Connecting my hard drive to my wireless network.

[cfisch9]

Hello,

A few years ago I purchased a 5TB hard drive and I bought a router that advertised a USB port to connect a hard drive last year.

Unfortunately I didn't realize that the router was formatted for FAT and wouldn't work with my hard drive. So in order to fix this I have done some research and found a few solutions.

-Buy a NAS Adapter. I'm having a hard time finding one that is USB 3.0 compatible though. (https://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NexStar-Gigabit-Adapter-Black/dp/B004IYJWVC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1485009451&sr=8-2&keywords=nas+adapter) I'd use this and connect my hard drive to my router's switch that way.

-Buy a new router that's NTFS compatible.

- Reformat my hard drive to FAT.

What would you recommend that I do?

Thanks!

 

[RealBeast]

What model is the external drive and the router?

Perhaps it will allow you to use an exFAT format, as you cannot use FAT/FAT32 on a drive that large.

 

[cfisch9]

What model is the external drive and the router?

Perhaps it will allow you to use an exFAT format, as you cannot use FAT/FAT32 on a drive that large.

My router is an Aterm WG1800HP2 and my hard drive is a Seagate SRD00F2

 

[RealBeast]

Okay, none of the Internet pages pages are in English so I cannot check for you.

You need to look at the router manual or support site to determine if it supports exFAT, as many FAT only devices do.

If there is nothing on the drive yet, you could simply try using exFAT by attaching it to a Windows computer, right click its icon in the Windows explorer, select format and choose exFAT instead of NTFS. Copy a few test files to the drive. Then attach it to the router to see if it shows up.

 

[cfisch9]

Okay, none of the Internet pages pages are in English so I cannot check for you.

You need to look at the router manual or support site to determine if it supports exFAT, as many FAT only devices do.

If there is nothing on the drive yet, you could simply try using exFAT by attaching it to a Windows computer, right click its icon in the Windows explorer, select format and choose exFAT instead of NTFS. Copy a few test files to the drive. Then attach it to the router to see if it shows up.

Ah yeah it is a Japanese company. Ill check out the website. I do have a decent number of files already no my hard drive so do you think that a NTFS compatible router would be a reasonable solution? Thank you for your help.

 

[RealBeast]

Yes, an NTFS compatible router would be a reasonable fix, much better than trying adapters.