How to Add a Hard Drive to a Wireless Router

External hard drives are a great way to store personal or business files. Making this storage space accessible through a wireless router expands your capabilities immensely, allowing you to access files anywhere in your house or office with a laptop or allowing multiple PCs to access the files without using USB splitters or multiple cables running back and forth. Setup is relatively simple with several straightforward steps, and use of the wireless data storage on a day-to-day basis is helpful and easy.

Things You'll Need

• External hard drive
• Wireless router
• Network USB Hub
• Ethernet cable
• USB cord

Instructions

1. Turn off the external hard drive, wireless router and network USB hub.

2. Plug the USB cord into the external hard drive.

3. Plug the other end of the USB cord into the network USB hub.

4. Plug the ethernet cable into the back of the network USB hub.

5. Plug the other end of the ethernet cable into the wireless router.

6. Turn the wireless router on, and then turn on the network USB hub and, lastly, turn on the external hard drive.

Tips & Warnings

• The Belkin Network USB Hub, available at the link below, is easy to set up and is relatively inexpensive at less than $100.

Resources

• Belkin Network USB Hub