Can i add a flash drive to a netgear router?

[skypaulusplus]

i have the netgear dg834g v3 and i was wondering if i could convert a ethernet port into a usb port to plug a flash drive into ,to be part of the network, i was looking at this : USB Female A to Ethernet RJ45 Male Connector / Adaptor on eBay, also, Adaptors, Cables Connectors, Computing (end time 10-Nov-08 19:00:00 GMT) and im wondering would it work?, i dont want to spend more than a fiver so help needed

[dholdi]

Have you no spare usb ports ?

[skypaulusplus]

yes , but i have a desktop(upstsirs) and a laptop(downstairs) and the desktop isnt always on and the laptop isnt always on, so i was thinking of adding a flash drive to the router, the old homehub had a usb port already to do this , but the netgear doesnt so i was thinking if i converted the port it would work

[dholdi]

Dont know to be honest, but why not plug the drive into the pc thats on, or if the contents are that important copy them to both pc's - surely you must have space or it must be an extremely big flash drive.

[reddwarfcrew]

I doubt an ethernet to USB adapter will work as they are just designed to take the signal and not act as a NAS (which is what you are effectively trying to achieve).

There are plenty of cheap NAS adapters on the market. YOu might want to consider something like Linksys.com ? Products/Wired/Basic Networking/Network Storage/NSLU2 which would plug into your router and then the USB drive into the device.

[skypaulusplus]

there file swhich have to be changed constantly between the machines, and the public folder has not been working well so thats why i ask
sably the option above is too expensive

[reddwarfcrew]

how much is too expensive? xmas is coming remember.

[dholdi]

And the goose is getting fat, who put a flash drive in the old mans hat

[blondejon]

It wont work Im afraid. By a caddy with lan support, netgear make them or use an old pc with freenas on it

[skypaulusplus]

too expensive is for this 6 quid and for xmas im going to the market stalls begging