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Strongwolf2

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Hi. I have a Netgear AC1750 model R6400 that I'm not using right now. I'm looking for an external HDD for backing up stuff on a network. So far the options that Netgear offer are not so easy to find USB HDD
•Buffalo DriveStation™ Velocity USB 3.0 3TB / Model: HD-LXU3
•Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk USB 3.0 3TB / PN: 9ZQ2N3-500
•Seagate BackupPlus Desktop USB 3.0 4TB / Model: SRD0SD0
•Seagate Raptor 2TB 3.5” / PN: 92H9P9-RAA
•Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5TB 3.5” / PN: 9ZC2A8-500
•Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB / PN: 9KW2AH-502
•Toshiba USB 3.0 1TB / Model: HDTB110AK3BA
•Toshiba USB 3.0 3TB / PN: HDWC130HK3JA
•WD My Book Essential 4TB / PN: WDBACW0040HBK-H11
•Western Digital My Passport USB3.0 2TB / Model: WDBY8L0020BBK-PESN
•WD Elements 1023 500GB 2.5” / PN: WDBABV5000ABK
•WD My Book Desktop Storage 4TB / PN: WDBFJK0040HBK-04
•WD My Book 3TB / PN: WDBACW0030HBK-04
Do anyone has a suggestion for my issue? It should be portable because of the power supply. Not to expensive. Of course it has to be compatible with the router.
 
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Barty1884

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All Routers should work with most USB-compliant external flash and hard drives.
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https://kb.netgear.com/18985/Will-my-USB-drive-work-with-ReadySHARE

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

External Storage: Seagate - Backup Plus Slim 2TB External Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $69.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-03 10:36 EDT-0400

Remember though, an external HDD + Router, is still just an external HDD. There's no redundancy factored in. So if you're looking for a network backup solution with redundancy, you might want to consider a NAS configured in RAID.
 
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'All Routers should work with most USB-compliant external flash and hard drives'

U must be joking! Plenty modem-routers have usb socket but support usb drives poorly. With The Huawei HHG2500 and Linksys x6200 no matter what type of drive I plug in, the drive light flashes continuously (not good for the drive). If looking for a solution which works, I have found TP_Link_TD_W9970 or Technicolor_TG589vac plugged into 2Tb ntfs formated 2.5 portalbe usb drive work OK. Funnily enough, using similar drive but fat32 formatted, causes drive light flashing again. Basically if u buy modem-router with usb socket u don't really know how well it will work with usb drive. Something, maybe reviews should focus more on.
Best regards
wt
 
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