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USB Devices in the FRITZ!Box Home Network

16 USB Devices in the FRITZ!Box Home Network
The FRITZ!Box has a USB port to which you can connect various USB
devices. All network devices in the FRITZ!Box home network can use
these USB devices jointly and simultaneously.
This chapter describes how to share a printer in the network, which
USB devices can be used in your FRITZ!Box home network, and how to
use these devices safely.
16.1

Power Supply for USB Devices

You can connect USB devices with the following properties to
the FRITZ!Box:
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16.2

USB Devices on the FRITZ!Box

These USB devices can be connected to the FRITZ!Box:
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Some USB device require more than one USB port for op-
eration, for instance, hard drives with a USB Y cable.
Connect this type of USB devices to the FRITZ!Box using
a USB hub with its own power supply.
The total current consumption of connected USB devices
without their own power supply may not exceed 500 mA.
Check the rating plates of the connected USB devices.
USB devices that exceed the total current consumption
of 500 mA can be connected to the FRITZ!Box using a
USB hub with its own power supply.
You can connect up to four USB storage media like hard
disks, USB flash drives or card readers.
USB storage media must use the file systems EXT2, FAT,
FAT32 or NTFS. On storage media with the FAT and FAT32
file systems you can use files up to a size of 4 GB. In the
NTFS file system there is no limit to the size of files that
can be used.
You can connect one standard USB printer or one all-in-
one device with scanner and fax function. The complete
range of functions available in a all-in-one printers
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