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benn1s

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#151945 10-Sep-2014 19:58
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Hi..

This is sure to be mentioned somewhere but the forum has got so big that after searching for 10 minutes I have given up...

I am trying to figure out the best & easiest way to plug my external HD into the USB port on my Fritzbox router to share across the network...

On my old router this was easy enough, I plugged it into the USB port and then mapped the drive for it to H: or something and then you could access it under the windows network.. 

Or something... Its been 2 years now...

But for Fritz I cant seem to do this, or find any information on the web as of how to best do this..

I see something about the storage NAS but I didn't get much traction there.. And yeah... I hit a brick wall about 6 months ago doing it, and left it.. But its a damn pain having to plug the external HD into different devices to watch the media on it...

Anyone with a good handle on this, or a link to some instructions I would really appreciate the help.

Thank you.


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  #1126149 10-Sep-2014 21:53
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They removed the functionality from the 06.xx firmware, and I don't think they've really given a good reason for it. Unfortunately, there's no way to bring that functionality back. You can FTP files to and from it, but it's not as convenient as a file share.

Even if it does work, you might find it quite slow. I was only getting speeds of 1MBps, when I've had the same external drive doing 13MBps plugged directly into a computer. It's not the network either - I'm able to completely saturate my WiFi connection when writing a NAS plugged into the router.

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