The Router, also called a router or router, are those devices that have the function of establishing the path for each information packet, shared between two nodes of a network. In addition to connect computers to each other and allow internet access. And many times, to be able to achieve that the connection is possible and the information is received; you need to access the drive connected to the router’s USB port.
However, there are home routers that offer basic operations, but there are also professionals with more advanced functions, and you might think that they are very expensive; however, this is not the case, they are affordable like a home one and sometimes even less expensive.
The latter is recommended for those parents who need a good control of internet use in relation to children; It is also an option for company managers, who must limit the connection to social networks during working hours.
What are the differences between home and professional routers?
Some differences between the two is that in professionals, the processor is faster, as well as, it has greater memory capacity, many ports and superior programming options.
In addition, you can allocate more bandwidth, configure visits in the wireless network, protect the network from unauthorized entry, distribute the load among various internet provider connections, among others.
What are the uses of the router’s USB port?
A port designates a connection that makes it possible to both send and receive information; USB or Universal Serial Bus, is a type of port that serves as a physical interface from which different devices are accessed; such as mobiles and computers.
This port can be used for different purposes, among them, connect a 3G or 4G Modem device to get the Internet, without the need for an ADSL or fiber optic connection. Also, a printer can be connected to the port, which is very useful.
Because it offers us the possibility of printing from any device that is part of our local network; We only need the router to have a firmware that allows the use of the “print server” service.
Also with the router’s USB port, you can use as a storage unit, using the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol with which files and printers are shared remotely between nodes on the same network, via FTP.
How can I access the drive connected to the USB port of my Router?
To expose this question, it should be clarified that it will be explained based on a D-Link router, DIR-880L model; this procedure, you can apply also in a similar way with the other brands and business models.
The first thing is to verify that the USB drive or pendrive is correctly connected to the USB port of the router, then you open the browser and you enter the URL in the address bar.
The latter is found on the label located at the base of the router, in this case it will be http: //dlinkrouter.local or https://192.168.0.1; but for other cases, the url is usually https://192.168.1.1
Then enter password, which, if it has not been changed, you must leave the space blank for this case; in other models, the word “admin” is placed for both user and password; then click on “Lon in”.
Now the map appears with all the devices connected, we click on the “USB Device” icon and detailed information about the connection and storage of the pendrive will be seen.
We exit the browser and let’s go to the next route: in Windows XP we will go to “Start> Run”, in Windows 7 we go to “Start> All Programs> Accessories> Run” and in Mac we look for the option “Go> Connect to the server”.
We finished typing the url in the dialog in Windows “ 192.168.0.1” or in Mac OSX “smb: //192.168.0.1”, and then we press the “Accept” or “Connect” button as the case may be; if they ask us the username and password, we enter the credentials of the router.
To conclude we can say that connecting a USB drive to our router is useful for store, view and edit common files for all the people of the same network; This facilitates our daily activities and avoids the duplication of files.