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RB751U-2HnD USB Port

Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:26 am

Hi,

Is it possible to connect RB751U-2HnD USB port to USB Flashdisk for cache storage?

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Re: RB751U-2HnD USB Port

Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:41 am

Hi,
I don't think so, It might connect to an External USB Antenna http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=55638
 
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Re: RB751U-2HnD USB Port

Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:33 am

YES! it's possible to connect a USB drive and use for cache storage!
External USB Antenna
NO! It's for cache storage and 3G modems!
 
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Re: RB751U-2HnD USB Port

Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:29 pm

It also works for RS-232 serial adapters.
 
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Re: RB751U-2HnD USB Port

Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:14 am

when i plan to connect a 80 gb hdd via sata 2 usb, it's reliable?
YES! it's possible to connect a USB drive and use for cache storage!
External USB Antenna
NO! It's for cache storage and 3G modems!
 
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Re: RB751U-2HnD USB Port

Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:55 pm

I haven't got any experience with Mikrotik's virtualization and USB ports, so the question would be is it possible to access that USB port from the guest host running on RouterOS? 32MB of RAM seems a little low, but if it was possible to actually run any opensource linux-based OS (for example OpenWRT), this would become an ultimate router for simple home use. I mean network storage with samba sharing, torrent downloader and so on.

There are many ready-to-use devices for such purpose in market, but having possibility to assemble such box of Mikrotik hardware would be really nice. In tandem with an external hard drive this RB would be pretty attractive solution. Just a thought though :)
 
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Re: RB751U-2HnD USB Port

Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:48 am

it is not possible to access other hardware ports but ethernet from Metarouter guest.

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