To me it sounds like the router is using cifs via samba. The \\server path tells me that this is a cifs share or known as a smb on Windows. On Mac, Linux and other UNIX-like OS'es it is the Samba package that provide cifs. I don't use Mac but your best bet is to find how to access a samba/cifs share from within OS X. I guess samba/cifs support is built in to OS X you'll just need to find how to mount/access the share. As I said on Windows this is done using the \\server\resource url/path and on Linux one uses a samba client like smbclient. Smbclient is a command line tool and might also be available on OS X but I assume Apple also provides a GUI tool to access a samba/cifs share.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin McCormick Sent: 10. april 2012 22:58 To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! Subject: Re: Accessing files on a USB stick on a TL WR 1043 ND router 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 > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, > virus and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's > dedicated web pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat > group at either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- > > ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
