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Networking two usb drives

Thirdprize — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:24:15 GMT

I have a smart hub 2 with two usb drives plugged into a usb hub. They show as usb1 and usb2. I have mapped these to windows drives but over the weekend the router restarted and usb1 is now usb2 and vice versa. So none of my files are where I expect them to be. Is there any way to fix them and make them static?

Re: Networking two usb drives

Crimliar — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 20:12:48 GMT

Probably not reliably!
There's a project over on hackaday.io for a USB delay device, but even its designer doesn't think in its current state that it's near to being commercial.
There is no user facing setting I'm aware of to reliably set which device is seen as usb1 or usb2, and there's no access to the underlying OS where you could change this.
You could try using two very different USB drives, one very old and slow, the other super fast - but even then you can't guarantee it'll work.

*I'm not a fan of USB drives for long term network storage, maybe thinking your way around the problem would be the solution...

Re: Networking two usb drives

licquorice — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 20:17:59 GMT

Surely you can just disconnect the drives, reboot the hub and then connect the drives in the order you wish them to be numbered. Waiting for the first to be recognised before connecting the second.

Re: Networking two usb drives

Thirdprize — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 22:25:48 GMT

I could do that but it’s rather random. Especially if the router reboots itself.

Re: Networking two usb drives

licquorice — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 22:30:45 GMT

Can't see that there is any other option.

Re: Networking two usb drives

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:34:42 GMT

Have you tried rebooting the router a few times to see if the problem repeats? Maybe what you're seeing now is how the drives are addressed consistently after a restart, so you may only have to remap once.