HUB2 and USB port?

[#1]

Morning All.

I've just setup HUB2 without difficulty  but I find myself looking ar the USB port and wondering what I can use it for.

I have a NAS connected so I don't really need extra storage but I do have a number of spare drives mainly in the "Tech Graveyard" so it's tempting to plug them in even though they would be horribly slow and the effort pointless.

Is there a better use for that USB port?   Why ont USB3?

ATB   ora

[#2]

@ora8i 

Not only is it USB2, it also uses the SMB1 protocol.

It’s probably best just left doing nothing.

[#3]

Not bad for powering a USB-powered switch if you need more ethernet ports.

[#4]

I think it is disabled by default, but I could be wrong.

As said, you may as well use it as a power source. USB switch as Bob says, or it may charge your mobile if you have a USB cable for it.

[#5]

I'll leave it alone

thanks.  Ora