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Originally Posted by wakkaday
sorry to jump on thread
i was going to ask the same
i have an external drive 2tb full of movies/tv shows etc
is it possible to connect this a router and view this via a plex server? will it work as network storage? and map on both my mac and windows sytems. i dont really want to access the storage via apps as such as i want to transfer/write files across mainly from desktop comps? is this possible..
thank you
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Not sure you can get a Plex server running on these routers although saying that I did come across this (requires Merlin f/w):
Plex Media Server on AsusWRT Arm Routers
As for file transfer, with a USB3 disk attached, you should get speedy file transfer over SMB (Windows and Mac) and mabe AFP (Mac) - not sure about the last one. You can also get Time Machine backups to an ASUS external drive as well if you need this ..
I would be wary of overloading the router though ..
I know the ASUS comes with a basic DNLA media server which may suffice for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFFcxhmR8qQ