You can get USB cables with any kind of connector on either end (Male, female, small square), extension cables, etc. Try www.Cyberguys.com, Jameco, or Digikey.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lou Syracuse" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 10:41 AM Subject: RE: [NF] Looking for new router Because it won't fit. :) A standard USB printer cable has a square end and at the other end a rectangular plug that would go into a computer. The external drives I have seen have the _smaller_ rectangular jack, the size that is used on many cell phones. So I'd need a cable with the smaller rectangular connector and the square connector - and that is what I have not seen. It is also possible that my router won't support what I'm trying to do... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NF] Looking for new router You just use a regular USB printer cable. It's called a USB device cable. --- On Sat, 10/16/10, Lou Syracuse <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Lou Syracuse <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NF] Looking for new router > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010, 11:26 AM > This got me thinking, knowing that I > have a USB port on my router, that I > could hook up an external drive and use it as a network > storage device. > > Does your router have the rectangular port, or the square > port? The port on > my router is the square type, and all of the drives/cables > I have found > would not allow me to connect a drive to that kind of > connector, and I > haven't found a proper adapter. > > This is something I've been planning on doing, but I wasn't > looking forward > to having a computer all the time to do it. > Connecting an external drive to > my router would be a terrific solution! > > Lou > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Kevin O'Shea > > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 9:05 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [NF] Looking for new router > > > > Another feature you may (or may not) find useful is > having a USB port > on > > the > > router. This can allow you to plug in an external > hard-drive and use > it > > for > > backups or as a common file area. > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version > of virus signature > database 5536 (20101016) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/c24435bb57e7442d88d140b94b5cc...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
