Properly enabling nsf for the USB drive w/merlin

[BobMCT]

I'm extremely happy with my N66U w/merlin. I also have a 1TB USB drive connected for backup purposes for my internal systems. So far I have samba connecting fine but when backing up it ultimately times out and drops the connection. From my windows machines if I reference the network tree to the router/usb then it functions just fine.
However, from my Linux boxen I cannot connect for samba (CIFS) or NFS. My systems and tools can "see" the router but not the shares.

I see no thorough tutorial on the proper nfs connection definition other than whats already available on the help screens.

Can someone who has been successful with this hopefully advise or point me to a thread/page detailed the matter?

Thanks for your help.

 

[joegreat]

From my windows machines if I reference the network tree to the router/usb then it functions just fine.
However, from my Linux boxen I cannot connect for samba (CIFS) or NFS. My systems and tools can "see" the router but not the shares.

I see no thorough tutorial on the proper nfs connection definition other than whats already available on the help screens.

Hi,

I am running the same configuration as you like to have:
- Samba (CIFS) sharing of my routers USB drives for the Windows family of PCs
- NFS sharing for the Linux systems (and for performance resasons: >= 50 MByte/sec!)

As I installed NFS before it was introduced into the firmware, I use UNFS via Entware, which works like a charm after I configured the exports file for the sharing of the mount points I want.

I gave the firmware internal NFS server a short try, but it simply did not work - so I went back to UNFS.

With kind regards
Joe

 

[RMerlin]

Sharing is dead simple since it is handled by a web page. Simply select the folder you wish to select (note: your drive MUST be formatted in ext2 or ext3 - NTFS cannot support NFS properly), enter the IP range you wish to allow access to (you can leave it empty if you want to leave access open to ANYONE on your network - keep in mind NFS has *NO* security whatsoever beside this IP access list). For the options, using "rw,sync" is usually enough for most people - search Google for documentation on the various options supported by the /etc/exports file if you wish to know more.

For mounting the procedure will vary slightly between distro - search Google for your specific distro.

 

[BobMCT]

Thanks both of you. I do have the USB drive formatted as NTFS but I will experiment with the Entware before doing the reformat to Ext? as I already have multiple Windoze systems backed up.

So far, GREAT router implementation. Thanks Merlin!

 

[BobMCT]

Qs for JOEGREAT

Well, reformatted my USB drive as EXT3 per the instructions and attached/defined using Merlin screens. Still can't see it by Linux AND now I can't find it with Windoze either.

I checked the router's /etc/exports file and it looks as it should and even rant the exportfs against it manually in case that was needed. Still NADA.

So then I moved to install the Entware facility and it followed the published steps and appeared to success. But now what do I do 'cause I still can't see it from either platform?

Hopefully you can suggest some action I might have overlooked and get me back on track with this?

Thanks for anything you can suggest.

Bob

 

[RMerlin]

Well, reformatted my USB drive as EXT3 per the instructions and attached/defined using Merlin screens. Still can't see it by Linux AND now I can't find it with Windoze either.

I checked the router's /etc/exports file and it looks as it should and even rant the exportfs against it manually in case that was needed. Still NADA.

So then I moved to install the Entware facility and it followed the published steps and appeared to success. But now what do I do 'cause I still can't see it from either platform?

Hopefully you can suggest some action I might have overlooked and get me back on track with this?

Thanks for anything you can suggest.

Bob

Check the router's system log to ensure there is no error message.

Also make sure your client uses NFSv3. You can enable NFSv2 support on the router's webui, but this is not recommended. NFSv4 is unsupported.

 

[BobMCT]

Thanks for the feedback Merlin. The logs don't seem to show anything regarding NSF so I've cleared them and will attempt reconnects and see if anything shows.

Also, on my Linux client I'm trying to mount an NFS4 remote to the router and here is the message I'm receiving:

Failed to retrieve NFS exports from 192.168.8.1 :

sh: 1: showmount: not found

Maybe there is no NFS server running

BTW - the IP is my LAN side of the router.

Just thought I would post that before I dig in. Thanks again.

 

[RMerlin]

Also, on my Linux client I'm trying to mount an NFS4 remote to the router and here is the message I'm receiving:

Failed to retrieve NFS exports from 192.168.8.1 :

As I posted above, NFSv4 is not supported.

 

[BobMCT]

Oops, sorry. Mistype. I DID NOT use NSF4. Just NSF (on my Ubuntu server, NSF4 was an option that was NOT selected). Just wanted to clarify that.

 

[RMerlin]

Make sure nfsd and portmap are running on the router.