Question about synology USB port & Ethernet ports…
Question about synology USB port & Ethernet ports…
Hey everyone, new to this whole world and haven’t jumped in on purchasing an NAS yet, but had a question. With the synology units I notice they have a USB port and an Ethernet port as well. I’m wondering if I have the device connected to my home network via the Ethernet port, can I also have it connected to my PC with the USB port?
By doing this I’m wondering if I can have the computer recognize it as an external attached storage device (therefore it will sync to Backblaze as an attached hard drive), but I would still be able to access files over the network from my laptop if the desktop computer its attached to (by usb) is turned off. Do you know if this is possible?
If you can plug your NAS to your PC, I don't see why it wouldn't work like you described. However, it is possible that the USB port on the NAS is only for plugging an external drive into it, and not a PC. I guess you should check the manuals on the NAS you're interested in