Iminicus Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Hey, I'm running Vodafone Home Gateway from Huawei HG556a. It allows for connected devices and 3G broadband. I have connected a Western Digital 2TB External HDD to it. I map the drive on Windows 7 Pro and it all shows up. It is mapped as \\192.168.1.1\share\B. I can access the files ( mostly movies and TV Shows but I want to put my music on it too ). However, I can't just transfer over files from my laptop onto the drive. I've connected it to my laptop and changed permissions and set up sharing but then it I can't access anything via the router. Is there anything I am doing or need to do? In My Libraries it shows only 29mbs available, even though 30gbs has been used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Fozborne Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Do you have the latest firmware? I'm assuming the drive is formatted in NTFS. The product manual (Here if you don't have it handy) isn't specific about it. I'm going to go out on a limb and say the device doesn't have enough memory (64MB) to address a 2TB drive. I have an older Linksys device that only supported up to 250GB drives because it didn't have enough memory. Keeping in mind your device has to support 3G + routing + ADSL + Network storage, I could see this becoming a problem. You say you can't read from/write to the drive but then you say "My Libraries" show 29 mbs available. So you can see the drive but not open stuff? Hope that helps you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iminicus Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Do you have the latest firmware? I'm assuming the drive is formatted in NTFS. The product manual (Here if you don't have it handy) isn't specific about it. I'm going to go out on a limb and say the device doesn't have enough memory (64MB) to address a 2TB drive. I have an older Linksys device that only supported up to 250GB drives because it didn't have enough memory. Keeping in mind your device has to support 3G + routing + ADSL + Network storage, I could see this becoming a problem. You say you can't read from/write to the drive but then you say "My Libraries" show 29 mbs available. So you can see the drive but not open stuff? Hope that helps you. I can see the drive and access the files, in so much as play a file over the WiFi network. The device is only a month old. It has the latest version. Looks like I have to set up a local FTP server for read/write access. I wonder if I can use that in conjunction with mapping the drive? That way, I can allow other people on the network to access the files but not allow them to upload onto the drive. Edit: Okay, thanks Fozzy. I set up the FTP on the router and that allows read/write access through Windows Explorer, however, to upload huge files ( video, music ) takes to long. So, I will have to dump them on via USB. I can also access the files but read only via drive mapping. Which will allow me to grant access to other network users. Edited March 10, 2012 by Iminicus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Fozborne Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Ah good. I was having trouble gauging the age of the device because that's one thing the internet didn't seem to know. And yes with NAS function built into routers is usually pretty slow. If the Huawei offers a way to safely remove the drive, I would highly recommend using that before disconnecting. Or if it doesn't, you should unmap the drive from your computer, power down the router then remove the drive. It's a nuisance, but it can save you headaches down the road if you only do it once in a while. Also, it goes without saying that running an external drive 24/7 is hard on it. Externals are generally engineered to be connected occasionally, have data transferred, then put away so they don't cool as well. But, if you're not worried at least be sure to keep a backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I'm not familiar with the device but I have a good guess. I had a very similar issue with my netgear NAS. It sounds like a file system permissions issue. Since those NAS and router devices are Unix/Linux OSs you will need to SSH to it(sometimes you have to turn ssh on vie the web interface) and do a 'chown' command on the directory and files. I'm note sure if you have any security concerns - if not you can just chown a directory to nobody:nogroup. My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iminicus Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 I'm not familiar with the device but I have a good guess. I had a very similar issue with my netgear NAS. It sounds like a file system permissions issue. Since those NAS and router devices are Unix/Linux OSs you will need to SSH to it(sometimes you have to turn ssh on vie the web interface) and do a 'chown' command on the directory and files. I'm note sure if you have any security concerns - if not you can just chown a directory to nobody:nogroup. The router is loaded up with a Vodafone GUI, so I can't access too much, even if I use the advanced logon. Thanks for the suggestion. I think I'll stick with this for now and eventually build a server or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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