

If the external drive has Samba shares and is NTFS then that could be the way to go.īut I have a feeling that without cracking the password thing, this is going to be tricky. Just a point: are you using Samba to connect with Windows? Do you have Samba installed in Ubuntu? Not sure that it is installed by default anymore in the desktop version. You might want to dig through that and get back to us with what's working and what's not. It is considered shouting.Ī search for 'filezilla error 530' gave me a gazillion hits. I still couldn't open a file on the storage device using Filezilla but could move files between the storage device and the Please avoid posting in capitals.
#Filezilla server setup netgear router install
What ultimately worked for me was to install "Filezilla" from the repositories. The Western Digital router was not as straight forward. address and access the storage device that way. I could also use "Connect to Server" and enter the router's I.P. If I click on "Browse Network" I see the attached storage devices. The Netgear router will open and access attached drives using Nautilus. In each case the Western Digital would see the attached storage but would not open it, I'd get an error messages. I first tried Nautilus file browser - browse network and Connect to Server. The Western Digital worked but was a bit of a pain, the Netgear was plug 'n' play pretty much. I've done what you want to do with two different routers, a Western Digital N600 and Netgear WNDR3400. I am not familiar with that router so can't help directly.
