Wyze Mesh Pro USB

[12EVO]

Is there any updates on the Wyze Mesh Pro USB port? The latest updates I’ve found are from 2023 (when the router was released) saying that it is being worked and no information or updates since. Can someone provide an update on if the USB function is still being worked on or has this been completely abandoned? I bought the Mesh Pro a few days ago and one of the main reasons for this purchase was to connect a hard drive into one of the routers.

[Omgitstony]

A post from @WyzeSteveM.

@WyzeSteveM

Hey! I know a lot of you have been asking about the USB port on the Mesh Router Pro. I talked about it briefly in a “behind the scenes” marketing video because I was the champion of getting this USB port added to the router’s design. I was SO stoked to bring the NVR / MaxDrive feature to market and pushed all the teams as hard as I could to make it happen. After over a year of trying, our team was, heartbreakingly, unable to get the feature to work with our cameras. I’m so sorry for getting everyone’s hopes up with my statement in that video, and I want to make sure that anyone who purchased the Pro version of the router solely for the USB port has a chance to get taken care of. Please contact support and work with one of our Wizards to see how we can help you. Thanks so much.

[p2788deal]

I don’t know about other router manufacturers but on Asus routers, every mesh mode node with USB ports can connect to US drives and printers and make them available to all LAN hosts.

Edit - And if you have a Wyze router, you can connect any USB drive to the LAN by using a cheap raspberry pi, configured as an SMB server.

[ssummerlin]

@p2788deal

printers and make them available to all LAN hosts.

My printer is already available to all but a drive might be useful if I didn’t already use a cloud drive.