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Title: Direct access to dns-323 via USB rather than ethernet?
Post by: GenericGuy on July 22, 2011, 05:44:44 AM

Hello,

I just bought a DNS-323 and I was surprised to learn the USB port on the back of the unit is just for printers, etc.

Is there a way I can connect a male-male USB lead from the unit directly to my laptop so that I can transfer larger files more quickly than via ethernet?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Direct access to dns-323 via USB rather than ethernet?
Post by: fordem on July 22, 2011, 09:48:11 AM

Not without hacking the unit - and there's more to it than just a male-male cable.

USB requires "master/slave" pairs - in which the master or host is the controller, and the slave is the device - so your computer or the NAS would be a master, and the printer would be a slave - you're trying to connect two masters to one another, which doesn't work - you need a transfer cable which acts as the slave to both devices and you'll need drivers, that work with an arm based linux OS and a way to install them.

Title: Re: Direct access to dns-323 via USB rather than ethernet?
Post by: GenericGuy on July 23, 2011, 02:56:02 AM

I see, thanks!