Some TP-LINK wireless routers have a USB port which allows you to share the USB storage device in your Local Area Network. In this video we will connect an external USB drive into TP-LINK WR1043ND V3 router and share it using storage sharing function
First, we just login to the router using username/password as usual admin/admin
Now we will click USB Settings then
Storage Sharing
Follow the prompt Plug an external USB drive into this Router, wait for 10 seconds and then rescan the volume.
We will connect USB to the router now
USB led is light up
Back to Web guide, we will rescan to find the USB storage, and here you go
Access router sharing folder by typing \\192.168.0.1\ we can see the shared folder named volume1
We can explore it as other shared folders
Now let's try to stop the service and access the share folder again
Cannot access
Start it and now you can access Storage Sharing folder from your WR1043ND V3 router instead of buy synology or subscribe cloud storage now you can build your own NAS with Wifi router and external hard drive
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