On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 18:36, Bob Goodwin <bobgood...@fastmail.us> wrote:
> I have been trying to configure an asus RT-N66U router to work with a > USB external hard drive using the asus software. I can see the external > drive in the router setup GUI but it never shows up in the computer > network browser. I thought perhaps it needed Samba installed in Fedora > 31? Did that with dnf but it looks like I created an smb server, I think > that is already part of the router? I set up a router and USB drive in > the past with an older version of Fedora and it just worked, not so now. > You may need to configure the clients to use SMBv1 (assuming you aren't concerned with security). Consumer routers with USB disk support are generally intended to be used as Windows Media Servers and won't support POSIX users and groups. If you need to preserve POSIX ownership and permissions you want a proper NAS that supports linux and macOS. > > I would like to have another way to save stuff on my LAN that will be > convenient for the Apple users and me to use. I guess I am looking for > some help from anyone familiar with this. Perhaps I should just buy aWD > NAS unit? > https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-linux-nas-solutions-and-linux-san-software/ https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-network-attached-storage/ > Bob > > -- > > Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, > Fedora Linux-31 XFCE > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > -- George N. White III
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