topic Re: USB Ports on the Base Station in Arlo

USB Ports on the Base Station

lyricladanichan — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:26:17 GMT

What is the USB ports on the back of the Base Station for?

Will we be able to use a flash drive/external drive/dvr from those ports?

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

TomMac — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:33:33 GMT

The ports are for future use... not in use at this time for external use

So, answer is 1- planned use, 2- no

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

lyricladanichan — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:22:27 GMT

How do you know this?

Link to the soruce, please.

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

TomMac — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 14:58:30 GMT

I know this because I was one of the many beta testers back a few months...

On the beta testers board this USB question came up several times and we were given more info as to same.

At this time to my knowlege ( i have no idea what's been decided in the last month ) there were future uses for the USB ports but not now nor at the time of tesing.

This prob should be posted on the wish list ( https://community.netgear.com/t5/Arlo-Idea-Exchange/idb-p/arlo-idea-exchange )

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

anthony0perez — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:40:08 GMT

I hope it is for local storage to NAS or something.

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

Johns152 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:21:36 GMT

My interest is finding out if those USB ports support external hard drives. Would like to save my data locally using my local router, base station and external 2T hard drive. This is available with DLINK, however software has issues.

Without local storage believe ARLO is missing an important part of the package.

If these USB ports are on the Base station are they hooked (HW) and is there (FW) software that can support local storage and date time filing??

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

TomMac — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:48:20 GMT

TBOMK... No, the usb ports while they have power do not support external drives, they ( negear ) stated way back they were for future enhancements... no other info has been forthcoming.

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

Smiks — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 14:10:10 GMT

Hello tomMac,

so when will these "future enhancements" take place because i'm new with arlo and this would be a great inprovement.

thanks, Michael.

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

TomMac — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 14:43:37 GMT

so when will these "future enhancements" take place because i'm new with arlo and this would be a great inprovement.

Wish I could say... nothing heard yet except from news blips on the internet re using more smart tech to link in.

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

Turbotom — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:09:37 GMT

Some news about the future usb ports ? It would be nice to have it!

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

jeremy75009 — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:25:02 GMT

pouvoir utiliser sur le port USB un dongle WiFi pour connecter la base ARLO à la box internet sans le câble Rj45 serait vraiment un plus !

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

jeremy75009 — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:31:24 GMT

use the usb to connecte the arlo base in wifi with the internet connexion without usine the Rj45

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

TomMac — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 01:43:28 GMT

No... the USB ports are not fully functional and are planned for future enhancements ( unknown when )

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

Dudamonster — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 01:29:02 GMT

Any new news on the USB ports yet?

Thanks.

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

TomMac — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:05:55 GMT

haven't heard a peep

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

Hdnitro — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:23:38 GMT

Hello Tom. Now that new Arlo Pro is out. Usb flash support? Thanks.

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

TomMac — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:37:11 GMT

Hdnitro wrote:
Hello Tom. Now that new Arlo Pro is out. Usb flash support? Thanks.

Yes.... But only with the New Arlo BASE.. ( which will be sold separately ) .

It will function like the Q plus, record to the cloud and usb stick card at same time, if internet drops, will still record local till card filled or in FIFO mode ( deletes oldest files )

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

j0112358 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:34:32 GMT

I really hope they don't just limit the ability for local storage via USB to new equipment. Adding cameras and functionality to the base I already have was a selling point to me.

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

JamesC — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:57:24 GMT

j0112358,

Currently, only cameras synced to the Arlo Pro Base Station can take advantage of the local storage feature. For more information, see here: How do I set up local storage backups on a USB device using my Arlo Pro base station?

JamesC

Re: USB Ports on the Base Station

j0112358 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 21:09:14 GMT

I was hoping for "future functionality" to actually make the useless dust orifices on the base station I currently own actually do something useful.