Question

Dear Support Team, recently I updated to FW version 00.07.00 and wanted to try the SAMBA share again; I tried it already with previous firmware versions without success. I experimented for hours without any success. I attach screen shots of UI screens of "USERS", "GENERAL" and "RESULT". The password is "Hello".

In advance I have formatted the USB Stick.

Thanks in advance.

BR, Günther

Answer 1

Hi,

I just tested it and it worked fine.

What I did:

1. Formatted USB to NTFS.

2. Made sure that my USB is visible in USB tools.

3. In the network shares enabled the service.

4. Gave a hostname "usb"

5. Saved. Created an user.

6. Created a shared directory: name "usb" , path /mnt/sda1 , allowed users - my created user. Made it browseable.

After that in Windows I used Map network drive feature. This is my configuration:

Folder: \\192.168.1.1\usb

Checked to use different credentials

I clicked finish and logged in with the credentials I created for the user.

EB.

Comments

Thanks a lot for describing the steps in detail. Actually, FW 00.07.00 is much more transparent to all this than previous FW versions.

I formatted a SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.1 64GB Flash Drive under WIN10 with the WIN standard formatting tool to NTFS (no fast formatting). I did some tests with it, writing, reading, and so on. Yet, after re-inserting the USB Flash Drive into RUT955 slot I could not find anything under RUT955 menu USB TOOLS > Mounted File Systems. I think this is the fault. I rebooted RUT, I un-plugged the USB Flash Drive, I re-inserted it, no change. I even tried another USB stick, nothing changed. I went through a power disconnect/connect cycle, nothing changed.

Is there a chance to verify whether the USB port has a defect? Perhaps under menu Administration > Troubleshoot?

Would you be so kind to assist that procedure?

Thanks in advance, BR Guenther

P.S.: Is it possible with package "Network shares" installed to use it's format tab to format a USB drive to the needs of RUT955? This would be comfortable, because the USB Drive could reside in RUT's slot.

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Do you have any other USBs to try?

Can you reset your router and see if it helps?

A simple way to check if USB works - connecting anything small to it that is supposed to charge from USB. Let's say you can connect a mouse and just check if the laser works.

EB.

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As described above, I already tried another USB stick and went through power down/power up cycle.

I inserted one of these little LED lamps and it lit. O.k. as a test?

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Yes, that works as a test, but only that will only give us a hint if the power comes through.

As for the data - there's no other way to check it without special tools.

Yes, you can install Network Shares from the package manager and try formatting it (it takes a long time so please stay patient and dont remove the USB drive).

EB.