I think I'm said going to get a second router d that reads it and link it to this router. Seems the easiest.

Please excuse my ignorance but do you know if I can reformat the hard drive to what the router needs and is fat32 or ntfs better? I'm trying to create a media server in the house so I would like this...

Yea I am. Thanks again for helping me with this.

@tony the flashdrive is ms-dos (fat32) and the WD my passport for mac says mac os extended (journaled) which i believe is hfs+

@Tony Also I think it automatically comes with the nfts+? I can't really remember or know how to find. It's specifically formatted for a Mac out of the box.

Tony wrote @imcody The USB port is 2.0 so it will be able to provide up to 500 mA, typically a USB 3.0 port gives up to 1000 mA. This is a screenshot from WDs website but just shows the AC adapter...