Have you tried tftp or its more common file transfer
agent known as ftp?
You can access both of those applications on your Mac by
something like ftp 192.168.1.1 or
tftp 192.168.1.1
If it is ftp, you will actually be prompted for a
user ID and password. You normally enter your user
id and then [email protected] as the password. With
tftp, you just get somefile.exe or someotherfile.txt.
The ftp service needs ports 20 and 21 to be opened in
your firewall but Macs usually take care of this automatically.
I just tried a tftp to a system I know supports it and it just
worked. You access tftp or just plain ftp via terminal.
I admit this is a long shot, but your router may be
using one of those applications to deliver the files.
Paul Hopewell writes:
> Hello,
> I have just acquired a TPLink WR 1043 ND router. Amongst its many
> features is support to attach a USB flash drive and then have all the
> computers in my wireless network access files on this USB memory stick.
> My wireless network contains an Apple iMac and a Windows XP computer and
> I would like both of these to access the files on the USB memory stick.
>
> Do any of you have experience of doing this on any router which attaches
> a USB drive?
>
> the TPLink instructions are written for Windows rather than Mac and tell
> me to start my browser and enter \\192.168.1.1 to view the files on the
> memory stick but when I do that on Safari I get an error message saying
> that Safari cannot find the server \\192.168.1.1. If I use Safari to go
> to 192.168.1.1 I can open the TPLink admin pages and `therein can see
> that the USB memory stick is recognised with the correct amount of used
> space and free space.
>
> I would appreciate any tips on this.
> Many thanks....
>
> Paul Hopewell
>
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