WRT610N Storage Link

I have connected a 500GB external WD "My Drive" hard disk to my WRT610N wireless router. My intent is to be able to periodically back up three computers, all linked wirelessly to the WRT610N onto this hard disk. The disk is recognized by the router, but the directions on how to set up the shares are Greek to me. Once set up, can these back-ups run automatically in the background at specific times or does one have to initiate the back-up?
Has anyone set up a similar configuration with the storage link and if so, how did you go about doing it?
Thanks,
Doug

To create a share, go to the UI of the wrt610n and click on Storage tab. Click on Create Share. Assign permission to the Group that you want to grant access. I believe you need to manually create back-up.

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WRT610N storage link user/group creation

I just got the WRT610N and I really like it so far, I'm playing with the NAS option and I can't get it to create any new users or groups. I click on the link, fill out the form and click on 'modify user' (The set-up guide has a button there for 'save settings') and nothing gets created. I tried this several times and there are no new groups or users. I checked the storage.info file and there is no additional users or groups there either. I think I can edit that file but I'm not too sure what these last 2 lines mean
nas_login@admin:admin:admin: off guest:guest:guest: on
users_content@admin:admin:admin:admin: off guest:guest:guest:guest: on
I figure the admin: off is also the reason I can't login as admin which is a real pain if I want to upload new data to the share...Anyone out there seen this or can help? I'm running firmware 1.00.00 B18

I highly doubted a complete reconfigure would correct a faulty GUI/option. I considered it as a last resort, but I got this working without doing so.
Here's what I did -
Edited the last 2 lines of the .storage_info like this.
nas_login@admin:admin:admin: on guest:guest:guest: off admin:user:admin: on user:welcome:admin: on
users_content@admin:admin:admin:admin: on guest:guest:guest:guest: off user:welcome:admin: on
I didn't think it would work, it was just a shot in the dark. I was using a 2gb thumb drive and clicking on the remove safely each time I removed it from the router. After I changed the config, I plugged it back in and it showed up as connected, but I couldn't connect to it from Windows Vista, XP, or OS X. I unplugged the router and the cable modem and let it sit unplugged over night. Plugged it back in the next day and pushed the thumb drive back in. It showed up and looked good. There was no user called user, but there was 2 admins. I logged into the GUI this time using IE (I used Firefox on all the OS before). On the admin tab I clicked on the Create User and it actually came up with a Create User button (before it was Modify User). I added a few more users and a few groups so I could compare that to the original .storage_info. It saved and wrote to the file, but I still couldn't connect over the LAN. I unplugged it again overnight, deleted the .storage_info, and the public folder the router creates, and tried it the next day. Everything was working as it is supposed to. I plugged in a WD 500gb drive and the router found it, but there was no option to share a folder. I could still add users though. Unplugged the router for another night and tried it again. It's working now as I expected. I'm not sure if it was the config change, the overnight unplugs, or using IE (Firefox works now too), but it is working. Now if I could only get all the folder permissions to match....

WRT610N STORAGE LINK PERFORMANCE

hi,
i wonder 610n data transfer performance by mbyte/s with connected Ntfs HDs.
pls share your experiences, how much mb read/write speed ,did u see with wireless connection between usb hd on router-notebook(with N wireless).
thnx

Wireless computer to storage will work on average of 2-3 Mbps/sec.

WRT610N on Mac, Storage Link Write Issue

I have a 320GB seagate external hard drive, 1 NTFS partition, connected to my WRT610N, and I can connect to my drive from my MAC.
I can read files on the drive and I can create folders on the drive, but I can't copy files from my computer to the drive.
I have the Users set-up on the router with Admin privileges.
Does anyone have any ideas on what my problem may be.

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.
Correct me if I'm wrong but HFS+ doesn't work with storage link, or so I've read in other threads, I haven't actually tried it myself.
So if I'm incorrect in saying that please let me know.

How to Resolve Storage Link Reconnection Problems

I recently installed the WRT610N on a home network and have had major problems getting the Storage Link capability to work. Initially it worked perfectly. Then, every time I logged in to the computer, I had to go into My Computer and try to open the "Storage" link so that I could enter a username and password. It was mind-numbingly frustrating. After much reading on the Forum and elsewhere on the internet, I've crafted together what seems to be a very stable and easy solution to this problem.
To solve it permanently, you create a batch file that will run whenever you log in. This batch file will create the link to your network drive. Here are the steps:
1. Open up Notepad (usually under Start:All Programs:Accessories.
2. Enter the following two lines:

CONTINUED (sorry new forum user):
First, you need to open up Notepad and enter two lines. The first will go something like:
     net use z: \\wrt610n\network_hard_drive /persistent:yes /user:wrt610N\userID password
In this string, unless you've changed something, the z: represents the drive letter you want the storage link mapped to. The \\....\ represents the name of the router--it'll be wrt610N unless you changed it. The part after the \ represents the display name of the storage link share you created. The underscores would go in place of spaces. The user part is comprised of the a display name and then a userId you hopefully created within the router settings Storage:Administration. Then, a space and the password.
On the next line, enter a "y". The end result of the entire file might look like this:
     net use z: \\wrt610N\network_drive /persistent:yes /user:wrt610\admin 1234
     y
In my case, the WRT610 after user happens to be the shortest of the display names I had established for shares. Finally, save the file as something like netuse.bat--anywhere you want to put it.
Now, drag a shortcut to the file into your Start:All Programstartup folder. And repeat for all workstations and users that you need to establish access.
I hope this helps.

Storage Link and Window Vista Home Basic

Can someone tell me if the follwoing is true so I won't waste time searching. Since Window Vista Home Basic is not networkable so it won't see the storage link device connected to the WRT610N router. If so, is there anyway to get it work?
Thanks,

It should see the storage link device connected to the WRT610N router...You need to MAP your Network Drive...
Try this :
Click Start, Click Network.You will be notified if file sharing is turned off. Click the message.Click Turn on network discovery and file sharing.Double-click WRT610N listed in the Computer category (do not double-click WRT610N listed in the Network Infrastructure category).If you do not see the WRT610N listed in the Computer category, then enter the default server name, WRT610N in the Search field, and press the Enter key.See the Advanced Configuration section later in thisAppendix for information on how to change the server name.In the User name and Password fields, enter the default User name and password, admin. If you want to change the password, see the Advanced Configuration section later in this Appendix. Click OK.To map the Default shared folder to your computer, right-click Default. Click Map Network Drive.Keep the default Drive letter, or select the letter you want to use from the Drive drop-down menu.On your desktop, double-click My Computer. The Default shared folder of your USB storage is listed under Network Location.To access your USB storage, double-click the Default shared folder. You can use the Default shared folder as another drive on your network.

WRT600N and WUSB600N Storage-Link breakthrough!

So I have been playing with this combo for 3 weeks now and have been unable to transfer large files over the network or from the storage-link.
However, today I have achieved a breakthrough. As usual I was going over my settings and realized that for the first time none of my other wireless adapters I use have WMM support, and they all work fine. The WUSB600n has WMM support. So I went into the router (I suppose I could have done it at the adapter as well), and disabled WMM (keep in mind it won't disable correctly with firmware prior to 36.)
Voila! All of a sudden I can transfer all of my files no problem. Also here is the real kicker, trasnfers to and from the storage-link drive got faster. I don't have hard numbers, but I can tell you the transfer times for large files seem to be down 30%.
Next up is to see if this somehow affected the PS3 and that DLNA protocol error.

UPDATE! This does indeed seem to have fixed the PS3 DLNA protocol error message. I'm not sure if WMM is broken in the WRT600N, but disabling it is making this thing work like a dream.
Keep in mind like I said you need the newest firmware to disable it, in prior firmware versions it wouldn't actually disable.
Another twist in my testing has shown that the WUSB600N does not like being plugged into a USB port that has 1.1 devices on the same root hub (may go for 2.0 devices as well).
Update 2: I give up, so apparently I can fix either of these problems, but not both at the same time. If I run the media server (with WMM disabled) I don't have the problem with the PS3, but the WUSB600N adapter craps out. Otherwise I can disable both the media server and WMM and the WUB600N works great, but I lose the media server.
This whole thing sounds like a memory issue to me (I'm an embedded software engineer, I have been there). They probably never tested everything running in parallel. Anyway I give up, I am going to go buy a Synology NAS and just use the WRT600N as a router. (Linksys definitely won't be getting anymore of my business).
Message Edited by vectorcatch on 06-08-2008 09:17 PM
Message Edited by vectorcatch on 06-08-2008 09:18 PM

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
Thank you all
Gal Mesika
Israel

try it this way:
1. click start>search>computers or people>a computer on the network
2. in the computer name field, type wrt600n (or the server name you've set for it) then click search
3. in the column name, click on the wrt600n then login to it using the username and password of the router
4. the default folder should appear. just open it
5. you may also right click on the default folder and choose map network drive.
hope this helps.

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

Icloud manage storage link not working on my iphone 4s

I need to manage my icloud storage, but the manage storage link on my iphone is not working. When I click on it, nothing happens. Can anyone help with this problem? I don't want to buy more storage if I can turn off some of my apps in icloud. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks!

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.
In the end I was able to solve it via the iCloud settings on a laptop. Using this route, I removed the backup that was clogging the available 5GB free storage and was able to access Manage Storage again to tweak the settings. In my case this meant disabling iCloud backups of photos in the camera roll, which was the reason for the large size of the backup file in the first place.
Here's what I did:
1. Important step: first of all, make a backup of your phone in iTunes by connecting it to the computer and chosing the backup option in iTunes. You will delete the iCloud backup in step 3, so it's best to have another backup handy. It's not very likely your phone will crash in the short time it takes to complete these steps, but better safe than sorry.
2. After making the full phone backup, I downloaded all the photos from the camera roll onto my computer and deleted them from the phone. There are different ways of doing this, on a Mac you can for instance use Image Capture. This step is not really necessary to get the backups working again as you will probably disable camera roll backups in step 3 anyway, but it's good to get into the habit of backing up photos on the computer regularly, rather than in iCloud. If you want to keep some photos on the phone as well, you can always copy them back from the computer onto the phone.
3. Access iCloud storage management via the computer rather than the iPhone. Instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847 > Backup > Deleting backups and turning off Backup for your device > Mac OS X (or Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista). If you use a Windows computer and the iCloud control panel hasn't been installed yet, you can find it here http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/pc.html.
I don't think you can delete specific elements like the camera roll from the backup this way, you have to delete the whole thing. But you made another backup in step 1 so this isn't really a problem.
4. On the iPhone, try to access Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > Manage Storage again - it should work now. In the next screen, choose your iPhone and you will get the Backup Options where you can switch backups on and off for different apps. It shows you how much storage each app takes, you will probably see that the Camera Roll is the largest so you may want to switch that off. Once you're happy with the settings, go back two screens to Storage & Backup and switch Icloud Backup back on (it was automatically switched off in step 3), and if you are on Wi-Fi, tap Back Up Now so it makes a new iCloud backup right away.
That's all, hope it solves your problem.

WRT350N - Transfer speed via Storage link

I have always been curious what the transfer speed others get while using
a USB 2.0 hard drives on their WRT350N.
Obviously there is going to be a drop in transfer speed using storage link but 2-3 Megabyte seems slower then I would expect. I don't thnk I have ever seen much about 3MB.
I see the same performance wirelessly (connected at 270mb) and hardwired into the gig ethernet port.
Just wanted to get some other peoples results.
Message Edited by GAH1068 on 01-17-2008 02:04 PM

It was on both systems. However, I did get it working. Not the way I liked, but it works. What I expected to see was the device hung off the network. That is like another computer. This *is* happening, but where I was confused was the access to it. On other shared resources I can open it at will with no special access rights needed. I'm talking about printers and files on other computers on the network. It turned out to access the Storage Link I had to actually provide a USER ID and PASSWORD before I could use it. Why I couldn't get access before was I had HTTP:\\192.168.1.1 already open in my browser so any other attempts via the web browser used the existing connection. Not until I saw a forum message that said use START=>RUN and enter the IP address or UNC name was I able to connect to it. Since I now know this, a simple bat file with some NET USE's should fix the problem of getting access. Compounding my problem is how I've chosen to manage the network and shares. I use Network Magic, and it can NOT see the Storage Link at all. Anyway, I now know how to access the Storage Link. I was using a Flash drive for testing. I'll next put a USB External drive on and try that out. My ultimate try will be a USB hub and 4 external drives and hopefully I'll have access to all 4 drives to all computers. Irv S.
Thanks,
Irv S.

How to create a mp3 playlist compatable with the media server (storage link)

Hi,
I have setup the wrt160nl wireless router with the latest Firmware Version: 1.00.01 B17.
Everything is working great. I can browse the artists, albums, song titles etc from my usb hard disk.
What isn't working is the play lists.
What format does the play list need to be in?
I assume a text file with the tracks listed like: \music\acdc\back in black.mp3
What file extention or name will the playlist need to be in?
My pnp player only sees two playlists:
1) playlistlastplayed
2) playlistmostplayed
If I knew where those play lists were stored on the usb hard drive (or linksys internal ram?) then I might have a clue.....
Thanks for any help on this.

Playlistlastplayed has every track on the hard disk - and I haven't played them all, only like 3
Playlistmostplayed has ONLY 1 track that I haven't played from the linksys upnp server at all
I can play music off the album, artist and song lists fine.
I'd just like to be able to use a play list, and can't seem to find out how to make one.
I realize and understand that the linksys storage link system doesn't create them.
I assume I can make my own text file with track listings and copy the play list to the usb hard drive attached.
I just need to know the format of the text file, and what extention will it need.
I have tried .m3u .m3u8 .wpl
I don't have iTunes but if you told me I have to download that, import my music into that, then create the playlist there, well, I guess I could try that. I rather not load iTunes if possible.
Thanks

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
(Edited post for guideline compliance. Thanks!)
Message Edited by JOHNDOE_06 on 03-16-2008 01:17 PM

WRT350N Storage Link usage?

Just bought the router and set it up. Works fine for what I had replaced before (G speed). Now I tried to enable the Storage Link. Put a 2GB Flash drive in the unit. It is on, and on the webpage I can see it. However, I can't see it via the LAN? I have Network Magic to 'manage' my network, and it can't see it? However, a NEW VIEW from my computer reports this... ____________ c:\>net view Server Name Remark ---------------------------------------- \\IRVS Gen5 \\LARAINE-HP \\LINKSYSWRT350N LinksysWRT350N The command completed successfully. ------------ The last UNC is the flash drive. Trying to view it reports this : c:\>net view \\LINKSYSWRT350N System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied. I've tried ALL sorts of permissions and group creations. Still noting will allow me to look at it. Network Magic doesn't even see the device as a SHARE? Suggestions?
Thanks,
Irv S.

Yes, figured that out. The reason it didn't work before was that I had the Router settings open in the Web Browser and any other attempts to reach 192.168.1.1 didn't ask for a UID and P/W, just opened the main router page. Working now though. Thanks, Irv S.
Thanks,
Irv S.

WRT600N Storage Link FTP Server problems

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

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??
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