WRT600N Storage Link Problems

I'm just adding to the litany of woes regarding the problems with the Storage Link feature on this router, but I wanted to point out some specifics based on my sorry experience, since others seem to be somewhat different or lacking in detail. Here is my summary:
Router firmware version 1.0.36 Build 4 (one release up from what is currently on Linksys' web site)
Connected Western Digital My Book 750GB USB 2.0 external drive, first formatted via computer to NTFS, and then plugged in to the router's USB port..
Got everything set up properly including shared folders on external drive, user access, permissions, etc, and mapped network drives on laptop (Vista Home Premium) and desktop (XP Home) computers, so far so good.
Attempted (twice) a drive image backup of laptop using StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop 3.2 (latest release). Backup completed (44GB), and I could see the file on the external network drive, but file was corrupt and failed verification.
After much research, decided to re-format the external network drive using the router's formatting capability. Discovered that router will only format using FAT32, but proceeded anyhow, and again successfully set up shared folders, user access, permissions, etc.
Since FAT32 will not address files larger than 4 GB, decided to abandon a drive image backup, so tried a files-and-folders backup from the laptop using Genie Backup Manager Home 8.0. This was successful as long as I didn't try to back up so many files and folders that the resulting file was larger than 4GB.
Also copied individual files and folders over to external drive with no problem, but had to exclude a video file that was slightly larger than 4 GB.
Re-formatted the external network drive to NTFS again using the computer, and tried another files-and-folders backup from the laptop using Genie, this time purposely selecting enough files to push the backup file size over 4 GB. This should have worked since the drive was formatted to NTFS, but the backup failed twice.
Conclusion: Storage Link implementation only allows basic capability to move files and folders less than 4 GB in size due to it's FAT32 format limitation, and is totally unsuitable for using automated backup software to backup large numbers of files or do drive imaging to the network drive. So if all you want to do is move files manually to the network drive, and don't have any huge files larger than 4 GB, and don't care about automated backups, then Storage Link seems to work OK. However, IMHO, this is WAY too limiting, and does not even come close to a NAS solution. I'm returning my router today, because it is hard to tell when a firmware upgrade might be released that would remove these serious limitations.
Sorry if this it really long, but I felt the details are important if anyone from Linksys is reading this.

Hi All I have just seen exactly the same issue with some files I use which are 4.7GB. If I try and move the files from the computer to the storage which connected to the router I get a message that I dont have enough space. I get the same error if I put the files on via the computer and then connect the storage back to the router and try and access them. In this day and age over 4GB is not a massive file and this is a bit of a poor show :-( Cheers Phil

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Message Edited by zachlr on 08-31-2008 07:59 PM

zachlr wrote:
I have the WRT600N wireless router which has a Storage Link capable of being turned into an FTP Server. I have set up the FTP server, and I can see folders, but not files within the folders. I have it set up to display the /public/FTP_Server folder as the FTP server, I have a Jpeg file in the folder, but I cannot see it in the FireFox FTP browser. When I type /hello.jpg at the end of the address line, it says "No such file" or something like that. How do I access my files on the server? My server is ftp://the-sir-lar-network.ath.cx and the file is in that folder and it's called "hello.jpg". EDIT: Log in with username: guest password:"" (no password)
Message Edited by zachlr on 08-31-2008 07:59 PM
Hi
Check ur firewall ,if its not blocking u to access ur server files.
secondly ,
try putting and accessing some more files.
else ,
Format the Disk , and try again.
see what happens??
pe@c3
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WRT600N Storage Link Does Not Work

This is a great idea, but simply does not appear to work.
Situation: WinXP Pro box, Win Vista Premium box, assorted XP home laptops, etc. Want to store common files on the router's storage link for access from anywhere on the wired or wireless network.
Problem: Folders created on the linked USB hard drive were originally fully accessible by any computer on the network, but became somehow unreadable and unwriteable -- EVEN TO THE WRT WEB INTERFACE
Can't read files in these folders, can't write either, of course. Can't even use the WRT600's web interface to "delete" the folder. (returns a page not found error in IE7). "Edit" doesn't work either -- page loads for edits, but attempting to save changes gives a page not found or "cannot display the web page" error. This doesn't work in Firefox, either.
As I try to create a folder now via the web interface with firefox, I see that doesn't work either. It takes the name, refreshes the screen as if something's being created, but on return, nothing is there. Same now with IE7. Sigh, this just gets worse as I double-check and try to get this post properly prepared.
Just reset this thing, and it let me (via web interface) create and delete one folder, but then stopped working 30 seconds later.
I tested a USB stick and got similar terrible results.
I'm running the latest firmware *.35
This thing simply doesn't work. It's not even a good beta. I'll have to advise anyone considering a purchase of this router to forget it. What a frustrating waste of time and money.

Yes, I'm reluctant to also, like so many others, report that the WRT600N fails to perform without error in the handling of an attached usb harddrive.
It does not maintain a stable user priviledge base, even loosing administrator access privledges to the drive.
I have reformatted the drive using the WRT600N web interface. This made sure the harddrive was formated using the native drivers in the device (FAT32). I suspect that this device uses an internal linux variant and it's my understanding that NTFS formats (of which I think there are at least 4 versions) are not well supported under linux. This did not improve the reliability of the drive. I wonder if the priveledge table is not stored on the drive, but in some internal memory, and it's not stable.
Any suggestions?
Message Edited by sippnonacorona on 03-16-2008 01:12 PM
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Another WRT600N storage link bug with Vista

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An unexpected error is preventing the operation. Make a note of this error code, which might be useful if you get additional help to resove this problem: Error 0x8007045D: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
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Any idea?

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If I repair the LAN connection I can delete two files and then it goes back to saying I don't have the permissions.
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WRT600N and WUSB600N Storage-Link breakthrough!

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How to Resolve Storage Link Reconnection Problems

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CONTINUED (sorry new forum user):
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How to access storage link?!?

Hello All,
Well, I'm trying to access the storage link option on my WRT600N router without any luck!!
i would really appreciate this if someone could tell me how to do it from the first step (choosing partition-should it be one letter only?-->display name-new or existing name?----> and etc...)
please advice ASAP
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try it this way:
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Icloud manage storage link not working on my iphone 4s

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Had the same problem recently (on an iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1). The phone couldn't back up to iCloud as the storage limit had been exceeded, and tapping "Manage Storage" in the iCloud settings didn't work: it just briefly showed a spinning wheel but I couldn't enter the Manage Storage screen. Looks like a bug.
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Message Edited by GAH1068 on 01-17-2008 02:04 PM

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Configuring storage link for wrt350n

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What Everyone Should KNow and Linksys Should Advertize About WRT350N Storage Link Limitations

I have spent hours with Linksys online chat trying to get my wrt350N storage link to work as advertised. Basically, I want to hook up a 400gb mybook hard drive and use the networked drive to backup my netwroked computers over the wireless network. While I can write individual files to the networked hard drive, and can copy and paste large folders using windows explorer, I can not use backup programs. The netowrked drive reports incorrect information as to its capicity to "my computer" and always shows up as "read only" while some programs don't seem to mind this, every backup program I have used has problems with this clitch.
After several sessions with linksys and having retuend the router to linksys for a new one, this is what technical support said this morning:
"You: ok so if I have you right, the router's storage link is not guaranteed to work at all with >300gb storage devices, does not work at all with 3rd party backup programs, and does not provide a backup program of its own, is that the bottom line?
Tech Support: Exactly. That's its product limitation."
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If I am missing something and there are others out there who are gettnig storage link to work with backup software, I would love to know what I am doing wrong, because 7 different linksys tecnical support people have been unable to tell me.
Since Linksys is unwilling to place these product limitations on their packaging, I thought that potential users deserve to know the limitations of this product.
(Mod note: Post has been edited for guidelines compliance.)Message Edited by primus on 03-04-2007 08:43 PM

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- James

WRT610N on Mac, Storage Link Write Issue

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I have Paragon's NTFS for Mac OS X which enables me to read and write NTFS, when I plug the drive directly into my mac it works fine, read and write, it's just when I use the storage link.
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