Is it possible to connect and external Harddrive via ethernet?

I have an external Harddrive and the USB port on it has stopped working. It has an Ethernet which I have tried plugging into then onto my mac. It says it is conected but I can't access the Harddrive. Is it possible to do this?

I don't think that is possible the hard drive is designed to be part of a network.  You should try plugging it into a router. 

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