Hi,
Which file systems are supported. The manual says FAT, FAT32 and NTFS. But being Linux based would it support EXT2 and EXT3?
Which file system is used in this test and would it perform better with another file system or on LAN?
Regards
Configuring USB Storage & SAMBA/FTP Access with NETGEAR WNR3500L
Categories: Setup / Configuration
A NAS (network attached storage) interface is used, right within the router's firmware, to access a mass storage device connected to th USB port of WNR3500L. This is an easy and inexpensive way to share files over your network and across the Internet, without the need for any additional devices - and is called ReadyShare. Read on to learn how to set up and configure this for your home setup
Step 1: Attach a mass storage device to the USB port of WNR3500L. You can use a USB hard drive or flash drive, if you like.
Step 2: Open the GUI of board and click at “Basic Settings” under “USB Storage." This shows where the USB device is mounted as a network folder. In my case, it is readyshare/USB_Storage as shown below:
Fig 3: Mass storage device is mounted at /readyshare/USB_Storage
Step 3: This step is optional, and is needed only if one wants to access the NAS via an FTP or HTTP connection. To enable FTP or HTTP access click at Advanced Settings under USB Storage and select corresponding options and click apply as shown below:
Fig 4: Enable FTP and HTTP access of ReadyShare.
In the host PC, the default gateway and DNS server should be set to 192.168.1.1 - which is the IP address of WNR3500L.
The ReadyShare drive can be accessed using SAMBA, FTP or HTTP protocols.
Accessing ReadyShare using SAMBA:
Note: the manual steps below may not be necessary, as the ReadyShare drive may show up on a Windows PC in the "My Network Places" menu, or on a Mac in the sidebar of the Finder.
At the host PC, give the command:
mount.cifs <>/USB_Storage /mnt (or an alternative directory.)
Accessing ReadyShare using FTP:
- from host PC run the following command: ftp HYPERLINK "ftp://readyshare.routerlogin.net" ftp://readyshare.routerlogin.net
- Then: cd USB_Storage
- Now, you can read or write from host PC as per your requirement
Accessing ReadyShare using HTTP:
Step 1: Click on Advanced Settings under the USB Storage section of the router's firmware GUI.
Step 2: Click on the link that is shown against http. It will show the NAS folder that you want to access:
Fig 5: NAS folder shown as USB Storage
Step 3: Click on the USB_Storage link and enter username and password to access your ReadyShare drive.
SAMBA File Transfer Performance
Given below is the summary of ReadyShare performance over 802.11n and 802.11g that I was able to achieve using the SAMBA protocol:
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January 6, 2010 6:02 AM
March 17, 2010 10:38 PM
That seems almost unforgivably slow.
Is USB storage data transfer also this slow using alternative firmware?
April 29, 2010 12:48 PM
Was your test done with the external drive formatted NTFS? Could you test some of the other formats and post the results?
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January 26, 2011 5:03 AM
Hi,
I use the router DGN3500B and there is the same GUI for configuration.
My Problem: How can I configure that a device such like a linux based tv-receiver with pvr is able to use the readyshare device (to play videos or music
from readyshare device).
The access to readyshare device is only possible for computers in the network.
But my tv-receiver needs a USERNAME and PASSWORD for network ressources.
What can I do? There is not a possibility to set a USERNAME or PASSWORD in router setup. The authentification of the router does not work. Blancs dont work. To set rights or a share for readyshare device via MS Windows XP does not work.
Any ideas?
March 23, 2011 6:19 PM
Hi,
The Username and Password is the same one that you use to logon to the router.
typically: username=admin and the password is whatever you have set it to. You did remember to change it from the default right?
Cheers, Jon
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April 21, 2011 9:04 AM
Hi Jon,
good idea but not good enough! That does not work. No access to ready share device with router login data.
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April 21, 2011 10:33 AM
Hi Digune,
I would probably try setting up a specified Share via the normal interface, and see if you can access it that way. Also, one thing that caught me out when trying to specify a share, is that the window that pop-up was being blocked whenever I clicked to add a new share. Don't be caught out like I was.
Cheers, Jon
August 13, 2011 10:35 AM
You have to format the external hard drive to ext3. It's a linux based system, so it works best natively with this.
Took a while to figure this out for me.
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