Which USB flash drive to use for installing Apps on Asus 86u

[PolarBear]

great , thanks - I ordered the 32G

Now - I am guessing I should connect it with a short flexible USB extension, since it sticks out of the back of the ASUS RT-AC86U

It will also stay cooler on the end of a short USB extension cable.

(Edit: typo)

 

[bbunge]

As long as this is about USB drives, I know it is not a great idea to use a USB powered hard drive on a router. But, what about a USB powered drive enclosure with a SSD, say a 120 GIG Kingston?

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[loveleeyoungae]

As long as this is about USB drives, I know it is not a great idea to use a USB powered hard drive on a router. But, what about a USB powered drive enclosure with a SSD, say a 120 GIG Kingston?

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As long as it is a HDD/SSD, it will likely work fine. Don't have your specific drive for testing so I can't say for sure, though. I have a MyPassport Ultra powered by the router's USB 3.0 port.

 

[Raoul]

I have a new SanDisk Ultra Flair 32G USB stick.
I am formatting it right now using the MiniTool Partition wizard.
I am choosing file system: Ext2 (as recommended both here and in the "Requirements for Diversion")
I also have to choose the Cluster size, I have the options of: Default / 1KB / 2KB/ 4KB . which is a better choice?

 

[PolarBear]

I have a new SanDisk Ultra Flair 32G USB stick.
I am formatting it right now using the MiniTool Partition wizard.
I am choosing file system: Ext2 (as recommended both here and in the "Requirements for Diversion")
I also have to choose the Cluster size, I have the options of: Default / 1KB / 2KB/ 4KB . which is a better choice?

I am not familar with Ext2, but in the Windows world, larger cluster sizes read and write a bit quicker, but waste more space because of the partially unused (and larger) cluster at the end of each file.

I would imagine that the same applies to Ext2.

Whether the difference is large enough to be noticeable, I don't know.

 

[loveleeyoungae]

I have a new SanDisk Ultra Flair 32G USB stick.
I am formatting it right now using the MiniTool Partition wizard.
I am choosing file system: Ext2 (as recommended both here and in the "Requirements for Diversion")
I also have to choose the Cluster size, I have the options of: Default / 1KB / 2KB/ 4KB . which is a better choice?

Unless you know things, just let the partitioning program choose automatically, i.e. Default.