Well, have either of you called Apple Accessibility? If the server route doesn't work, then short of buying an adapter to access the USB source directly, or buying the other file browsing app you mentioned sound like the only options.
Richard Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from happening, it just stops you from enjoying the good." Sent with the iPhone SE 2020 www.turner42.com On May 3, 2020, at 11:51 AM, Malcolm Parfitt <malc...@parfitt1.org.uk> wrote: Hello Richard, The idea is to see the files accessible on the USB drive attached to the router via the iPhone. My friend has an identical router to me. He is new to the iPhone. File Browser from Stratospherix among other apps can access the USB drive attached to the router whereas I cannot get Apple’s Files app to do so. My friend would prefer not to purchase an app if possible. The idea is that he can play media off the router and use it as a media storage unit. Windows10 can access the drive so if the iPhone could too it would make life easier for him. Thanks. Malcolm Sent from my iPhone On 3 May 2020, at 16:46, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote: Is the point to see things stored on the router from your iPhone? Or to see the iPhone through the router? If you want to see the iPhone, you could just plug it into a USB port on your computer and see the photos, which is all Apple allows. In the Files app, if you are trying to see the router via the iP address, it might work to make sure you are on browse, expand locations, go down to the end to either home or work, then the more button, then connect to server and see if putting in that address works. If not, I’d say it is unlikely; though at that point, I would call Apple Accessibility… Richard "There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Malcolm Parfitt Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2020 7:21 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Accessing shares with the stock Apple Files app. Hello, I have a router that calls itself an EE Smart Hub here in the UK that has a USB2 port to which one can attach a disk or memory stick. Using Windows it is possible to access the attached storage as: \\192.168.1.254\usb1\<file://192.168.1.254/usb1/> Where: 192.168.1.254 Is the IP address of the router as seen by attached devices. Is it possible to access such storages with the stock Apple Files app? I have a Western Digital My Cloud server here and the Files App is perfectly happy to connect to it via its address of: 192.168.1.120 I suspect the problem is that the USB share on the router is not given its own IP address may be the issue here. There are apps that will scan for and connect to the router’s attached USB drive but the Apple Files app will not. Any thoughts welcome.. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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