I opened my dir-825 and found out that there is extra usb port. even I never soldered in my life, I want to try. so I cut one usb line and soldered the line with extra port. but when I connect the line to external usb harddisk(with no power), the power turns into the hdd but system cannot catch the usb port differences. Maybe I made a mistake when I soldered so the hole was broken or is not connected. For those who want to try himself, I am putting few links that I looked.
First, the picture of the router(on right down, there is one unpluged usb port)
http://fs.textcube.com/blog/4/47730/attach/XfapcJiKbO.jpg
Second, Usb cable schematics.
http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_cable_pinout.shtml
If you success the plug-in, please post it here!
(Last edited by nikescar on 21 Apr 2010, 15:15)