Try creating completely new printer port, as described on the Linux Router project page. ASUS derived settings are not validOriginally Posted by Chemist
I've checked this today. Works just fine both with samba & ftp. Have you tried ftp access from WAN or LAN?Secondly after upgrading to the CR5 release I am unable to connect to my external USB drive via ftp. In the original asus firmware this worked fine. Does the introduction of Samba has anything to do with this? And if so, is it impossible to use ftp and Samba at the same time?
No, these are the commands, which you should enter at the shell prompt once you've established telnet or ssh connection to the wl500g. Try this telnet link.Last (but not least) I was planning to try to get Samba running, but since I couldn't print anymore I downgraded to the official firmware again so I didn't get into that really. Still I have a few questions about getting samba to run;
1) the bootCmds mentioned in the CR4 topic: is that a file ? And if so, can I just edit it with vi in a telnet session or should I change it in another way?
ok, that's it2) furthermore is it possible to give a step-by-step procedure for getting samba to work; at the moment all information is spread in 2 or 3 topics (as far as I can see) which doesn't make it easier for a newbie like me. Don't get me wrong; I am not asking for a 'and now type this here and here' thing, only a small list of all actions needed to be taken in what order to get it running. The exact information I can find in the other topics. I just want to make sure I don't forget something or do things in the wrong order.
- be sure that you've specified Hostname on the IP config page
- telnet to router by typing "telnet my.router" in your windows box or try this link
- type you login & password (same as web interface)
- if you've entered you password correctly you will get the linux shell prompt (something like ~ #)
- type this commands to force samba to load on startup
Code:nvram set bootCmd_smbd="/usr/sbin/smbd -D" nvram set bootCmd_nmbd="/usr/sbin/nmbd -D" nvram commit- once you've done this (and no error messages was displayed) reboot your router by typing
Code:reboot- wait for 60 seconds for router to reboot and try your samba
Should not be a problem.3) My external HDD is formatted in FAT32; is this going to be a problem (the little I know about Samba tells me not, but I want to check anyway )