I made my own File-Sharing system using ASUS AiDisk
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1-Please install and use any third party firmware on your wireless router at your own risk and beware doing this might void the manufacturer's warranty and if something goes wrong there is a chance to permanently damage and brick your wireless router. I do not hold any responsibility on what happens after you use the information in this video. This video is for educational purposes only. Attempt any changes to your wireless router including new configuration and new firmware at your own risk. 2- This video description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This will help my channel, so thank you for using my links!
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I took an old Asus router, an RT-N16 and disabled all of the router functions like the DHCP server and the wifi radios. I then set it up as a file server on my LAN. The router I use as a gateway has the ability to do this but I didn't want to put the extra load on it. Not only that but I've learned of a vulnerability of the USB ports on many routers that can be taken advantage of to gain access to a network. The old Asus router is great as a file server that sits behind a firewall and is not part of a device that is also the firewall and possibly vulnerable through it's USB ports. My gateway does have the ability to be an openvpn server which allows me access to my files across the WAN if I choose to set it up. Thank You, Behfor. It was this video that gave me the idea.
Dude, awesome video. Humour, excellent pacing. Shows what we need, and nothing more. Really tight. You also remind me of ElectroBoom. Perhaps you need to short the router and give yourself a shock :P
Hey, thanks for you comment! I'm glad you liked my video! Yeah maybe I should do that :))
Behfor. Thank you for all your guidance on asus routers. I now have 3. One UPSTAIRS on one side of my home. The other downstairs on the other side of my home. And one in my elderly neighbors home so he can receive WiFi. All in a mesh network.
You're very welcome, glad this was useful for you :-)
I like the dry humour. Well done.
Nice video - well presented and with some humour! ha ha. good job.
Thanks 😉👍
Hello I activated iTunes Server in ASUS but I cannot find the files on my iPad or iPhone. Can you please advise what application I use on my iPhone to access my iTunes server on Asus router?
I think it should be the iTunes/TV/Music app. Then you should look for your server in the library. I'm not an apple user though so unfortunately I can't be 100% sure! Thanks.
This channel is God Send!
Thanks 👍😊
@@Behfor Your welcome 😉, I love that you're keeping it as simple as possible, straight to the point, and relatable aswell, as when you sit trying to configure something, thinking, calculating and such, we all do that too in exactly the same way! Also that dry humour, makes it fun and enjoyiful to watch your videos! I subscribed.
it's a shame this video didn't go viral, this is awesome stuff. thanks!
Thanks :-)
Nice video but I cannot access my drive UNLESS I enable Allow Guest Login under the Samba settings. How are accessing the drive with that disabled?
Same here
I really enjoy your video! Great job and many thanks!
Thank you very much for your comment! I'm very happy you liked my video :-)
I manage to get openvpn and usb nas on my router connected to phone. However, the connection is really slow. You know whats the cause? Also is there anyway to show my NAS as a local network drive rather than a FTP?
Please let me know if you can see videos from the Mapped drives??? For me the files needs to be downloaded to the local computer to watch. Streaming of video is not working for me. Please check and let me know. I am using windows 10+ Asus 68U
Hello, I have two Asus repeaters ASUS RP-AC68U Dual-Band Wireless AC1900 Repeater and an Asus ac3200 on Merlin. Can I use the Time machine backup option , but with the HDD/SSD connected to one of my AC repeaters(instead of the main router)? I am trying to aoid overload on main router.
How do I access the drive from a Samsung phone using the built in file explorer?
do you know is it possible to add a drive to an AI mesh node??? it shows up in my shared finder on Mac but when I try and access anything it tells me it cannot be found!
Does this not mean you will have to constantly manually turn VPN On every time you want to access your files remotely then keep turning it Off?
how do i accses my files while on another country i have the vpn set up.
Best subscription pitch love the honesty made me smile. Could you not run a mesh type network with a router that is connect to a Network attached storage device that has a raid feature? That reduces risk significantly to where the risk is localized to power issues & damage which can be mitigated against with a unbreakable power supply & using a 2nd location with a 2nd NAS that is on raid function.
Is there a way to setup the router to be able to transfer files from your phone to PC and vice versa? Whenever I connect my phone to the PC it hangs and will not connect to transfer files via USB....
If I only want to place selected files on the external drive (temporarily) for outside clients to access (Ai Cloud ) - then delete - are their other security concerns ? Can someone get in through this external drive to the rest of my network ?
There was a major security issue with AiCloud a few years ago (check out the link below)
www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2016/02/got-asus-router-home-read
I'm not sure if it was really fixed or not, but if you really want to use AiCloud then take all the precautions including making sure all the passwords are strong, the latest firmware is installed, AiProtection and firewall is on and ...
How I change AIDisk FTP Port? My provider blocks 21 Port.
Was going to go this route over a network connected NAS, but I seem to get really slow speeds on a USB3.0 external drive.
Have a 4TB drive throwing S.M.A.R.T. errors and I need to figure out a back-up solution post haste.
Hey Behfor, I have a GT-AC5300, now realizing that I probably should've gotten the RT-AC5300 as the GT-AC5300 can't install Merlin, at least from what I've read. I'm trying to setup AiDisk and I've got it mostly setup the way I like it, the only issue I'm running into is I can only add folders in the EFI directory, which is the directory where the firmware for router is stored if I'm not mistaken. I've tried most everything I can think of, but it won't let me add folders in the root directory or create folders in the root directory. I've tried adding folders with an FTP client, I've tried unplugging the drive, creating new folders on the drive, then plugging it back in, but none of the new folders I created are showing up, I've tried logging in on my admin account and creating new folders in the AiDisk interface, but it will only let me do it in the EIF or EFI folder, which I don't want to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, I have Asus RT-AC87U router at my home and using it.I can use Airdisk and can connect USB HARDDISK on Router and I can see all folders and "ftp" works with in LOCAL.I have a problem
1-I cant get "usernameasuscomm.com" for install DDNS... i tried many time then I think there is a problem from www.asus.com and maybe that service dont work but I got 2 different DDNS address from www.noip.com and even I can connect Fiber Modem and Asus Router RT-AC87U and manage settings when I been out home but Cant connect USB HARDDISK and cant work "ftp"...How I can reach and manage USB HARDDRIVE on Asus RT-AC87U ( USB3.0) When I been out of home.Thanks.
Excellent video - saved my bacon!
Thanks 😀👍
Hi,
Thank you very much for the video, it was very useful.
I have one question :
At location 1 a have an Asus router with has an usb hdd attached. I set up an openVPN server and I activated FTP, but only the SAMBA, I let the FTP Share (2:49) disabled.
I tested the connection from location 2, and when I connect the openVPN, from windows explorer I can access the externel hdd (\\192.168.1.1), but I can't access it from the browser using the internet FTP address.
So, I found out that you can also let the FTP access only over openVPN and deny the FTP access over open internet, using the genuine firmware.
Is there anything that I have been missing ? (I also checked and when I activate FTP Share, I can access the FTP using the internet FTP address)
My question is : Am I safe by enabling the ftp only from Samba tab, and let the ftp Share disabled and access the external hdd attached to the router only over openVPN through windows explorer ?
Thank you.
Hello, Thank you for the video and the tutorial. It's gives me things Todo, I have one question, Do I need to enable Wan access to keep to keep ftb for my network user only?
Thank you for the tutorial. How much gbs storage advisable to attach to the router and not effect much the CPU?
Are you able to upload files from your phone to the usb that is connected to your router?
Hello Behfor, I'm a fan. I have a question - can I hang a hard drive off of a node (not the base router) in an AiMesh environment and have it accessible through AiDisk?
I have the same question as my 2nd node is more accessible from my office for the convenience of USB hookup remove and place to securely.
Marilyn: did you try the setup and were you successful?
What HDD speed do you get over the internet?
Nice video! i tried to add DDNS but it said invalid IP Address. How should i go about adding my DDNS so I can access it from the public?
the same problem
is there any solution?
I would not recommend using any consumer based routers for file sharing purposes as you mentioned somewhere at the end of the video. This would use a lot of CPU and slows router functionality if you are a heavy user. So just don't di it and get a Sinology instead.
Hello Behfor, thanks for usefull contents! I have rt-ax56u asus router. It has 2 usb port (usb2 and usb3). I using like NAS (smb/ftp). It's working well with windows system. But I also using IPhone. It's not useful for IOS platform. I searched little bit. I thinks, Qnap or Synology NAS system and supported IOS apps better choices. Do you any experience with this?
Is there anyway to make it work like dropbox? i cant play files such as video directly by clicking on it from the FTP folder
You can use Network place (Samba) to mount the drive. Then you can play the files with a media player software such as VLC.
Using synology with a raid and syncing to cloud solutions as a backup.
Hi Discovered your channel today and I am finding it it extremely useful as I have two RT'AC68Us. I have subscribed. In this video you say you are using Asuswrt Merlin because the standard Asus firmware does not allow you to turn off remote ftp access. However, you have more recent videos dealing with Aimesh. As you know, Asuswrt Merlin does not, and apparently will never, support Aimesh because of its closed nature. How have you dealt with this? Did you find any other solution allowing you to use Aimesh but block external ftp access to AiDisk?
Hi, thank you so much for subscribing to the chsnnel and I'm very happy you liked the videos! Unfortunately (as you mentioned) it is still not possible to use AiMesh in the Asuswrt Merlin, so I won't be able to use AiDisk (the way I used it in the video) and AiMesh at the same time! An AiMesh alternative would be the Repeater/AP modes that might be helpful for now until hopefully Asus allows us to turn off remote ftp access! Thanks!
nice tutorial
Nice video! Is it possible to view files with file explorer (samba) if the router software is original not merlin? 3:20
Thanks! Yes but you should enable Samba V1 in Windows 10, because the original firmware only supports Samba V1 which is not enabled in Windows 10.
Another great didactic video... and of course funny!!! ;)
Thank you so much as always :-)
Hi there nice video overview. How about a how to set up swap on a asus router?
Hi how to send file to the cloud?
Could you offer a comparison of this setup versus a NAS?
So I'm assuming you would need to set up openVPN on merlin firmware again?
That's correct! Thanks!
@@Behfor Hi, could you also comment on the SMBv1 and SMBv2 file sharing protocol? I've been prompted by windows several times that file sharing was not possible because the samba is running SMBv1 which windows 10 will not support?
Yeah Samba V1 is no longer supported by Windows however if you use the Merlin firmware you can use Samba V2 which is supported by Windows!
Hmm maybe you shoud update your firewireon router? Bc in my router 4G-AC86U I can use USB only in LAN. USB Aplication -> Server Center ->USB Application - Network Place (Samba) Share / Cloud Disk tab = and it is only in LAN. Ofc i have another tab FTP Share but it is turn off.
Hmm thanks for the suggestion but maybe you should pay attention that this video was uploaded more than 4 years ago and I cannot go back in time and update that router with today's firmware !!!
@@Behfor I know i know. I write this coment more for ppl not for you personaly. if someone watch this video and read coments maybe now in 2022 dont need do what you do for only LAN drive.
Hi, any help? I get invalid Ip adress with asus ddns...
I have the same issue, is there any solution for this problem?
Nice video. Do you have any idea for me how to share files between 2 routers? I will explain my setup if you agreed to help. thanks
What is the file transfer speed ?
Does anyone know why I do not see aidisk on same router with highest firmware?
It is under USB Applications
King !! :)
'Had' similar setup but one day FTP'd into my hard-drive(s) to see all the folders there, but all empty!?!? ... seems if the hard drives are not dismounted correctly then attached storage can get corrupted, yep both of them (I had a power outage at home hence why my Asus went down ) . I now have lost over 10yrs worth of family photos, and media. All suggestions welcome as to how (if even) I could get my photos back, as still have the hard drive(s) in hand..Please & Thank You!
just saw this, have tried recovery software
Software such as "recover it"
Dear Behfor Does this video also apply to the AiCloud 2.0 version or would I still need to download the Merlin tool you speak of? I have an ASUS RT-AC88U. I need a secure environment. I live across the street from one of the 7 known colleges and or universities that specialize in cyber security and hacking. King College. The NSA CIA FBI etc come here and hand pick and recruit their top students. Occasionally I will get some weird activity I cannot explain and then get malware on my machine. Knowing I do not frequent unethical sites or download anything of any kind other than databases from my clients to work on analysis. I need to get the most out of this router and having a local backup I can either access remotely or grab and go to the airport would be nice. This is the kind of corporate stuff I would not trust Google with in the cloud. Not that they cannot protect it. I just do not trust the liberal left coastal's. If you know what I mean. Any advice appreciated. Thank you.
I recently tried to share a drive plugged into the USB port. I struggled until I found out that Windows 10 no longer allows Samba 1.0 (SMB1) connections. Asus uses SMB1 at the moment.
Yes, you're right, the original Asus firmware only offers SMB1 and Windows 10 doesn't support that! ASUSWRT-Merlin on the other hand offers SMB2 as well! Thanks!
@@Behfor this is the info I have been searching for. THANKS! I shall flash merlin today....
You can enable SMB v1 by going to Windows features. But , keep in mind that SMB v1 is considered unsafe, that is why it is disabled by default.
You’ve given a great tutorial for me that I have follow all the step but I don’t know why I can’t connect to ftp from inside network by typing ftp://192.168.1.1 😭😭
you're a funny guy.
@electroboom ?
THE AIDISK USB FTP WORKS WITH DDNS BUT U HAVE TO FORWARD 20,21 PORTS AS ASUS SAID NOT TO DO :D
Please, put on a version without music, so that I can use your info, too.
It's to late... I think that your dignity was, most probably, lost long ago. :-)
I would like to ask a small technical question and I’m not sure if you could send me a message