Kawboy12R 0 Posted January 24, 2013 I've been trying to mount an external USB drive that is attached to my router for use as network attached storage for Axis cameras in ACC without any luck. Has anybody had any success with this? HOST is the router address of 192.168.1.1. The router is an Asus RT-N66U (Dark Knight). The WD 3TB drive shows up as My_Book and I've mapped the My_Book\CCTV directory as the Y: network drive. CCTV doesn't seem to want to share when I right click on it but will share as a network drive. I've tried all kinds of combinations of naming conventions for SHARE in ACC with no luck. Anybody who has done it successfully out there willing to "share" how they've done it? Axis says that they don't officially support network attached USB drives but don't have a router with USB port there to test one with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buellwinkle 0 Posted January 24, 2013 I can't see how that works. Keep in mind, something may work on Windows because of drivers the manufacturer put in that makes it look like a NAS. I once bought a NAS that only worked with Windows. Spent days trying to get it to work with Mobotix cameras and took it back and the guy at MicroCenter said it only works with Windows, I said I don't have Windows, I have Mobotix, haha. I use the WD NAS drives, different models through the years, always works the way I would expect, no problems. I've also used Netgear ReadyNAS, again works as how you would expect and both I've used for years without any hickups or problems. I also recently got a ZyXel NAS, very cheap, I forgot how much but $29 comes to mind when it was some Newegg deal of the day. Then you can take the hard drive out of the USB drive and put it in the ZyXel, but I think they cost more now. Also, I have a USB to NAS gizmo, pretty cheap, makes any USB drive into a NAS. Mine is Addonics. But really not worth it as it was glitchy, not something I would rely on for day to day use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kawboy12R 0 Posted January 24, 2013 It works pretty much like a USB printer plugged into a router. It's not really a "NAS", just storage attached to and available through the network and therefore it's Network Attached Storage, if you know what I mean. The Asus router doesn't appear to assign an IP address to the drive, it just makes it available through its own IP. As far as I can tell so far, the network sees the USB drive just like a shared physical drive mounted in a desktop computer. The drive is viewable through my Android phone so it's not just a Windows thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kawboy12R 0 Posted January 24, 2013 UPDATE: I got it to mount the root directory, just no joy yet specifying a subdirectory. I just plugged in 192.168.1.1 for HOST and SHARE was "My_Book" with no slashes. No login information was required. Windows doesn't seem to want to share subdirectories on the drive with the right-click "Share with everyone" option and it looks like that's what the Axis software is looking for. The router seems to do this automagically with the root directory however. Woohoo! Now I've got 3TB of always-on computer independent networked camera storage for the grand price of $149. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
