Araknis 310 series router USB port - is it functional?

[pinkoos]

Trying to figure out if the USB port on the back of my 310 series Araknis router is available to plug a USB hard drive into to share across my network

I've plugged it in and it lights up, but I can't find it showing up as available on my Mac

Do I need to go into the router's web-based setup page and 'activate' the port or something like that?

And/or do I need to somehow 'connect' to it on my Mac?

I've tried the 'Connect to Server' option in the macOS Finder and typed smb://192.168.1.1 but get an error message:

"There was a problem connecting to the server 192.168.1.1. The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again."

Thanks