Windows 10 SAMBA help

[Liracto]

Hi, I'm trying to connect my 2TB external hard drive to my router via its USB port so I can access it over my network 24/7. To do this I'm using SAMBA and my router is detecting the drive no problems and also DMS works so I know there's no issue with the drive, however none of my devices can see the drive in the network section of file explorer. I tried looking online and from what I can understand Windows 10 removed support for SAMBA by default but there's a way to enable/get it back, please could someone explain how I would do this?



Thanks.

 

[Emerald]

have you tried this?

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-connect-to-linux-samba-shares-from-windows-10/

 

[Liracto]

have you tried this?

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-connect-to-linux-samba-shares-from-windows-10/

Hi, thanks for the response. If I'm understanding the article correct, it gives instructions on how to access a SAMBA share hosted on a Linux machine. However I'm connecting my drive to my routers USB port, is this till applicable given that I know most machines (even routers?) use Linux?

 

[Liracto]

have you tried this?

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-connect-to-linux-samba-shares-from-windows-10/

I tried this anyway and I just get an "the folder you have entered does not appear to be valid" error. My router address is 192.168.1.1 and the Hard drives name seems to be Western_Digital-10584A4C_usb1_1 so I tried using \\192.168.1.1\Western_Digital-10584A4C_usb1_1 I think that would be correct.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Make/Model of your router?

Did you create a share and set permissions before you tried connecting to it? (hint: "the folder you have entered does not appear to be valid" would indicate not)

 

[Liracto]

Make/Model of your router?

Did you create a share and set permissions before you tried connecting to it? (hint: "the folder you have entered does not appear to be valid" would indicate not)

Hi, it's a huawei HG633. I did create a user account for the share but was never prompted to use them, as you said the error came before I got the chance to enter any of that info.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

According to the only manual that can be found online (for the HG533) the share name is (for the client side setup) "\\192.168.1.1\usb1". Unfortunately this appears to be a router built specifically for TalkTalk and there is no manual to be found online.

https://community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/Broadband/Cannot-find-Huawei-HG633-on-Huawei-website-or-anywhere-else/td-p/1651587

 

[Liracto]

According to the only manual that can be found online (for the HG533) the share name is (for the client side setup) "\\192.168.1.1\usb1". Unfortunately this appears to be a router built specifically for TalkTalk and there is no manual to be found online.

https://community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/Broadband/Cannot-find-Huawei-HG633-on-Huawei-website-or-anywhere-else/td-p/1651587

Hi, I've also seen the manual and they only use usb1 as an example, I tired it anyway and there's no luck. Is it not so that microsoft removed the function from windows 10 as suggested here? http://

 

[ex_bubblehead]

This has nothing at all to do with the (local) guest account. You need to determine what version of SMB is used by the router and ensure that the proper version is enabled in Windows. SMBv1.0 is disabled by default (https://support.microsoft.com/en-nz/help/4034314/smbv1-is-not-installed-windows-10-and-windows-server-version-1709).

Enable/Disable SMB

 

[Liracto]

This has nothing at all to do with the (local) guest account. You need to determine what version of SMB is used by the router and ensure that the proper version is enabled in Windows. SMBv1.0 is disabled by default (https://support.microsoft.com/en-nz/help/4034314/smbv1-is-not-installed-windows-10-and-windows-server-version-1709).

Enable/Disable SMB

It seems a user identified the router as using smbv1 link hence why it doesn't appear, the instructions on how to enable smbv1 are too complicated for me to follow, can you explain how to do it so I can see if this resolves the issue?

On the other hand if you think I would be best avoiding it for the same security reasons as microsoft removed it I could use an old notebook and connect the hard drive to this and just use a network share as an alternative, would that be best?

Thanks.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

....the instructions on how to enable smbv1 are too complicated for me to follow, can you explain how to do it so I can see if this resolves the issue?

Those instructions are as simple as it gets. You may want to either turn it over to someone more experienced, or, setup another Windows machine and enable a share.

 

[Liracto]

....the instructions on how to enable smbv1 are too complicated for me to follow, can you explain how to do it so I can see if this resolves the issue?

Those instructions are as simple as it gets. You may want to either turn it over to someone more experienced, or, setup another Windows machine and enable a share.

I think to avoid any security risks I will set up a windows file share, or maybe even install a dedicated NAS OS on the old laptop and go down that path instead.

Thanks for your help, hopefully my ISP moves beyond a 30 year old protocol next time they release a router.