topic Re: Usb Drive on Router in Broadband & Landline

Usb Drive on Router

brianscott — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:29:29 GMT

For those having problems with accessing the drive connected to the EE Smarthub on EE like I have since using my new Windows 11 Laptop.

I cannot get windows to access the drive directly but using the free sync software from https://freefilesync.org/ I have been able too backup my files to the the drive.

Using the address that windows cannot access in the software has the destination folder all work well.

address I used was \\192.168.1.254\usb1\"backup folder name"

Worked a treat.

Re: Usb Drive on Router

Mustrum — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:50:02 GMT

Hi @brianscott which Hub version do you have?

Is it the original black Smart Hub or a newer one?

Re: Usb Drive on Router

brianscott — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:01:44 GMT

The original black one I think had it for 5plus years.

Re: Usb Drive on Router

JimM11 — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:09:20 GMT

@brianscott Can you take a look on the link, spot the picture and say.

https://ee.co.uk/help/broadband/fix-problem/what-the-lights-on-your-ee-smart-hub-mean

Re: Usb Drive on Router

XRaySpeX — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:04:11 GMT

You need to enable SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support. In Windows this is to be found in Windows Features. I dunno if that extends to Win11; still learning it.

I believe the router currently supports only NTFS, FAT16 or FAT32 formatted drives.

Re: Usb Drive on Router

JimM11 — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:09:40 GMT

@XRaySpeX Feature is available for win11 to be enabled on the old smb protocol, win 11 bitches a bit, but does eventually let it go.

Re: Usb Drive on Router

brianscott — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:23:32 GMT

The black Smart hub.

Re: Usb Drive on Router

brianscott — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:34:26 GMT

I had the same issue with my new windows11 laptop.

First thing is to do the following.

Open Control Panel
Click Programs and Features
Select Turn Windows features on or off (Top Left)
Scroll down to SMB
Ensure those are checked
It should after turning them on reboot
Then the create a shortcut on your desktop
right click end select properties
fill it with the address \\192.168.1.254\usb1
then click ok and you should by clicking on the shortcut open the usb drive.

Re: Usb Drive on Router

XRaySpeX — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:47:19 GMT

@brianscott : You may be able to do that with the original black SH but you can't with the modern SH+ & SH Pro. Now the USB port is only available as a power source.

Re: Usb Drive on Router

RobT999 — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:42:28 GMT

This worked 🙂 Thanx