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  1. BobMCT

    Help with ntwk connect to RT-AC86U USB drive?

    Thanks fellows. I've tried the mint forums and the Ask Ubuntu forum and they seem to think because its unique to the router its a router problem. So I've been spreading out my requests. Don't know if I mentioned but if I opened the router smb security to Guest, it connects flawlessly. Also my...
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    Help with ntwk connect to RT-AC86U USB drive?

    Well I was able to gain access to the USB attached HDD but in order to do so I had to enable public access. Fortunately this is within my private intranet so it should be fine. But I am troubled as to why it worked for years with a secured SMB link and not now. Just wanted to post this update...
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    Help with ntwk connect to RT-AC86U USB drive?

    Hi = I recently upgraded my Linux Mint system to the latest version. I used to be able to connect to the router's USB port where I have a 1TB drive plugged in. It worked great. However, now I can no longer connect either via smb or nfs. I've tried a zillion times to tweak my fstab file entry...
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    cifs to USB3.0 external hdd seems to have stopped working

    Well thanks for the suggestions. Eventually I did get the HDD mounted again. Although I cannot tell exactly it appeared to be some mismatch between the definition parameters on the router and the fstab mount command. After I tried the suggestions (thank you) I then went back and did a one by...
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    cifs to USB3.0 external hdd seems to have stopped working

    Hi all, Been a very long time ASUS/Merlin user on an RT-AC86U router. Its been working flawlessly for years and years and I always keep it up to date regarding merlin firmware. I'm currently on .12_4 For a few weeks now I can no longer mount the external USB 3 attached hdd that I use as a...
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    RT-AC86U cannot access Webmin.

    Just saw this today so excuse my late recommendation. I asume your webmin is running on your desktop computer that you are working from. So the router should/might not be the issue as its a local connection. Unless you've changed it webmin uses port 10000 so you can access it from your browser...
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    RT-AC86U USB connected drive access denied to Windows 10 client

    Yes I have. As I mentioned it was working for years and recently - nogo! Here's a though: the message I receive is that access was denied. I try different users/pwds still without luck. When I check the connection credentials from my Linux systems I'm using the same usenames/pwds and on...
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    RT-AC86U USB connected drive access denied to Windows 10 client

    Hello! I've been using Merlin based ASUS routers for years now very successfully. However, recently attempting to access the USB connected external drive on the router shows as access denied. It is still accessible from my Linux systems. I've spent many hours trying to diagnose this and...
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    Transferring Samba Share

    FWIW I recently changed from the RT-N66U to the RT-AC86U and am happy that I did. What I did was duplicate the definition in the USB /samba section in the new router the same as the old and everything just connected and worked (access-wise). I did have an issue with file names but that has...
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    RT-AC86U + 384.5 + smb mangled file name help?

    OK - here's what I determined. Yes the colons are reserved and trust me, they occur when I create a filename and embed the output of a particular bash date command. Merlin had mentioned that the special characters "might" cause the trigger of the mangling even though it was turned off. I...
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    RT-AC86U + 384.5 + smb mangled file name help?

    I suspect its going to be a mismatch between the samba versions between the NAS and the Ubuntu VM. I'll have to dig into those. But just for your head scratching pleasure check this out: sysop@PC102 ~ $ ls /RT-AC86U/0fdcx/BKUP_2018-05-07* |hd 00000000 2f 52 54 2d 41 43 38 36 55 2f 30 66 64...
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    RT-AC86U + 384.5 + smb mangled file name help?

    Reply for both above: I connect to a remote share using the fstab with a mount statement from 16.04. The Mint is merely a VM host for this application. As far as what may have been updated . . . literally everything. I wasn't paying too much attention to when this happened. But here's how I...
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    RT-AC86U + 384.5 + smb mangled file name help?

    I've been a long time Merlin user (thank you) and use the smb for storage. I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 in a vbox on a LinuxMint 18.3 host. In my 16.04 I can access the usb drive in the router and when I ls the contents it returns proper long filenames. However, if I use an rm command the...
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    Connection timeout with WISP mode?

    I support many, many SOHO installations across the USA where many use WISP to connect to a host site's WLAN for Internet access. The reason this is done is to keep their "SOHO" network private and secure for its members/employees. And the fact that there is little or NO support from the host...
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    WAN over WiFi

    As Merlin states, this is not supported with AsusWRT. It is a feature called WISP and quite a number of routers support it. "It" being the ability to connect your WAN using Wifi to another Wifi network. Search specifically for the WISP feature when researching routers.
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