I would like to occasionally share file's like TV shows on my home network .
I don't need a Nas as I do this very infrequently.
My router does NOT have a USB port.
Is it possible to connect a USB to my router using a USB to Ethernet adapter and then see those files on my network?
TIA Bart
You are looking at this backwards. A USB Ethernet adapter plugs into a USB port on a computer to provide an Ethernet port. It does NOT convert an Ethernet port into a USB port.
Bart, let me ask a question, and feel free to tell me if I am misunderstanding the situation:
Why not simply plug the USB device into your computer and share it from the computer? This would effectively be the same thing that would be accomplished by sharing a USB device from a router that has a USB port.
Thanks for that explanation as I didn't know that was the case about the adaptor.
My situation is this.
Say I have downloaded a TV show or movie for my little one and I want to be able to play this via either the firestick in the front room or an android device in the bedroom etc I didn't want to have to copy the file to a USB and move it around the house.
In the same way I don't think keeping a laptop on and sharing the files would be a viable solution.
Hope this makes sense
If you don't want to physically move a USB stick to a device, that means that you are going to need to share it from somewhere. Since you also don't want to leave a computer on, and we know that your router does not have a USB port, we're quickly eliminating possibilities. Since you also don't have a NAS device, there's really only one more option that's coming to mind at this point:
What about sharing the videos from a cloud share such as OneDrive or some other similar service?
Simply create a folder that you share and create a shortcut to that link on the Android device. As for the firestick device, I don't have experience with that so I don't know if it can access a cloud share or not.
That sounds like a good option I think I will try that
Simple: because the computer may not always be on where the router is. Sure you could setup a WOL but...
As for the OP's question - if the router doesn't have a USB port for sharing files, that function isn't supported in the router's settings. Been there, done that. In fact, my Linksys Mesh Wi-Fi Router actually has a USB port, but it's there for show at the moment as Linksys hasn't decided to support USB file sharing off the router yet
I managed to find a link online that showed me how to link my Google drive to Kodi so I can upload my stuff to my drive and then stream it via Kodi on either android devices and firesticks too.
Neat. If you wouldn't mind marking thread solved and add the link you found to this thread. Will help others.
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