First off, I’m fairly new to RouterOS and the MikroTik hardware. However with that said I have attempted to search and find the answer to my question in these forums for some time.
What I’m trying to find out is this:
The USB ports on the MikroTik routerboards open them up to nearly infinite connectivity possibilities, but what devices are supported at this time by RouterOS? 3G modems, disk drives, flash memory sticks, …? For instance I’d like to attach an external HDD and have the router double as a network storage device. Is this possible?
My apologies if this post seems inane and annoying but I’d appreciate any assistance as I have not been able to find much (read: any) detailed information on USB device support in RouterOS.
is there somewhere some more information available?
The idea sounds good and it would be great if I could use a routerOS powered router which would also act as storage device for my network (some Mac’s)
I also think about to connect more than one 3G dongle to my RB411U (one for IP network and one to receive text ). Is it safe to use a USB hub for this? I’m afraid about that after a reboot the dongles may be recognized in a different order, so than my configuration can be messed up.
Is there any USB UUID that is used by the config behind the screens, so my USB device names won’t be changed or I should buy a mini PC with multiple USB ports for that?
Thanks!
Answers for myself:
USB → serial converter is working, at least the one I have (Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller 12 Mbps )
Have Internet connection and receive text is possible with one dongle only, you just have to set up different channels for them.
Hi
It’s very interesting.
Could you please tell me more about your last two lines?
first i want to know are you add more than one usb serial to your router?
second how could i setup different channel?
third are you test serial usb with usb hub?
if possible please tell me more about your explement.
now I am confused… you can plug in HDD of 500gb on usb., but cant use it like network sharing hardware ? or that 500gb as ftp ? for users inside network ? ., or put inside computer 1 more hdd, and that turn in somehow into network hdd ?
why that isnt in plan to put in routerOS ?
many routers have usb support for put usb HDD and share on network, so other users can put movies or similar to share on - whole network…
you can see the other disk with FTP, it’s possible. but RouterOS is not specifically made for FTP server purposes, so configuration will not be very advanced
i have a rb751u-2hnd, is it possible to work with usb sound card? This board dont hava a internal speaker, is there some way to attach a speaker (beeper) ?
yep, it’s very usefull when 3 in the morning one of the main links is down, and i can configure the board to play highway to the hell from ACDC to wake me up!
Actually, sound support would be very useful, and easy to implement. This would open up a whole new revenue stream for Mikrotik, streaming audio routers along the lines of Barix and Tieline. I work in broadcasting as well as IT, and we use these routers all the time. You have my vote!
… no hdd support for exchange data on local network ? 
