Can I use any 3.0 USB external hard drive to connect to this device and access through the network?
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Yes.Specs here: https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS114#specDemo here: https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/5.1/live_demo
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Yes. Specs here: https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS114#spec Demo here: https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/5.1/live_demo
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Yes you can. You connect to your Synology box via network as usual and the USB drive will appear as folder named 'usbshare1'. Once USB drive is connected, it mounted and shared automatically by the Synology.
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Yes, you should be able to. I initially had some issues with Toshiba USB 3.0 portable hard disks and one DS214+ and for efficiency sake just switched to Western Digital drives. Never re-checked the Toshibas to see if it might have been a temporary incompatibility that went away with updates to the DSM software on the DiskStation.
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It depends on the device you have. What device are you using with this drive?
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The Asus web site provides no answer to either hard drive format compatibility or networking compatibility with ANY type of computer. That's what's holding me back. A couple of 1 TB drives formatted HFS+ and networked iMac and Macbook Pro laptop, and I refuse to take the plunge unless there's documentation somewhere. If you find it, please post!
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Since it has a USB 3.0 port I have been able to connect a USB 3.0 HD but had problems with USB 2.0 HDs.
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Any external USB hard drive can be used via the USB ports, the seagate HD is necessary to for the "convenient" slide in interface (it still leaves both USB ports open)
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Yes, you can use this device to connect to Ethernet port, then a USB cord with two male ends to connect to your drive.
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I don't have this hard drive yet, they have not sent it back to me. But it is not a network storage device, it connects to your computer via firewire or USB. At least that's what it should do.
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If you have the sw for it. I am using 4 different size drives, the largest being 2 tb the smallest being 250 gb. I can access any drive or multiple drives through through the usb port.
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Buy a hard drive with a LAN port built into it. Western digital makes several at decent rates. Also do a search for "LAN external hard drive"
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An adapter is not supplied. I have no problem with the 3.0 USB connection. External power adapter port is available. Very happy with this drive.
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yes. just plug the HardDrive or USB stick to the USB port on the router and turn file sharing on from configuration
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The drive app will see the folders; how it interacts w/ your ethernet question is unknown. It should work, but ... connectivity is diceySorry I cannot be more specifici
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I believe the drive is powered by legacy usb 2.0 standard interface. The other end of the connector is usb 3.0 peripheral interface.
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As far as I know the only connections it supports are WiFi and ethernet. The USB is for file sharing.
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Not unless you have IOMEGA zip disks you need to access. As others have said, it's old technology. You probably want a flash drive that is compatible with current computers.
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sorry, I haven`t tested that. I will have a USB3 portable hd soon. I'll check it out.
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It shouldn't matter what OS you are running. As long as your OS can map a network drive it will work