Connect a cat5 patch cable from an Actiontec LAN port to one of your router's LAN ports.Īgreed.Assign it a static addresss on the 192.168.1.x subnet.Tturn off DHCP server in the second router.With a LAN-to-WAN connection, anything connected to the Actiontec won't see the USB drive on the secondary router. Personally I connect my dlink from a lan port on the fios router to the wan port on the dlink, after first changing the subnet used by the dlink to be other than 192.168.1.xĪ LAN-to-LAN connection would be better for access to the USB attached drive unless all the devices accessing the drive are behind the second router. Details of performing this can be found by reading info on this board. The next best solution is having a printer that can connect to your router using its own wrote:Ĭonnect your old router to the fios router. The best solution is connecting your printer using Ethernet to the router so all devices can print either using their own Ethernet connection or by connecting to the router using WiFi. If you want centralized file storage purchase the correct solution, which is a NAS.Īnd if you think USB file storage creates problems connecting a printer and getting it to work all the time is an even bigger problem. I can understand Verizon's reluctance to add this feature as it would require additional support on their end helping users get the feature working with only a marginal benefit to users. NAS devices start in the neighborhood of $100 for the device plus the cost of purchasing the HDs to populate them. If you really want to share files, back up computers, streamj video buy a NAS and plug it into an Ethernet port. Connecting using WiFi only makes it worse. Newer routers with more powerful architecture can do somewhat better. 12 Mbps write and 20 Mbps read would be typical. USB drives connected to a router result in low speed data transfer connections.
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