered. I use a TP-Link AX-6000 and 4, 8TB Seagate Backup Plus Hub and Sabrent powered hub. Cisco and Netgear have always been a big pain. None since I switched to TP-Link. Brian at 10:45 in the video you said NAS. Did you mean SAN or could it be DAS ? Over all nice video. 👍👍

@Sirlarrythecat 10 ай бұрын

Great stuff really informative more please

@lindastone6868 10 ай бұрын

I've just changed BB supplier, and for the 1st time have a router with USB ports. I can't wait to try this out!

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

Give it a go

@Rev-D1963 9 ай бұрын

I've been needing a video of this for awhile now; this is perfect!!! Thank you mate for this information. I think I can finally now resolve sharing problems in my home network, which will be great. :) Cheers mate, from central Kansas USA. Be well, stay safe and Gob bless. Rev. D.

@DarkstarReborn 10 ай бұрын

This is a good reminder video of what you can do with a router. I thought about doing this before but forgot. Adding a hub is also a great idea. I have so many old drive just sitting around. If there is a way to add more apps or functionality to the router, it will be great to learn. would like to turn any router into a NAS.

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@ericsbuell 10 ай бұрын

Ha ha. I was about to comment until I saw this from you. This first two sentences almost mirror my initial response. As you say, "a good reminder".😉👍

@DarkstarReborn 10 ай бұрын

@@ericsbuell Great minds think alike.

@idmooseman 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is the type of setup I want to have for my current PCs. Yes, I want to see more videos like this in the future. In fact, I have a video topic request. I currently have an external 4TB WD MyBook HDD installed on my primary PC. What would be the process to move this HDD to the router for use as a NAS?

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

As long as its got power, should work

@paulwarner5395 10 ай бұрын

Thanx for the info. A cheap and easy NAS.

@BrightonandHoveActually 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this Brian What I have trouble with is trying to get the USB port working on a slave router that I use to extend my network (it happens to be in a place where there is more space to connect additional external hard drives).

@pav1u 26 күн бұрын

hey there is it possible to acess files outside home network as well?? noob here, just want to store photos and videos from phone to disk as backup

@KhunRoger 10 ай бұрын

Thanks. Food for thought 🤔

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

Any time!

@UnaNeary 4 ай бұрын

thank you, is there not a way to use the ethernet ports I have 4 of those but no usb port on my router.

@centozo 7 ай бұрын

Excellent video but I do have a question. Is it possible to connect an external drive to a network and leave it on and accessible all the time? Are there any problems with doing something like that?

@sarexsarex8497 10 ай бұрын

Hi Brian. Very useful video. Would this work by plugging a ssd hdd dock into the router

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

You mean what they call toaster dock?

@sarexsarex8497 10 ай бұрын

Yes

@zubairahmed1368 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your video can we share and play video on our smart device like TV or Amazon fire TV box? 😊

@peterschmidt9942 10 ай бұрын

I never even thought about using a USB hub in a router port before Brian! Handy if you don't own a NAS. I suppose you could also access them through Kodi or other media player types on your TV. The only thing you'd really need to be careful of though is not to leave any of the mechanical drives running 24/7 as you'll shorten their lifespan. That being said, you'll probably still get a couple of years out of one connecting it that way.

@MR.GM.Goodwrench 10 ай бұрын

All you have to do is use your HDD app and put them to sleep.

@zo9fg 2 ай бұрын

is there a way to buy a device to assign the USB connected HDD an ip address? for vlan or segmenting purposes

@uRea1 7 ай бұрын

is there a video where you show us to use our devices to use this as a cloud storage?! If not, its a interesting video to make, isn't it? I'm thinking we might need to install something to sync the files from smartphone to NAS. Anyways Awesome video!! Keep it up❤

@ericsbuell 10 ай бұрын

Thanks chief. On it!

@SchoolforHackers 10 ай бұрын

This is a great thing to do with your internal WiFi/ethernet/router/firewall. This is a lot more risky to do with your edge device, i.e. your DSL or cable modem (which may offer its own WiFi Ethernet etc.).

@Tgfddt Ай бұрын

I don't have a usb port in my router but will it work if I just connect it to the lan port (using an adapter)? and my external hard drive has his own power cable

@dennislaplant95 10 ай бұрын

In my experience, this works great for file sharing, but full backups take so much longer (or will fail) this way than when the drive is plugged directly into the computer's USB port.

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

Its OK for people who need simple network sharing.

@welshtony1 10 ай бұрын

Quite simple for people who dont want to use a NAS device :)

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, works a treat

@johnsenchak 10 ай бұрын

ROOT-ER ! Like we say garage in the UK you say Carage I do this with my firewall IPS updates

@brettfeinmancoldwellbanker7678 10 ай бұрын

How do I access these drives from outside my home...

@mathewsmail13 2 ай бұрын

That’s like asking how can I have 4 seating capacity on my motorbike.

@FranSamsGrandad 9 ай бұрын

can you help please. my router is a virgin hub3. it has no usb port. is ther a way i can conect to it throught ethernet with a usb HDD

@brendon_a17 7 ай бұрын

How do u gain access on a iPhone

@brendanhart1065 2 ай бұрын

I want to use my external HD FOR TIME MACHINE, I’m having problems getting to do it. At present I have only one EXTHD connected to my router.

@BsktImp 10 ай бұрын

I assume you don't trust every bit of new kit you get as not hardware hacked - drives, hubs etc - even if it's from a big name? Can you do a vid on the steps you take to make sure as best you can that new routers, SSDs, USB cables, flash drives etc you connect up to your system & network are "safe"?

@Britec09 10 ай бұрын

See what I can do

@xlerb_again_to_music7908 10 ай бұрын

Turns out the USB port on my router is for a printer; can't see how to access anything else via the port. But 10 years ago I had a router which DID allow devices to connect; I put a Lacie drive + power supply on it and it was OK - sort of. File access was VERY slow; think less than USB-1. Likely not the case nowadays tho... I hope!

@johnsenchak 10 ай бұрын

You should mention that in the UK you use diiffenet fused plug and run on 240 volts