While your router might seem like a single-purpose device, you can use its USB port for a variety of cool things. Here are some use cases worth exploring.

Many Linksys wireless router models come with at least one USB port you can use for attaching a USB drive, which you can then use as a media server for networked media devices, an FTP server or even a ...

Some time ago, ZDNet’s George Ou wrote an innovative article for TechRepublic about using USB flash drives or compact flash (CF) cards to upgrade a router. This week, I want to take that article a ...

Network-attached USB storage can simplify file sharing and automated backups, assuming your demands don't involve things like RAID drives or transcoding 4K movie libraries. Likewise, a USB-connected ...

Have you ever wondered what that USB port on your Wi-Fi router is for? Most modern routers have at least one or maybe two, and today we'll take a look at how Windows users can set it up with a hard or ...

So, i've gone through two cheap usb to serial adaptors that only work via windows 7 in vmware fusion, even though one of them did have OS X drivers - nothing showed up in /dev/tty*. I would really ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you connect a printer to your Orbi router's USB port, you can wirelessly access that printer ...

Files on thousands of hard drives connected to broadband routers from Asus are easily accessible over the Internet due to unsecure default settings, according to industry experts and tests conducted ...