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I have a BT Smart Hub v1 and would like to add a 500Gb hard drive to the router port to enable a networked drive. My questions:
1. Can I use a USB hard drive which would I need to be powered or would it be sufficient to power off the USB?
2. Is there a limit to the size of hard drive I can use?
3. Could I instead use a flash drive?
Many thanks for your help.
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You won't be able to use it as a NAS, but you can map it as a network drive on a PC via \\192.168.1.254\usb1
I power a 2Tb hard drive from the USB port ok.
Yes, you could use a flash drive.
Bear in mind it will be very slow and it uses SMB1 which is disabled by default in W10 and will need to be enabled.
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Re: Smart Hub USB
This might help anyone wanting to do this. For Windows10:
Turn on Network Discovery.
1/ Open File Explorer (This PC) and expand the ribbon.
2/ Click 'Network'.
3/ Turn on Sharing. Use 'Map Network Drive'
4/ Go to Control Panel and navigate to Programs and Features. Turn on Windows Features and enable SMB1 File Sharing.
5/ Type 'run'
6/ Enter \\192.168.1.254
7/ The USB drive plugged into the Hub should now show.
8/ Goto File Explorer and expand the ribbon.
9/ Goto 'Add a Network Location.
10/ Enter \\192.168.1.254\ and the drive should appear.
11/ Select the drive and follow the Wizard renaming the location as desired.