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Any tips and tricks for external HDD attached to a router

FIXXX
By FIXXX
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Hello!

 

Will be getting this router tomorrow
ASUS RT-N18U

And will attach this clunker of an External HDD to it through the USB 3.0 port.

A-Data NH03 1.5TB

 

What smart stuff can I do with this setup besides the basic "access through the browser and copy to another device"?

Perhaps some sort of a small additional device to act as a server so I could make a cloud or something?

I need the router primarily for the Gigabit transfer speed as my ISP's Mikrotik router can only provide 300 megabits as is - and 1 gbits in bridge mode. But that is besides the point.

I will of course eventually get a standalone NAS, this seems to me like the most rational home upgrade besides a 21:9 monitor and a larger internal SSD.

CPU R7 1700    Motherboard Asus Prime X370 Pro  RAM  24GB Corsair LPX 3000 (at 2933Mhz)    GPU EVGA GTX1070 SC  Case Phanteks Enthoo Pro M    

Storage 1 x 1TB m.2, 1x 500GB SSD, 1x 1TB HDD, 1x 8TB HDD  PSU Corsair RM1000  Cooling Thermalright Macho Rev B (tower)

Synology NAS 1 x 4TB 1 x 8TB

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Bump

Im interested in this as i've had a few hard drives sitting around growing dust and could possibly do this to mess around with

'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.'

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Bumping for hope!

CPU R7 1700    Motherboard Asus Prime X370 Pro  RAM  24GB Corsair LPX 3000 (at 2933Mhz)    GPU EVGA GTX1070 SC  Case Phanteks Enthoo Pro M    

Storage 1 x 1TB m.2, 1x 500GB SSD, 1x 1TB HDD, 1x 8TB HDD  PSU Corsair RM1000  Cooling Thermalright Macho Rev B (tower)

Synology NAS 1 x 4TB 1 x 8TB

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