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An extra fun part is that about 2/3rds of the way through in pops someone else pointing out that the closed source ASUS proprietary malware scanner decided that
by JdeBP 3y ago
An extra fun part is that about 2/3rds of the way through in pops someone else pointing out that the closed source ASUS proprietary malware scanner decided that all of xyr /usr/lib/crt*.o files on a mounted disc volume were malwares and promptly deleted them. (-:
- Kiro 3y agoWhy are people mounting discs?
- vardump 3y agoProbably they want to share files or to install extra software on the router?
- Kiro 3y agoWhy not just put the drive on the network? I'm getting downvoted but I'm just trying to understand how a router is able to delete things on an external disc.
- nubinetwork 3y agoSome routers can also double as a budget NAS by plugging a USB hard drive into it. I've seen some that also double as print servers.
- hiatus 3y agoHow would you put the drive on the network? Attaching it to an always-on computer, or buy a nas device or something? It seems easier to plug it into your router if the firmware supports it.
- xen2xen1 3y agoYou can use a lot of routers as low cost NASs.
- wil421 3y agoWhen I was a broke college student sharing my neighbors open WiFi (with permission) I convinced him to attach a HD to his router. I ripped all our DVDs, Blu-ray’s, and put our torrents on the HD. We could watch videos from our laptops connected to TVs. The sea gate drive failed soon after and I lost tons and tons of files. Not to mention it silently corrupted almost every file before biting the dust, videos stopped playing suddenly.
- Vrondi 3y agoMany of the ASUS routers have a built in feature to use a usb drive's space as FTP/SMB share on the network. Can be handy, although slower than an actual NAS.