Re: Accessing USB storage attached to network router
>From: Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk>
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Sent: Tuesday, 6 June 2017, 10:25
>Subject: Re: Accessing USB storage attached to network router
>On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 07:41:14AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> writes:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 01:38:04PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>>>>Here:
>>>>
>>>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/109505/how-do-i-access-an-external-hard-drive-plugged-into-my-router
>>>>
>>>>the problem seems to be solved, but not for me... I plugged a USB storage
>>>>pendrive into my ADSL internet router but don't know how to access it. I
>>>>tried putting in /etc/fstab something like:
>>>>
>>>> //192.168.1.1/USB_storage /mnt/public cifs guest 0 0
>>>
>>> Is this the correct share to mount? Try "smbclient -L 192.168.1.1" to see
>>> what shares are available.
>>
>> $ smbclient -L 192.168.0.1
>> WARNING: The "syslog" option is deprecated
>> Enter rodolfo's password:
>> Connection to 192.168.0.1 failed (Error NT_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT)
>
>If I put 192.168.1.2, instead, I get something more:
>
>$ smbclient -L 192.168.1.2
>WARNING: The "syslog" option is deprecated
>Enter rodolfo's password:
>Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.12]
>Server requested LANMAN password (share-level security) but 'client lanman auth = no' or 'client ntlmv2 auth = yes'
>tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
>
>>> Try running smbmount directly and see if it gives more information:
>>>
>>> # mount -t cifs //192.168.1.1/USB_Storage /mnt/public --verbose -o guest
>>
>>
>> # mount -t cifs //192.168.1.1/USB_Storage /mnt/public --verbose -o guest
>> mount.cifs kernel mount options:
>> ip=192.168.1.1,unc=\\192.168.1.1\USB_Storage,user=,pass=********
>> mount error(115): Operation now in progress
>> Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
>
>And also:
>
># mount -t cifs //192.168.1.2/USB_Storage /mnt/public --verbose -o guest
>mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=192.168.1.2,unc=\\192.168.1.2\USB_Storage,user=,pass=********
>Retrying with upper case share name
>mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=192.168.1.2,unc=\\192.168.1.2\USB_STORAGE,user=,pass=********
>mount error(6): No such device or address
>Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
>
>Besides, pointing the web browser at 192.168.1.1, the usb storage is seen in
>the Admin menu. Does all this suggest us anything useful...?
>Yes, this confirms that 192.168.1.1 is the address of your router. An IP
>address typically identifies a single device. If you are looking to talk
>to the USB device attached to the router, there's no point talking to
>192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.2 - that's like saying "I couldn't find my
>laptop, but I walked into my neighbour's house and they had a laptop so
>it must be the right one"
That's not strictly true. Years ago I had an (awful) Netgear router that would provide a samba share for an attached USB device and by defaualt it did so on a separate IP.
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