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Using Sharepoint to connect to D-Link Dir-655 router drive

I have a D-Link Dir-655 router that I have updated with firmware V2.10NA
I am using sharepoint 3.1.0 32 bit installation.
The above is the latest versions according to the D-Link webpage.

I have a hard drive connected to my D-Link router USB port.
I updated my D-Link 655 with the fireware v2.10NA mentioned above
then install sharepont.
The I start the computer and let it make connections.
Then I open sharepoint and make connection.
 
I see a USB Icon on my bottom tray and I see router drive in computer management
under device manager.

The problem is I may or may not see it in windows explorier. If I turn
the computer off I will not see the router drive in the next computer
session.

What is the problem and why do I only see the drive after first sharepoint
install?

Thank you,

[FurryNutz]

Link>Welcome!

Did you try this for updating FW?
FW Update Process

Try this for Shareport:
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=50707.0

What size is the drive you are using?

[muckmail]

I have updated the FW for this router but there may be beta versions that may be better
to use but I don't know which FW is best for this router.
So you think using Sharepoint 4.11 for router DIR-835 on router DIR-655 might be a solution?
Still looking for a solution.
Thank you,

[FurryNutz]

There isnt any Beta FW versions available.

Try v4.11 for SP and see.

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Tryed it and it did not work. With 4.11 I did not even see the router drive in device manager.
With my previous version of sp I saw the drive in device manager most of the time.
Could advast virous protection and windows firewall be causing problems?

My router is hardware version B1.
thank you,

[FurryNutz]

Disable any 3rd party security temporarily and test again.
What size is the drive you are using?

You can try this:
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=46133.0

[muckmail]

using sp 4.11 or 3.01 I can see the device in device manager but I don't see it in
XP file explorier.

[muckmail]

I turned off security and had no luck.
The drive is a Segate Go Flex 2 & 3 USB drive. I think it is 2 Terabytes

[muckmail]

If I see the drive in device manage but not XP file Explorier.
Does this help in trouble shooting?

[davevt31]

You most likely need to go into Disk Management on the computer and create a partition and format the drive.

[muckmail]

I don't know.
I went to my wired computer and went into the router webpage
I checked & unchecked Enable "SharePort For Guest Zone" and the router drive
showed up in windows file explorer. I tuned the computer on/off and it did it consistantly
showed up in windows file explorer for 3 times. I get up this morning and I could
not get the drive to come up in file explorer. So I went back and ckecked
"Enable SharePort For Guest" box in the router software and rebooted. The drive showed
up in file explorer. I don't understand why I see the drive in file explorer at times and I don't
see it at other times. When the drive is there I can copy files to it but getting it to
consistantly come up in file explorer is a problem.
Still trying to figure it out.
 

[muckmail]

Do all that mentioned in the previous post then I restart the wired
computer again and the router drive does not show up in windows
files explorer. There is nothing consistant about the d-link software.

Is there any other software that I might upgrade to solve this problem?
It is so attempting to keep working this since it worked a few times
but I am puzzled on why it does not consist.
 

[FurryNutz]

Seems that if the drive is being see periodically on the PC then disappears, possible cause could be something on the PC or maybe the drive is spinning down into a sleep mode and not re-waking or receiving a wake signal when something tried to re-access it.

What size is the drive you are using?
How is it formatted? NTFS, FAT32 or Mfr formatting?

[muckmail]

It is a 3 Tarabyte drive with its own power?
Maybe I should try a different drive?
Any suggestion on what type?
It was formatted by the manufacture.
It a Seagate GoFlex Drive. Its a nice drive
Thank you,

[FurryNutz]

It's been hit and miss with using drive sizes 1Tb and above. I think D-Link told me that 500Gb is max supported on DIR series routers.

I would try a different size drive, 500Gb or less as a test if you have a spare or even barrow one just to see if it act differently.