ASUS RT-N66U Keeps dropping network drive

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
M

Mr Spangle

Reputable
Jan 17, 2016
4
0
4,510
I have a WD external drive attached to my ASUS RT-N66U. It shows up fine on my LAN and works no problem. Then somewhat randomly, say every 2 - 3 days, the drive will not be recognized by the router, and so I cannot access it from any PC on the network. I have to turn on/off the external drive for the router to 'rediscover' it once more. After that it's fine again, until next time. Internet access is not affected. Any reason why this may happen?
 
Solution
kanewolf


I really like the Synology units. The DS215j (or DS216j later this year) is a good entry point. But, QNAP, Thecus, and Asustor all have two disk entry level units.

The software on a purpose made unit is much better than the limited functions on a router and the memory and CPU are appropriately sized. The CPU on a router just doesn't have the power to handle network traffic AND serve files.
Sort by date Sort by votes
M

Mr Spangle

Reputable
Jan 17, 2016
4
0
4,510
To summarize (as this is new to me) if I convert the external hard drive to ext3 then the ASUS will no longer periodically drop connections to it? I ask again because it seems quite a flaw in the ASUS design to not well support an NTFS drive.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
kanewolf

kanewolf

Titan
Moderator
May 29, 2013
37,299
3,272
156,790


I can't say that for sure. All I can say is that NTFS support is less reliable than ext3. It is not an Asus flaw, IMO. You should always use the NATIVE file system for a NAS. NTFS is not native to linux. If you REALLY want network attached storage, you should consider purchasing purpose built hardware. A router is a poor replacement for a purpose build network storage unit.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
kanewolf

kanewolf

Titan
Moderator
May 29, 2013
37,299
3,272
156,790


I really like the Synology units. The DS215j (or DS216j later this year) is a good entry point. But, QNAP, Thecus, and Asustor all have two disk entry level units.

The software on a purpose made unit is much better than the limited functions on a router and the memory and CPU are appropriately sized. The CPU on a router just doesn't have the power to handle network traffic AND serve files.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom