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Stop ignoring the USB port on your router (it's better than you think)

Don't buy a NAS if your router has this port ...
MUO on MSN

Your router has a USB port on the back and you should be using it

That USB port on your router isn’t decorative.

Don't use your router's USB port when these alternatives exist, a PC expert explains

Your router's USB port is convenient, but its unreliability makes it susceptible to security risks. Here's the alternative.

That handy-looking router USB port can cause problems - here's what PC experts use instead

Your router's USB port is convenient, but its unreliability makes it susceptible to a potential security risk. Here's the alternative.
Hackaday

Hacking A USB Port Onto An Old Router

Sometimes hacks don’t have to be innovative to be satisfying. We thought that [daffy]’s instructions and video (embedded below the break) for turning an old WRT54G router into an Internet radio were ...
Ars Technica

An SSD on the USB port of a router for network shared storage?

Currently have an aging 3.5" 5400 rpm hard drive attached in a powered external enclosure, with backups and shared pics and music for the PCs in the house. I want to replace the drive before too long ...
Ars Technica

USB charging smartphone(s) on your wi-fi router?

I'm running out of USB ports. So on a whim, I plugged my iphone 6s into one of the USB 2.0 ports on the back of my TP-Link C5. The battery indicator on the IOS seems to indicate it's charging!