NAS Drive help

[sposa03]

Hi,

I have a nas drive but on the back I have only 2 ports
1 x sata and
1 x usb

I am a little confused on how to connect this to my router with just these 2 ports.

I am new to NAS drives so and help would be great.

Thanks in advance.

[ramjet]

nas drives have an ethernet port and are connected by an ethernet cable same as a pc

they may also contain a usb port for plugging in printers or memory sticks

they dont usually come with an external sata connector (just 1 , 2 or more internal sata connectors)

so the correct method of connecting a nas drive to a router is by a straight wired ethernet cable, using ethernet ports

havent a clue what you have there, and you didnt name the make and model which doesnt help matters

[manster]

it sounds like its just an external hard drive. If you connect it to a PC and the PC is turned on you should be able to find it on your network . But the PC it is connected to needs to be on all the time.