Asus RT N16 usb storage

[arghiustelutu]

Hello, I have attached to my Asus RT N16 router an usb storage. I've made all the settings on the router settings but the storage can not be visible on my Windows 10 laptop. Please see atached photos.
My target is to acces usb storage attached to my router from pc and from outside the network.

Regards

 

[ColinTaylor]

The RT-N16 is an obsolete unsupported router. It hasn't had any security updates for over five years. The firmware has known vulnerabilities that have been actively exploited. If you want to have remote access of any sort I suggest you replace it with a currently supported router.

End-of-life product list

Again, because the router is so old it doesn't support SMBv2 used by Windows 10. You can try enabling SMBv1 support in Windows as a workaround.

[Network Place (Samba) Share] How to access the files on Network Devices using SMBv1 in Windows 10 ? | Official Support | ASUS Global

 

[arghiustelutu]

Thank you for your answer. I will try to make this storage only in my internal network.

Regards

 

[sor]

This router is supported by a number of alternative firmwares including dd-wrt, fresh tomato, AsusWRT John's fork -all of them with caveats about the security of the wireless drivers. If you do not use the wireless part of it ( which is advised) AND IF you have (good) experience with Linux ( or willing to experiment and learn) - you will get the best and up-to-date support for Samba sharing from OpenWRT.
More here:

[OpenWrt Wiki] ASUS RT-N16

openwrt.org

[OpenWrt Wiki] Samba 3 (old version)

openwrt.org