topic Re: Connecting a USB drive in Nest Wifi

Connecting a USB drive

Ramonea — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:04:57 GMT

Hi I would like to connect a USB drive to the Lan Port of a Google wifi to serve as a network drive? Will a a USB ethernet adapter work? Do I have to power the UB drive?

Re: Connecting a USB drive

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:07:53 GMT

Not possible. You should look into getting a NAS (network attached storage), or dedicate a old computer for this task.

Re: Connecting a USB drive

Ramonea — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:18:37 GMT

Thank you. I was hoping it was possible as I was looking for a low cost solution. Will look into a low cost Nas solution. Any suggestions like a pi or raspberry computer? Thank you again

Re: Connecting a USB drive

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:25:05 GMT

Hmm, maybe buy a used Synology or QNAP that is still supported? But if you like tinkering:

https://youtu.be/gyMpI8csWis

Re: Connecting a USB drive

Jeff — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:15:58 GMT

Hi, Ramonea.
I just wanted to jump in real fast to see if you saw olavrb's last suggestion and to see if you still needed some help on this or if you were able to get it sorted out. If you are still needing some help, just let us know and we'll be happy to continue helping.
Thanks.

Re: Connecting a USB drive

Jeff — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:25:00 GMT

Hi, all.
Just one quick final check in here since activity has slowed down. We'll be locking the thread in the next 24 hours, but if you still need help, I would be happy to keep it open. If there's more we can do, just let me know.
Thanks.

Re: Connecting a USB drive

Jeff — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:54:55 GMT

Hi, everyone.
As we haven't had any activity here recently I'm going to go ahead and close the thread. If you have more to add, feel free to start a new discussion.
Thanks