Router cu USB port. De ce?

There are a number of reasons why a network appliance might have a USB port.

I’ve seen devices that use the USB port for:

• One of the device’s network connections (using various protocols: Ethernet-over-USB and PPP-over-USB are the ones I’ve seen most often; I’ve also seen serial-over-USB)
• A device console (usually serial-over-USB)
• An attachment point for a printer, when the device includes an embedded print server
• An attachment point for a USB storage device (when the device includes an embedded storage server)
• A means to administratively update the device’s firmware, configuration, or other stored information

With most recently-sold consumer “wifi routers”, a USB port, if present, will probably be for an embedded storage server. link sursa