Connecting a USB drive

[Ramonea]

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? 

[olavrb]

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

[Ramonea]

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 

[olavrb]

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

• https://youtu.be/gyMpI8csWis

[Jeff]

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.

[Jeff]

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.

[Jeff]

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