http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&limit=500&action=history&feed=atom USB storage - Revision history 2024-03-28T19:29:10Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.10.1 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&diff=56810&oldid=prev Kernel-panic69: (add note regarding egc's guide) 2024-02-14T16:34:25Z <p>(add note regarding egc's guide)</p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 16:34, 14 February 2024</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">{{Languages|USB storage}}</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">{{Languages|USB storage}}</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">'''NOTE: This Wiki is outdated. Read [https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/download.php?id=54383 USB Storage guide by egc] for more current instructions.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">'''</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">__TOC__</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">= Current How-to / Quick guide (April 2021) =</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">= Current How-to / Quick guide (April 2021) =</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">After getting USB storage running and shared out (NAS) on my network, then I looked at this guide. It is excessively complex and antiquated in many areas for current versions of DD-WRT.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">After getting USB storage running and shared out (NAS) on my network, then I looked at this guide. It is excessively complex and antiquated in many areas for current versions of DD-WRT.</td></tr> </table> Kernel-panic69 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&diff=55814&oldid=prev S2s2: added some formatting tags to the quick how-to 2021-04-09T19:07:07Z <p>added some formatting tags to the quick how-to</p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 19:07, 9 April 2021</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 3:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 3:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">After getting USB storage running and shared out (NAS) on my network, then I looked at this guide. It is excessively complex and antiquated in many areas for current versions of DD-WRT.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">After getting USB storage running and shared out (NAS) on my network, then I looked at this guide. It is excessively complex and antiquated in many areas for current versions of DD-WRT.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">You will need:</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">You will need:<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;br&gt;</ins></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">- One router that supports DD-WRT, with DD-WRT installed. A Linksys EA6400 with DD-WRT v3.0-r42819 std (03/30/20) in this case.</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- One router that supports DD-WRT, with DD-WRT installed. A Linksys EA6400 with DD-WRT v3.0-r42819 std (03/30/20) in this case.<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;br&gt;</ins></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">- One storage device. For this example, we are using a Seagate SATA drive with a USB3.0 to SATA adapter, already formatted in exFAT and already successfully plugged in and used on a Windows 7 device.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">- One storage device. For this example, we are using a Seagate SATA drive with a USB3.0 to SATA adapter, already formatted in exFAT and already successfully plugged in and used on a Windows 7 device.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Plug the drive into the available USB port.</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Plug the drive into the available USB port.<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;br&gt;</ins></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">In DD-WRT: Services, USB, Enable Core USB Support, Enable USB Storage support. Save/Apply and you should see your partition mounted by the router below. If you open up a shell (telnet/ssh), you should be able to do an 'ls' on /tmp/mnt/sda1 or where-ever it mounted your partition, and see the contents the same as you would with Windows Explorer. Reboot if necessary.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">In DD-WRT: Services, USB, Enable Core USB Support, Enable USB Storage support. Save/Apply and you should see your partition mounted by the router below. If you open up a shell (telnet/ssh), you should be able to do an 'ls' on /tmp/mnt/sda1 or where-ever it mounted your partition, and see the contents the same as you would with Windows Explorer. Reboot if necessary.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">In DD-WRT: Services, NAS. Samba Enable. Server String is whatever you like (a description, the actual samba name will be your router name, by default: DD-WRT). WORKGROUP: HOME. Minimum and Maximum Protocol Version: SMB 3.11.</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">In DD-WRT: Services, NAS. Samba Enable. Server String is whatever you like (a description, the actual samba name will be your router name, by default: DD-WRT). WORKGROUP: HOME. Minimum and Maximum Protocol Version: SMB 3.11.<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;br&gt;</ins></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Under File Sharing, click Add Share. Select the partition from the drop-down (/mnt/sda1). Leave Subdir empty if you want to access the whole drive. Give the share a name (Seagateroot) tick Public and leave it on Read/Write. Scroll to the bottom and click Save. Now add a user if you like (because you clicked 'public' you don't need one, but if you want user/pass authentication, set it here). </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Under File Sharing, click Add Share. Select the partition from the drop-down (/mnt/sda1). Leave Subdir empty if you want to access the whole drive. Give the share a name (Seagateroot) tick Public and leave it on Read/Write. Scroll to the bottom and click Save. Now add a user if you like (because you clicked 'public' you don't need one, but if you want user/pass authentication, set it here).</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">In Windows, click Tools, Map Network Drive, click Browse and it should (eventually) show up. E.G. \\DD-WRT\Seagateroot</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">In Windows, click Tools, Map Network Drive, click Browse and it should (eventually) show up. E.G. \\DD-WRT\Seagateroot</td></tr> </table> S2s2 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&diff=55813&oldid=prev S2s2: added quick/how-to getting started for more current versions of DD-WRT 2021-04-09T19:05:18Z <p>added quick/how-to getting started for more current versions of DD-WRT</p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 19:05, 9 April 2021</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">{{Languages|USB storage}}</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">{{Languages|USB storage}}</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">= Current How-to / Quick guide (April 2021) =</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">After getting USB storage running and shared out (NAS) on my network, then I looked at this guide. It is excessively complex and antiquated in many areas for current versions of DD-WRT.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">You will need:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- One router that supports DD-WRT, with DD-WRT installed. A Linksys EA6400 with DD-WRT v3.0-r42819 std (03/30/20) in this case.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- One storage device. For this example, we are using a Seagate SATA drive with a USB3.0 to SATA adapter, already formatted in exFAT and already successfully plugged in and used on a Windows 7 device.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Plug the drive into the available USB port.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">In DD-WRT: Services, USB, Enable Core USB Support, Enable USB Storage support. Save/Apply and you should see your partition mounted by the router below. If you open up a shell (telnet/ssh), you should be able to do an 'ls' on /tmp/mnt/sda1 or where-ever it mounted your partition, and see the contents the same as you would with Windows Explorer. Reboot if necessary.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">In DD-WRT: Services, NAS. Samba Enable. Server String is whatever you like (a description, the actual samba name will be your router name, by default: DD-WRT). WORKGROUP: HOME. Minimum and Maximum Protocol Version: SMB 3.11.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Under File Sharing, click Add Share. Select the partition from the drop-down (/mnt/sda1). Leave Subdir empty if you want to access the whole drive. Give the share a name (Seagateroot) tick Public and leave it on Read/Write. Scroll to the bottom and click Save. Now add a user if you like (because you clicked 'public' you don't need one, but if you want user/pass authentication, set it here). </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">In Windows, click Tools, Map Network Drive, click Browse and it should (eventually) show up. E.G. \\DD-WRT\Seagateroot</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">If you have technical questions, scroll down and look at the rest of the guide, or go to the forum.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">= USB storage =</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">= USB storage =</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">== Applications ==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">== Applications ==</td></tr> </table> S2s2 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&diff=53790&oldid=prev Ian5142: Added to Basic tutorials category. 2018-03-11T17:54:06Z <p>Added to Basic tutorials category.</p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 17:54, 11 March 2018</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 983:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 983:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:USB]]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:USB]]</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Basic tutorials]]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Networking hardware tutorials]]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Networking hardware tutorials]]</td></tr> </table> Ian5142 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&diff=53246&oldid=prev Ian5142: /* DD-WRT versions with built-in USB support */ 2017-11-30T20:39:42Z <p><span class="autocomment">DD-WRT versions with built-in USB support</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 20:39, 30 November 2017</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 32:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 32:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">= DD-WRT versions with built-in USB support =</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">= DD-WRT versions with built-in USB support =</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">In most cases, if the router as a USB port and supports DD-WRT. Then the DD-WRT firmware built for that router will have USB support.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* As of v.24 USB support is included via the web-GUI in the Mega versions of dd-wrt. </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* As of v.24 USB support is included via the web-GUI in the Mega versions of dd-wrt. </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 41:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 43:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*At one point there were issues on new routers using the BCM5354 CPU, these issues seem to have been resolved on the newest v24_TNG versions - See this forum thread [http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=35343 USB on BCM5354 routers - need testers]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*At one point there were issues on new routers using the BCM5354 CPU, these issues seem to have been resolved on the newest v24_TNG versions - See this forum thread [http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=35343 USB on BCM5354 routers - need testers]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* User lightix has prepared a proof of concept [http://www.3iii.dk/linux/dd-wrt/micro_plus_usb_asus520gc.bin micro_plus_usb_asus520gc.bin] version that combined with [http://www.3iii.dk/linux/dd-wrt/mega.tar.gz mega.tar.gz] unpacked on a USB drive, gives the option to run DD-WRT Mega on routers with as little as 2Mb FlashRAM and a USB stick. Read more about testing this concept at this [http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44448&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;start=10 English forum] and this [http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44436 Russian forum]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* User lightix has prepared a proof of concept [http://www.3iii.dk/linux/dd-wrt/micro_plus_usb_asus520gc.bin micro_plus_usb_asus520gc.bin] version that combined with [http://www.3iii.dk/linux/dd-wrt/mega.tar.gz mega.tar.gz] unpacked on a USB drive, gives the option to run DD-WRT Mega on routers with as little as 2Mb FlashRAM and a USB stick. Read more about testing this concept at this [http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44448&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;start=10 English forum] and this [http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44436 Russian forum]</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">'''Note:''' V24_TNG-svnxxxxx are pre-SP2 development versions of dd-wrt. For the most part they work just fine - and they have the new USB and NAS functionality. However: they are still development versions. Generally speaking, if you need the new USB and NAS functionality, you should install the version with the highest recommended svn number. See [http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=51486 Peacock Forum Thread (note 3)] for current recommendations.</td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> </table> Ian5142 http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&diff=48553&oldid=prev Donny: /* Samba2 the easy way */ 2015-02-06T14:31:16Z <p><span class="autocomment">Samba2 the easy way</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 14:31, 6 February 2015</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 238:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 238:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">:* HDsamba2 boot script helps you maintain pristine data integrity of your USB drive.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">:* HDsamba2 boot script helps you maintain pristine data integrity of your USB drive.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">: HDsamba2 can be used as is with any USB enabled firmware newer than Dec. 17, 2008 (svn 11218). Some users have also used it with V24SP1 firmwares.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">: HDsamba2 can be used as is with any USB enabled firmware newer than Dec. 17, 2008 (svn 11218). Some users have also used it with V24SP1 firmwares.</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">&#160;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">--</del>Updated Instructions<del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">--</del></td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">====</ins>Updated Instructions<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">====</ins></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">&#160;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I've tried my luck with the wiki, but found it woefully out of date. In some ways, that's great, because a lot of the heavy lifting (i.e., command line work) has been added to the GUI by the developers! In other ways, it's still a mystery how to get things set up... Take USB Storage, for instance. The wiki is full of info ... that's mostly out of date. In my case this was particularly true of the Samba guide for Windows. </del></td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">I found a great guide here, but even it's not entirely up to date with what I have in one of the latest builds (r25760). So here is a set of simplified instructions to help another newb (like me!) get started. </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">I found a great guide here, but even it's not entirely up to date with what I have in one of the latest builds (r25760). So here is a set of simplified instructions to help another newb (like me!) get started. </td></tr> </table> Donny http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&diff=48552&oldid=prev Donny: /* Network Option C - Use Samba and Windows Network Neighbourhood */ 2015-02-06T14:29:20Z <p><span class="autocomment">Network Option C - Use Samba and Windows Network Neighbourhood</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 14:29, 6 February 2015</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 238:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 238:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">:* HDsamba2 boot script helps you maintain pristine data integrity of your USB drive.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">:* HDsamba2 boot script helps you maintain pristine data integrity of your USB drive.</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">: HDsamba2 can be used as is with any USB enabled firmware newer than Dec. 17, 2008 (svn 11218). Some users have also used it with V24SP1 firmwares.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">: HDsamba2 can be used as is with any USB enabled firmware newer than Dec. 17, 2008 (svn 11218). Some users have also used it with V24SP1 firmwares.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">--Updated Instructions--</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">I've tried my luck with the wiki, but found it woefully out of date. In some ways, that's great, because a lot of the heavy lifting (i.e., command line work) has been added to the GUI by the developers! In other ways, it's still a mystery how to get things set up... Take USB Storage, for instance. The wiki is full of info ... that's mostly out of date. In my case this was particularly true of the Samba guide for Windows. </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">I found a great guide here, but even it's not entirely up to date with what I have in one of the latest builds (r25760). So here is a set of simplified instructions to help another newb (like me!) get started. </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">To enable USB: </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- go to Services &gt; USB </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- Enable &quot;Core USB Support&quot;; this will open up some new options </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- Enable &quot;USB Storage Support&quot; </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- Enable &quot;Automatic Drive Mount&quot; </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- Enable &quot;Use SES Button to remove drives&quot; (optional) </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- click Save </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Plug in your USB storage device. Wait for it to appear in the Disk Info area. Note the mount path (likely /tmp/mnt/sda1). </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">To enable access to your USB device on your Windows network: </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- go to Services &gt; NAS </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- Enable &quot;Samba&quot; </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- enter your Windows &quot;Workgroup&quot; name </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- under &quot;File Sharing &gt; Shares&quot; click Add Share </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- select the &quot;Path&quot; (likely /mnt/sda1) </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- give your USB device a &quot;Name&quot; </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- under &quot;File Sharing &gt; Users&quot; click Add User </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- enter a &quot;User Name&quot;, &quot;Password&quot;, and select the name of the device you added above under &quot;Access Shares&quot; and then &quot;samba&quot; </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">- click Apply Settings </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Open Windows Explorer and go to Network, where you should now see a &quot;dd-wrt&quot; entry. When you click it, you will be prompted to enter the User Name and Password you created in Services &gt; NAS above. Click OK and you should have access to your USB storage device. You could either map this as a network drive (right-click and select &quot;Map network drive&quot;), or add it to your Favorites (right-click Favorites at the top of the Windows Explorer tree and select &quot;Add current location to Favorites&quot;). </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Not a command line entry or package to compile in the whole process--amazing! Big thanks again to 'rvhamcontrolviation' for setting me off along the right path! Hope this helps someone else...</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">=== Network Option D - Use NFS===</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">=== Network Option D - Use NFS===</td></tr> </table> Donny http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&diff=45323&oldid=prev Jyce: /* Performance Testing */ 2013-07-29T13:20:41Z <p><span class="autocomment">Performance Testing</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 13:20, 29 July 2013</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 898:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 898:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> Timing buffered disk reads: 28 MB in 3.04 seconds = 9.21 MB/sec</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> Timing buffered disk reads: 28 MB in 3.04 seconds = 9.21 MB/sec</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">/ #</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">/ #</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">&lt;/pre&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">=== On a Buffalo WBMR-HP-G300H with WD MyPassport 500GB ===</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">&lt;pre&gt;</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">/ # hdparm -tT /dev/sda1</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">/dev/sda1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Timing buffer-cache reads: 86 MB in 0.51 seconds = 169689 kB/s</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Timing buffered disk reads: 77 MB in 3.00 seconds = 26254 kB/s</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">&lt;/pre&gt;</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">&lt;/pre&gt;</td></tr> </table> Jyce http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&diff=44320&oldid=prev Braian87b: tested just right now by me. 2013-01-19T20:58:48Z <p>tested just right now by me.</p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 20:58, 19 January 2013</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 27:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 27:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[Linksys WRT600N]] - specs. [http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&amp;childpagename=US%2FLayout&amp;cid=1175237911752&amp;pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[Linksys WRT600N]] - specs. [http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&amp;childpagename=US%2FLayout&amp;cid=1175237911752&amp;pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[Linksys WRT350N]] - specs. [http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&amp;childpagename=US%2FLayout&amp;cid=1162354643512&amp;pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&amp;lid=4351239789B04]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[Linksys WRT350N]] - specs. [http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&amp;childpagename=US%2FLayout&amp;cid=1162354643512&amp;pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&amp;lid=4351239789B04]</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">* [[TP-Link TL-WR1043ND]]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Note: The Asus WL-520GU requires the use of the usb-ohci driver. Using the ehci-hcd driver will identify and find USB storage devices, but reboots the WRT every time you try to access the storage. See [http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=66304#p66304 this OpenWRT forum discussion] for more information. These issues seem to have been resolved on the newest v24_TNG versions - See this forum thread: [http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=35343 USB on BCM5354 routers - need testers] '''Fixed as of V.24sp2'''</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Note: The Asus WL-520GU requires the use of the usb-ohci driver. Using the ehci-hcd driver will identify and find USB storage devices, but reboots the WRT every time you try to access the storage. See [http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=66304#p66304 this OpenWRT forum discussion] for more information. These issues seem to have been resolved on the newest v24_TNG versions - See this forum thread: [http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=35343 USB on BCM5354 routers - need testers] '''Fixed as of V.24sp2'''</td></tr> </table> Braian87b http://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_storage&diff=41617&oldid=prev DasShrubber: /* Compatible units */ 2011-12-14T19:38:53Z <p><span class="autocomment">Compatible units</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 19:38, 14 December 2011</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 22:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 22:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[Linksys WRT610N]] Versions 1 and 2</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[Linksys WRT610N]] Versions 1 and 2</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[D-Link DIR-320]] - specs. [http://www.dlink.com.au/Products.aspx?Sec=1&amp;Sub1=2&amp;Sub2=5&amp;PID=367]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[D-Link DIR-320]] - specs. [http://www.dlink.com.au/Products.aspx?Sec=1&amp;Sub1=2&amp;Sub2=5&amp;PID=367]</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">* [D-Link DIR-330]]</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">* <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>[D-Link DIR-330]]</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">* [D-Link DIR-632]]</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">* <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>[D-Link DIR-632]]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[Linksys WRTSL54GS]] - specs. [http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&amp;childpagename=US%2FLayout&amp;cid=1162354643512&amp;pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[Linksys WRTSL54GS]] - specs. [http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&amp;childpagename=US%2FLayout&amp;cid=1162354643512&amp;pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[Linksys WRT600N]] - specs. [http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&amp;childpagename=US%2FLayout&amp;cid=1175237911752&amp;pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [[Linksys WRT600N]] - specs. [http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&amp;childpagename=US%2FLayout&amp;cid=1175237911752&amp;pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper]</td></tr> </table> DasShrubber