Bt home hub 3 file sharing

Can anyone advise please? I contacted BT on the online chat log below with no success at all. You need to remove the transcript of your online chat. It is against forum rules. You can paraphrase if you want. Have you tried plugging the drive into the Homehub and then restarting the hub to see if it then "finds" the drive.

Yes, this was one of the first things I tried. It seems to 'find' the drive, but says that the file system isn't suported. One thing I wondered was whether there was an issue with partition size - I could try repartitioning to just 50Gb or something like that to test it.

I have always found that the USB on the Homehub has at best been "flacky". So far I've managed to reformat the drive to FAT32 and that makes it show up through the router when you browse for network devices - OK, it comes up as 'USB1' rather than the name I gave it when I reformatted it, but we can see it on both Macs, and copy to and from it , although it doesn't seem particularly fast.

What we would really like to do is maybe purchase a WD 4Tb NAS drive so we can use it as our shared file store, and be able to back up both Macs to it, probably connecting the drive to the Hub via ethernet, rather than USB. My worry is that given some of the forum answers I've seen, the drive size will be too big for the router to 'see'. Can anyone shed any light, or confirm one way or another?

Is FAT32 the best format? The usual Mac formats don't seem to allow the drive to show up. Original copyright for content on this page rests with Jarviser unless otherwise stated. FileSaveAs Site Terms apply. Jarviser Hub Pages. How to do even more simple things in your Home Hub 3 Printing this article: if it does not page properly, print in sections or try latest Opera browser for Windows which seems to behave better.

How to register a hub phone without using the cradle. Suitable for , and 2. First: if you have a or ophone, de-register it first If you have a 2. So for and phones only On the handset take a look at which button is the "Menu" button. Take off the battery cover and remove one battery. Hold in the Menu button while reinserting the battery. Next: for all BT hub phones The handset asks you to put the Home Hub into registration mode by pressing the Wireless association key on your Hub for three seconds until lights start to flash.

Hit OK on the phone. The handset will say 'Handset registered' when successfully registered. If using phone on V2 hub, reboot the phone handset by removing a battery again, count 5 and re-insert the battery without pressing any buttons this time.

I have done this twice now and the phonebook is NOT lost, so you can precede the above with a full reset if you wish and not lose the phonebook. How to access a network camera externally Following many requests to access a network webcam from the internet, that is connected by ethernet to the Home Hub, rather than a webcam connected by USB which is a different matter altogether. Other routermodems use a similar method. V2 hub has a different app sharing routine but just follow the same principles.

IP cameras all seem to rely on the same methodology to be seen outside the LAN. They need a permanent external IP address. To us mere home users, that is not normally available because you get a different IP address every time you connect to your ISP unless you are a Business Customer , so we have to resort to work-arounds.

So, get yourself a free alias WEB address from the likes of www. They will issue you with an alias web address, like jarvisers. The Hub has a facility for informing DynDns when your IP address changes and you will need enter the details of your DynDns provider in there. Now, you will have to open ports to the web for the IP camera so that incoming traffic can be directed to the camera only and not all your PC's.

On the Hub, you will have to open the Web Server port 80 so that the camera can send data and a specified port for the data to be sent by. The specified port may be fixed on the camera, or you may have to nominate it. If you can choose the port then pick something easy to remember like or ! Theses are high enough up the range so should not be already used by existing items.

The important thing here is that you tell the Hub the same port number that the camera is set for. On the Hub, your camera will be discovered and, if the camera firmware has one, it's name will appear on the list of devices on the Hub home page.

It may just appear as an Unknown device in which case you alter it to something meaningful e. IP camera! Now comes the touchy part. Within the Advanced section of the Hub you will find 'Application Sharing' and 'Create a new game or application'.

Then click on next. Select the Protocol TCP, enter the port range - then click add. Do the same for port Click on Save or whatever comes next. That's it! You've setup the port openings.

Now, click on 'Application Sharing again. This time select your entry from the 'Game or Application' drop down and select your device from the 'Device' drop down. Click on whatever it wants for confirmation. Now, you've 'opened' the ports to the device. Be aware, the ports will only be open when the device is powered up and connected to your LAN. It's also a very good idea if using a non-BT routermodem to disable remote management and use passwords other than the default otherwise someone may be able to get into your network!!

Now, here comes the last bit - click on Dynamic DNS and enter in your details. You've done it. If it doesn't work, please, please go through all these instructions with a fine toothcomb because they do work. Also, some have found that rebooting the Hub followed by rebooting the camera has cleared any blockage for them.

Here is a pic of the Hub V2 settings for a similar setup Thanks Ned! If you are successful please email me the details! How to set up a Windows Network on the Home Hub This is really a Windows subject and is documented in many places Google is your friend! Check that each one can see the internet. This will vary with the various firewalls, but ensure the setting includes all the used IP addresses. Also you should set up all machines to force logon with a password.

If you have any PCs set up with no password for convenience, or set for automatic logon without the password screen, you may not get enough authentication to get onto another machine, especially onto the Vista machines from an XP machine. In the XP machines: Run the Small Office Network wizard NOT the set up a wireless network wizard as you are already connected to the hub which is all the connectivity you need.

To troubleshoot problems with sharing files or folders, follow the steps below on all computers from which you're trying to share. Update Windows Open Windows Update. Make sure the computers are on the same network. For example, if your computers connect to the internet through a wireless router, make sure they all connect through the same wireless router.

If you're on a Wi-Fi network, set it to Private. To find out how, read Make a Wi-Fi network public or private in Windows Under Private , select Turn on Network discovery and Turn on file and printer sharing. Under All Networks , select Turn off password protected sharing. In the Run dialog box, type services. Right-click each of the following services, select Properties , if they're not running, select Start , and next to Startup type , select Automatic :.

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