# Do routers with USB-attached storage allow multiple drive use?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 12, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-routers-with-usb-attached-storage-allow-multiple-drive-use/399832 "2007-04-12T17:53:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-routers-with-usb-attached-storage-allow-multiple-drive-use/399832/1 "2007-04-12T17:53:48Z")

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Several routers these days have a USB port to attach an external drive, allowing any PC in your network to access said drive. Do any (or all or most) of these routers allow one to attach a USB hub and multiple external drives?

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**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-routers-with-usb-attached-storage-allow-multiple-drive-use/399832/2 "2007-04-12T18:05:20Z")

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The Apple Airport Extreme does. You can connect multiple printers along with multiple hard drives.

I don’t know about the others.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-routers-with-usb-attached-storage-allow-multiple-drive-use/399832/3 "2007-04-18T12:46:58Z")

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Thanks.

Anybody else know of models that can connect multiple devices?