Ftps on e4200

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTPS
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E4200 v1- problem creating a shared folder for the FTP server.

Hi,
I'm trying to share an external USB harddrive (4TB- HFS+) that is attached to my e4200 router. I'm trying to set up the FTP server, but when I try to create a shared folder, I get kicked out of the browser based interface for the router just as I'm trying to save the new shared drive. I have tried many different things to get it to work: different computers (PC and Mac) different browsers, reflashing the firmware (which is version 1.0.06, build 3), I tried all of this with an NTFS formatted drive as well- everytime I try to set up the shared folder- right as I hit the save button it kicks me out saying: Session Failure.
I can see my drive on the local network, and I know the FTP server is working, because I can log into it from the outside- but I don't see anything shared, when I do.
I have successfully gotten the media server to work using the same drive- but I can't create shared folder there either... It seems to have shared the entire disk automatically when I first connected the drive to the router.
Anybody have anything else for me to try?
Help!

Same problem. Has anyone found a solution? I contacted tech support and got nonsense responses. I was of course asked to Factory Reset even though I told them I had done it before I called - classic brush off. Basicly here is the problem.
1. I cannot create a share on a USB connected HDD - this worked on the older Firmware. Now every time I try to set up the shared folder- right as I hit the save button it kicks me out saying: Session Failure. I am not the only person with the problem. Crazy thing is I had a share created and it worked after the upgrade. I wanted to add an additional share and now it wont share anything. HDD plugged into my PC works great. I was asked to try a different PC - even though I told them I tried from IE, Chrome, Firefox on a Windows 7, Vista, windows XP, IPad, Kindle and Samsung phone.
2. While troubleshooting with the agent I discovered that although I have remote access disabled in the Administration>Management page but I can still access the router remotely. This is a huge security issue.
3. Linksys is no longer a Cisco Company - if the code is this bad Belkin should take the Cisco logo out of the GUI. Don’t blame Cisco for your poor SW.
I am ready to buy a new router and avoid Linksys and Belkin all together in light of these issues.
Additionally, I would simply downgrade but the older Firmware is not available. When I asked for it I was told I could not get it.

Strange e4200 FTP problem

I have an odd problem with the FTP server. I currently hooked up a 250GB portable HDD which is formatted in NTFS. A single folder in the root of the drive is mounted as the FTP server. Every time I upload a zip or far, the file comes out ends up being uploaded corrupt and double the original file size. I have used 2 FTP clients, using either ASCII or binary. No matter how I go about it, I can't make the files upload at the normal file size. Its not just archives, however, I tried an mp3 and it too got uploaded corrupt and double the size. I then downloaded the mp3 to try and play it but it didn't play in windows media player. However I loaded the 'corrupt mp3 into audacity and the file played like normal. I have no idea what to do at this point, aside from returning the device. Having FTP capabilities in my router is very important, so any help would be much appreciated.

You are not alone. I am having problems with the ftp server also. I didn't know whether it was the camera or the disk drives I was trying but you have confirmed that there is a problem. Here are some of my observations:
Bad harddrive formatting: the harddrive connection is not very consistent. I even let the e4200 format the drive itself (to FAT) and that was inconsistent. Sometimes it would see it as useable and sometimes not.
Odd files created: as I was setting up the server with a FAT32 disk, I would get directories of gibberish: very large files with unprintable names.
Corrupted JPEGs: I hooked a DLink network camera into the mix and went with another disk and do get JPEGs from the camera but most of them are corrupt and don't open. The ones that do open are jumbled and have blank places in the images (sort of correlates with your mp3's being slightly useable.
Nice idea for a router, but unfortunately, less than functional.
My configuration:
Camera: DLINK DCS-930L (tried both wired and wireless, ftp both passive and active, tried single transfer and multiple transfers)
Harddrives: selfpowered Seagate FreeAgentGo (250GB, FAT32), Seagate FreeAgent (500GB, NTFS)
CISCO E4200 with latest firmware(v1.02 -- downloaded yesterday)
Computer (shouldn't matter?) Toshiba running XP-tablet.
I hope this helps them troubleshoot this.

E4200 - Anonymous ftp server read and write

Hello,
Is there any possibility to set linksys E4200 for support anonymous acces to ftp server in read and write mode ?
Thanks,
BR, Mariusz.

Nope, just anonymous read access only, according to the options they give you. 192.168.1.1--->storage--->administration----> anonymous FTP access (enabled)
I don't work for Cisco. I'm just here to help.

E4200 v1.0.03 - FTP still not working on port 21

Hello,
After updated firmware to 1.0.03 still can't log in to ftp on port other than 21 ( eg. 2121 ). Will it be fixed ever ? I told with guys on live chat but connection broked twice
BR, Mariusz.

Log from connection failed on port 2123
Connect to: (2011-10-07 21:24:56)
hostname=xxx.kicks-**bleep**.net:2123
username=xxx
startdir=
xxx.kicks-**bleep**.net=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
220 Welcome to Cisco-E4200's FTP service
USER xxx
331 Please specify the password.
PASS ***********
230 Login successful.
SYST
215 UNIX Type: L8
FEAT
211-Features:
EPRT
EPSV
MDTM
PASV
REST STREAM
SIZE
TVFS
211 End
HELP SITE
214-The following commands are recognized.
ABOR ACCT ALLO APPE CDUP CWD DELE EPRT EPSV FEAT HELP LIST MDTM MKD
MODE NLST NOOP OPTS PASS PASV PORT PWD QUIT REIN REST RETR RMD RNFR
RNTO SITE SIZE SMNT STAT STOR STOU STRU SYST TYPE USER XCUP XCWD XMKD
XPWD XRMD
214 Help OK.
OPTS UTF8 ON
501 Option not understood.
Connect ok!
PWD
257 "/"
Get directory
TYPE A
200 Switching to ASCII mode.
PORT 192,168,0,51,6,34
500 Illegal PORT command.
PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (94,251,177,128,253,240)
PORT 192,168,0,51,6,36
500 Illegal PORT command.
Log from success connection on port 21:
Connect to: (2011-10-07 21:27:46)
hostname=xxx.kicks-**bleep**.net
username=xxx
startdir=
xxx.kicks-**bleep**.net=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
220 Welcome to Cisco-E4200's FTP service
USER xxx
331 Please specify the password.
PASS ***********
230 Login successful.
SYST
215 UNIX Type: L8
FEAT
211-Features:
EPRT
EPSV
MDTM
PASV
REST STREAM
SIZE
TVFS
211 End
HELP SITE
214-The following commands are recognized.
ABOR ACCT ALLO APPE CDUP CWD DELE EPRT EPSV FEAT HELP LIST MDTM MKD
MODE NLST NOOP OPTS PASS PASV PORT PWD QUIT REIN REST RETR RMD RNFR
RNTO SITE SIZE SMNT STAT STOR STOU STRU SYST TYPE USER XCUP XCWD XMKD
XPWD XRMD
214 Help OK.
OPTS UTF8 ON
501 Option not understood.
Connect ok!
PWD
257 "/"
Get directory
TYPE A
200 Switching to ASCII mode.
PORT 192,168,0,51,6,46
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
LIST
150 Here comes the directory listing.
Download
Waiting for server...
226 Directory send OK.

FTP port filtered by E4200 Router

Hi
I have recently purchased a WD My Book Live and connected to my E4200 Router. I am trying to access this device using FTP from outside my local network. I did all required setting but with no success.
I am able to connect to this using FTP from within my Local network.
I used nmap to find scan the ports and it says port 21 filtered.
Any one has any clue what I am missing here.
Thanks

Run icsi netalyzr and see if it says port 21 is blocked. I just don't think the other program you ran is accurate. The place outside your home might be th one doing the blocking. http://www.google.com/m/url?client=safari&ei=eAcuTsCXDc6miAKgmfk1&hl=en&oe=UTF-8&q=http://netalyzr.i...
I don't work for Cisco. I'm just here to help.

E4200 Storage Disk vs.. Media vs.. FTP

I am new to USB storage on a router. Is there anything that gives summary of a Disk vs.. Media vs. FTP setup on the E4200. When would I use either or all of these. I want a central point to storage music, photos & videos for the household. Also occasionally I may want to park files on the USB drive as well. So how do I configure the drive and make it work to my advantage.
I have already set it up experimenting so I know the drive works, I know I can park files there, but what do the different services provide?
Thanks

The "disk storage" option which you are talking about lets you download and upload any file type to the drive from any or specific computers on your LAN.
The media server option let's you stream supported music, videos, and pictures to a "UPnP-compatible media adapter" (e.g windows media player, a PS3, etc).
The FTP option allows you to access any type of file from the internet or LAN (if you want). So this adds "portability" to the disk storage feature.
I don't work for Cisco. I'm just here to help.

E4200 ftp user login LOG?

is there such a thing?
E4200 all firmware below. Your welcome
http://www.mediafire.com/file/fwawmubux45ejcm/cisco.e4200.firmware.versions.zip
Solved!
Go to Solution.

sweet top of the ling product. I guess I was asking too much.
E4200 all firmware below. Your welcome
http://www.mediafire.com/file/fwawmubux45ejcm/cisco.e4200.firmware.versions.zip

An E4200 "MegaThread" - FAQ, Issues, How to, etc

Hi Cisco Community! I've taken it on myself to make a kind of "mega-thread" for the E4200, because I see that there are a bunch of questions scattered around the forum, and (perhaps it's just me personally) I'd love to see things grouped together as one nice reference. I'm new to the forum, and to the E4200, but I'm loving it so far. I'm not a forum mod or anything like that, I just thought it'd be nice to gather the issues/questions that Ive seen.
Let's talk about the E4200!
The Cisco E4200 is the latest high-end consumer router from LinkSys/Cisco, released in January of this year.
**Whare are all of the vital stats for the E4200?
See this web page: http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVprod...
**Which hard drives / flash drives work with the E4200?
Here's a "tested" list: http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&app=vw&vw=1&login=1&docid=0542deb2fe8c469383f8c59723d2...
Basically, any external drive (including ones you put together yourself) should work with the E4200, as long as you're using a drive formatted in FAT32, NTFS, or HFS+.
**Can I wall mount the E4200?
No, there are not any screwholes in the bottom of the device. It's a common question though, because Cisco hasn't released any pictures of the bottom of the device.
**Can I use a USB hub to connect more than 1 hard drive/flash drive device to the E4200?
No, the USB hub will not be recognized by the router, therefore, the devices connected to the hub will not be recognized.
**Why is the light on the top of the router blinking?
Most times it's normal, and I list normal operation below. HOWEVER...
There seems to be an issue in the 1.0 firmware that's been reported in these and other forums. There is a concern that this is a security risk. The thinking is that the router is stuck in "Wireless Protected Setup" mode, and waiting for connections. Some / several users have reported that turning OFF WPS and going to "manual" mode (page 12 of manual) fixes the issue. CISCO HAS NOT COMMENTED ON THIS ISSUE, and we REALLY want some information.
You might get a blinking light that doesn't mean anything. The blinking light, either in error, or as a part of normal operation, doesn't seem to affect performance.
Here's the "official/normal" reasons the light blinks:
Wi-fi protected setup- When you're setting up a device, it's supposed to blink every two seconds. If there's an error, it flashes quickly.
Upgrades, Resets, power on - The light should flash slowly in these conditions.
**The logging functions aren't working the way I expect / aren't working.
This is also an issue that has been reported in these forums. So far, it's unknown if this is an issue with the firmware, or how people have configured their routers. At a minimum, the logs in this device are a lot more "skimpy" than other routers on the market.
**What issues are Cisco / Linksys aware of?
Check this page: http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&app=vw&vw=1&login=1&docid=3ba1589dc0734ff7978c9e9203d0...
Most of the issues that Cisco are aware of are display issues with the internal Web interface, for instance, you can make a wireless password long enough to break the layout of the page.
**The Web interface shows two wireless networks, with the same name, is this correct?
YES, always make sure that the 5Ghz network and the 2.4Ghz network have the same name. If you're using manual setup for shared keys, make the keys the same. This enables your clients to roam between the two network types without reconnecting.
**The router is hot. Is this normal?
The processor in the E4200 runs hotter than room temperature. In the first month or so of release, some people have reported that the router runs "hot" - most experience that the bottom of the router is warm to the touch.
**I'm comparing routers - which is better, the Netgear 3700 series, or the Cisco E4200?
You're in a E4200 thread, we're a bit biased. But as objectively as possible, it's my recommendation you check out the E4200.
Netgear's 3700 series routers are currently experiencing several firmware issues (1.0.0.6 in the v2 of the router, 6.98 in the v1 of the router). These issues are causing disconnects, slowness in the DLNA server (USB hard drive connection), and several versions of the device's firmware have port forwarding issues. That said, the 3700 has some highlights over the E4200:
1. You can flash the firmware to an open source firmware. Several are reporting that fixes many issues, but is more complex than the default interface. It's also a "power user" solution, so be comfortable with your know-how before attempting.
2. There's a few "known good" firmware releases for the 3700 that solve issues, but they are only compatible with the v1 of the 3700 (mostly off the market by now).
3. The web interface has more options in the 3700.
4. The forum community at Netgear seems to be really good.
The E4200 has been generally very well recieved, has had two issues that don't seem to affect performance (blinking light on top, logging failures), has a 90 day return policy, has a wireless download throughput of over 50M (blows away all other routers in this class), and generally speaking, out performs other routers in wired tests (anecdotal reports from forum users). The E4200 also has a couple more options than the 3700, like being able to translate a port when doing port forwarding.
The E4200 is much newer than the 3700 series. It's generally accepted that we'll start to see more issues soon, as more people adopt the product. Those issues COULD be deal breakers, who knows.
Several people are taking a "wait and see" approach right now, but others (myself included) jumped from the 3700 to the E4200 because of gaming and other issues. Anecdotally, I love the E4200!
Some folks are waiting for the next Netgear router, the WDNR4000. I needed a router now.
**There are several screens under Storage. What does each do?
Disk- Disk makes a Network share (SMB share). This is good for computer devices on your network. Although you can make the shares authenticated, the default is that everyone has read / write access to the folders on your disk. The default location for your disk will be \\192.158.1.1\PARTITIONNAME (where PARTITIONNAME is the name of the share, which in turn is by default named the same as the partition; you can edit this name). This screen also allows you to remove the disk drive safely from the router.
Media Server- dedicated devices, like the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, several HDTVs, and more (including your computer) can stream music and video from your disk using the Media Server option. The router uses a service called Twonky to create a DLNA server that you'll see listed in the video tab of your Xbox or PS3. In this tab, you can specify how often the router should look for new videos on the disk, what to share, and what to call your media server.
FTP Server - You can also run an FTP server, for devices that can't access the disk any other way.
Admin - User management.
**Quality of Service - what does it do, how do I set it up?
QoS allows traffic through your router based on how important it is to you. For instance, if your games are more important than downloading files, you can apply QoS to ensure that traffic for your games always gets through despite the downloads.
QoS is automatically applied for wireless devices that support a standard called WMM. You don't have to do a thing to apply this.
For games, you'll need to add either applications or devices that get highest priority. If you have an Xbox or PS3, you can "set it and forget it" by doing a MAC address rule, and adding your Xbox/PS3 as the highest priority device on your network. If you want fine grained control over ports, etc - check from page 38 of the manual for details on configuring your applications. If you don't have the manual, it's available for download here: http://homedownloads.cisco.com/downloads/userguide/E4200_V10_UG_NC.pdf
**How do I get an "Open NAT" on Xbox Live / PSN with this router?
Many users will be plesantly suprised that the default settings of this router allow both the Xbox and PS3 through, usually with zero issues on NAT! That said, if need be, you can do either Port Forwarding or Port Triggering.
Port Forwarding - use this if you've added "Address reservation" for your PS3 or Xbox, AND you only have ONE (of each) in your house.
Port Triggering - use this if you have 2 or more Xboxes, 2 or more PS3s, and you need all to connect simultaneously.
Check starting at Page 36 for more information on Port Forwarding/Triggering.
On Xbox Live, you'll want to open the following ports: 88,3074,1863, and 53.
On PSN, open: 5223, 3478, 3479, 3658
Check http://portforward.com/cports.htm for more games / information.
**Does anyone know how to check what devices are connected to the E4200 via WIRELESS?
Go into Status -> Local Network , and click on the "DHCP Client Table" button. (thanks kirkh)
**How does Guest access work?
Guest network access is an unencrypted wireless network that does not have access to your LAN. You can assign the guest network any password you choose. When a user connects to the guest network, they must then load a web browser. When they load the web browser, they'll be asked to enter the guest network password.
Guest access is defined in more detail in the user manual, page 18.
*****Conclusion*****
I'll post more as more questions / items come up. Unfortunately, we can't edit posts, so please note that information in this post is as accurate as I know it to be as of 1/25/2011.
I invite other forum members to post question / answer format items, or generally discuss below. I hope this helps some people, and I hope this doesn't seem excessive.

**Does DHCP have to be on in the router to properly enable the Guest Network?
Yes. No DHCP, no guest network.
**How do I access the disk from iPhone, iTouch, iPad, Android, or Blackberry?
Any application which allows you to access network resources will allow you to access the file share portion of the shared disk. On Android, ES File Explorer allows you to access files, for example. There are several apps available on the iPhone, such as NetPortal. On Blackberry, try the FILES app.
**Can multiple people access the shared hard drive at the same time?
Yes, I've successfully streamed a movie to 4 devices simultaneously without any drops!
**Port forward to broadcast for WOL (Wake On LAN)? I want to wake up my computer from the Internet, how do I do this?
The current method isn't the BEST, but it seems to work: You must reserve a DHCP address for the computer you want to wake in the DHCP reservation screen (basic setup page). You must also put in the port forwarding rule for UDP port 6 or 7 to that computer, port being depending on your magic packet software. Currently, this allows for the Wake On Lan to work as long as the ARP table isn't flushed. Because the magic packet is supposed to be pointed at the broadcast address, it's important to open the port to the broadcast address, but the JavaScript on the port forwarding page disallows this action. Some people have intercepted the HTML on previous LinkSys routers (on the port forwarding screen) to... Forum members will likely be trying this method on the E4200 soon - I'm not going to, as I don't have a need for WOL (let me know how it goes).
**Is there a way to transfer settings from an old router to the E4200, like port forwarding, WEP/WPA keys, etc?
No, there's no automatic way to transfer the settings. Many of your old settings (WEP, HAHAHA) are obsolete anyway.
**Is the E4200 DLNA certified?
If it's not directly certified, it doesn't really matter. The media server seems to work with everything I've thrown at it - Xbox, PS3, Media Center, etc etc Technically, the box and the ad materials all state "UPnP AV Media Server", not specifically DLNA, so it's probably not actually certified at this point. The server is TwonkyServer it looks like (the icon is the same T icon).

Not enough port fields in port forwarding for Linksys E4200

I have always used netgear routers in the past. After a series of issues regarding configurations not working correctly I invested in what appeared to be a semi pro router, the cisco linksys e4200.
I have a centralized server which I use to access a mass of different services such as mail, dns, VPN, FTP, Kerberos, http and many more. While I am not a massive networking nerd, this server setup is like my garage project. To access these services externally to my LAN as far as I understand I would need to configure port forwarding for each service to my server. Unfortunately the control panel for the linksys E4200 only offers about 15 custom port fields for forwarding, and some documentation I have read shows that with it's basic install my server could be using up to 60 ports at once.
Is this router just not suitable for this sort of network. If so I will be very disappointed because I have spent a quarter of the price on netgear routers with more control than this.
If anybody could assist with details and options I would greatly appreciate it

Wrong forum, use "small business routers".

Linksys E4200 - has to reboot to connect again with the internet

I bought the E4200 a month ago (replaced D-link DIR-655) and since then I have to reboot it twice.
I have a NAS connected to the router (and router to cable modem) and sometimes I have to FTP files from abroad. If I use the FTP too much time the E4200 just loose connectivity with the internet. Once home I have to reboot it in order to connect again with the internet. It never happen me before with the D-Link.
Does anybody has a similar problem?
Thanks!

Actually mine is working great now, almost as if it had a break-in period.
Mine has not flashed once in the past day (or more) and the last time I rebooted it was Wednesdsay evening (only to see if I could stop the flashing which was still happening
at that time).
I was also online on an interactive (gaming / gambling) site that is very quick to report what it considers "disconnects" if it sees any weakness in the connection to its servers and when using the E4200 it did NOT disconnect a single time all day yesterday.
(My Belkin N1 Vision wireless router connection via my Rosewill RNX-N1 USB adapter had been "disconnecting" multiple several days in a row although I was able to surf the web without issues while it reported me as disconnected).
Possible reasons everything is fine:
1) I placed the router's four ridiculously tiny feet on four thick wooden drink coasters
to give it more breathing room.
The flashing stopped a day or two later... (Keep in mind the router is less than a week old, so the reason it stopped flashing could be unrelated).
My wireless signal strength does seem to be sensitive to a 5.8 GHz cordless phone strangely even though it is a 2.4 GHz wireless adapter.
Just turning the phone (which has an INternal anntenna and is about 3 1/2 feet away from my wireless adapter at the moment) 15 or 20 degrees immediately changed the wireless signal quality from 4 bars to 3 bars and vice versa!!!
2) As far as my needing to reboot it that one time (during the first full day I owned the E4200):
I had been switching between two different model Rosewill wireless adapters a few times that afternoon (same chipset, same driver I believe and even show up as
same device in 32 bit Windows 7 Device Manager) without restarting the router after each switch
Since that one reboot, everything has been fine and my connection has been solid (pingtest.net tests over wireless produce an 'A' and speed has been for the most part relatively stable at 130 Mbps).
I hope thay helps others here (especially Part 1 above).
So overall I am extremely happy now.
I now just need to see what the implications are by the current lack of official IPv6 support in the E4200 (will post separately about that).
I noticed that my "IPv6 connectivity" on the wireless connection showed "no internet".
I just ran some IPv6 tests online (on two separate sites) and they passed and, lo and behold, now it shows "internet access" (again) for IPv6 (and not just IPv4 as it did before)!

How to setup remote access with E4200?

Hi,
I am new to this and I need help from you all on how to setup the E4200 so that I can access the media server when I am in office? Is there a guide or step by step procedure on this? I was browsing on the Cisco website and unable to find it.

The purpose of using DDNS is it substitutes the public/WAN ip address provided by your ISP.We all know that the ip address provided by our ISP(if we are not subscribe to a premium static ip address) is basically public and will always change from time to time.So it will be difficult for us to know what's the ip address our ISP has provided us and this will lead us problems accessing our router or ftp server remotely. Thus by using DDNS' it will now allow us to access the router remotely without knowing what's the WAN ip address.

E4200 USB Storage Issue - Connection drops / router hangs

I'm having issues with maintaining a reliable connection to the USB drive connected to my new E4200. Here are the situation:
(1) I can successfully share the drive and map it from any computer on the network as expected
(2) After mapping the drive, I try to copy files/folder to the mapped drive. It starts off ok, but within a few seconds/minutes, I'll begin getting the message "the specified network name is no longer available". The drive status will show "disconntected" or "reconnecting"
(3) When this happens, the router will often stop accepting new connections (i.e. the DHCP function stops working). However, some of the computer that are connected continue to work / have internet access.
(4) Restarting the router (i.e. pulling the power and plugging it back in) gets things working again. Things are good until I try to map the drive and begin copying files again.
Here's some other parameter info:
(a) I'm running the latest (only) firmware available: 1.0.00 build 13
(b) Per Linksys support, I've reflashed the firmware. Didn't make any difference
(c) I'm working in a wired environment (this is not a wirelss issue...although it happens via wireless the same way)
(d) I'm running Win XP SP3 (have also tried on Vista HE 64...same results)
(e) The USB disk is a Seagate FreeAgent 1.5 TB (which is on the list of compatible devices for this router)
(f) I do most of my work at the command line with NET USE commands. The files are being copied via ROBOCOPY and or XCOPY. Just basic scripting. Note: I get the same results if I use Windows Explorer to map/copy files.
(g) I've validated the Seagate drive is not the issue by plugging in the the computer and using it for several days. Have had no issues copying files to it It's formatted as NTFS. Chkdsk and SeaTools show no issues with the drive.
(h) I am copying large volumes of data (i.e. entire folders of movies, backups of "USERS" folder, etc.).
(i) It's not any one paritcular file or folder this issue occurs on. It will make a little progress, then flake out. Upon restarting, it will make a little more, then flake out, etc.
(j) Just to be safe, I turned off the sleep mode/spin down option on the FreeAgent drive to ensue that wasn't the problem.
(k) I haven't made any elaborate router settings (haven't changed many defaults). Haven't turned on FTP, Media Server functions, etc. I've just done some basic things like (1) change the ssid (2) set up some DHCP reservations (3) changed the security to WPA2 (4) changed admin password (5) set up port forwarding for two apps. I've not created any policies, turned on guest accounts, enabled logging, etc.
(l) I am doing all of the above with an admin account (on the router, I created an admin user acccount for myself). I've been careful to always map the drive with that userid/password.
Is anyone else having reliability issues with access to thier attached USB storage. I was very hopeful that the storage attached to the router would be readily available. I'm not expecting or needing great performance, but do need it to be "always on" for the purposes of sharing files and executing backups. Eventually, I would like to use some of the other features of the router (streaming video the PS3 and external FTP access for example). However, for now, I just want the attached storage to work.
Thanks in advance for your advice.

oops, well now i see your full question. i asked you some ?s in the other thread you posted in.. but they seemed to be answered here..
ok, solely speaking about this E42 router, i have had it for 2 weeks now and i had a buffalo 500gb drive on the usb port. i had all sorts of junk on the drive..just random files, etc, and the ones that were supported by the PS3 would stream fine form the drive. i even have a sony BD player (s770) and its able to see the files and drive and stream. the PS3 is wired and the BD player is wireless. i have a laptop (wireless) and it has the same results.
last night i purchased a seagate go flex 2TB and plan to ONLY put media type files on this drive and try and clean things up and stop being lazy.. so far i have transferred a FEW small video and audio files from a wired computer with zero issues.
now let me ask, when you are transferring these huge files, are you like copying a folder and pasting it onto the mapped seagate drive? or are you doing individual files, etc? i dont have a folder with a bunch of GBs of files but i will try and see if i can reproduce the problem you see.
however thus far with the few small media files i have transferred on this new go flex 2TB drive, they have all transferred over. im talking about a couple GBs worth -ish...

How to access USB drive on e4200 remotely

Hello,
I recently bought a e4200 v2 and installed connect cloud. I have attached a USB drive to the router. I can connect to it by mapping a network drive on my windows 7 laptop. I can also access it as a media server through my iPad on the local wifi network. This way I can play the music on the USB drive through the iPad. The next thing I would like to accomplish is to be able to listen to the music on the USB drive through the internet (so remotely). Is that even possible?
Regards and thanks,
Steven

Hi there. That is actually possible. When you open your CCC go to USB Storage and set Enable FTP Server to ON. It is important as well to have a public internet ip address on the router which means coming from your internet service provider. For other cases, it is static so that it will not change. Are you by the way on Cable internet or DSL internet service? If you are example on DSL internet and your internet ip address from your ISP is private (192.168.1.4) then remotely accessing anything from your router is not possible you have to set the dsl modem to full bridge in order for it to work. To verify your internet ip address using CCC, go to Connectivity on the side panel and it comes up with a page and click on Internet Settings up on top. And say you wish to access the music files on your windows 7 laptop remotely, you have to set a static ip address to that computer and forward port 21 (default for ftp) on the router. Usually the address that you will type in on the address bar on your remote device is ftp://publicwanip. By the way, you may refer to the links below I found from Cisco's public kb site.
Setting up an FTP server behind a Linksys router
FTP Server Setup and Troubleshooting Guide

Media server gone after v1.0.02 E4200

I have been at this for hours now I refomatted the drive 2x and had it back once or twice until I transfer some videos and pictures to the drive then its gone. I have rebooted the router several times and the media server is GONE. FTP uploads and downloads work fine.
I noticed a new Twonkey interface in my webrowser in the short while the media server was working. This is driving me crazy.
please fix the E4200 media server in .02 firmware

I was also able to reproduce this problem and I also saw that it displayed random letters in the media server webpage when using a San Disk USB. I'll let the engineers know
I don't work for Cisco. I'm just here to help.

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