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USB connection to smart hub 2

MB59 — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 12:05:18 GMT

I have an external hard drive connected to the USB port on the hub which has worked fine. Unfortunately the drive has packed up and I've had to replace it. When I have put another drive in and tried to access it in windows explorer there is nothing there. It appears as connected on the BT summary page. I have tried to map it using \\192.168.0.1 but it comes back with an address not recognised message. I have tried both a powered drive and an unpowered one but it makes no difference. Any suggestions?

Re: USB connection to smart hub 2

mikefairgrieve — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 12:09:51 GMT

@MB59 Use this

\\192.168.1.254\usb1

Re: USB connection to smart hub 2

MB59 — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 09:45:09 GMT

Hi thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately it didn't work. When I tried to map the drive windows returned the following message;

the remote device or resource won't accept the connection

Re: USB connection to smart hub 2

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 10:19:58 GMT

It is a very long time since I have done this, but don't you have to create a folder on the drive, (whilst it is plugged in to a PC), and then make that folder "Shared" in Properties for it to work?