Huawei Share Windows 10

[Zenia]

Iwant to access a USB memory stick that is plugged into my Huawei B315 LTE router. I have set it up properly as per the web configuration pages on the router but I have no idea how to access it from my xubuntu 15.10 laptop (which is connected to the wifi that is supposedly sharing the USB Stick). I have scoured all the Huawei pages/forums/manual that I could find and I have found no instruction on how to do this.

I have found various vaguely similar questions, here and elsewhere but they all access a samba share that has a share name on a server with a server name. If my router has a servername or the usb a share name they are well hidden - I have looked in every setting or menu item on the router.

When logged in as admin to the router apart from the usual LTE and WLAN setup pages it has a 'More' Menu. This menu has an item for sharing, clicking on that brings you to the sharing page. from here there are three navigation options Samba, User settings and DLNA.

"Your router supports the Samba server. This allows your computer to access the USB storage device or USB printer connected to the router using the Samba server. To set the Samba account, go to the User Settings page."

The User settings page allows you to create users and give them passwords, and read or read/write access to directories (including all) on the share. I have created a couple of users one with read access and one with read/write.

I am embarrassed and annoyed that I have spent this much time trying to find a solution to what shouldnt really be a problem. I admit I dont know a lot about linux or ubuntu and I suspect that is why Im having so much trouble with this. Thanks to anyone that can help.

The username and sharename you get from the user settings page of the routers web interface when you set up the share - at that stage you must already know the IP address as it's what you use to access the web interface. If the user has access to 'All' then leave out the sharename, otherwise use what the router calls it when you select the users folder.

I had to work most of this out by trial and error. As @mikewhatever suggested I tried using smb://routers-IP-address as the servername, this got me a little further. I then put the username in, received another error, and so on, and after a bit of experimenting I determined what was required. What I've shown here has only been shown with this one router (B315) from Huawei but might be more generally applicable.

To access the files in windows press Windows Key + R. This will bring a Run dialog box. Once the Run dialog box appears, type in the ip address of your router like this \\192.168.1.1 and hit Enter. If you're prompted with a credentials dialog box, key in your user's credentials, if not prompted, the shared folder will definitely appear. If you want you can map the shared folder and give it youre desired name. Please let me know once you try.

Well I have an Archer VR900 router, attached to it is a 500G USB SSD. Using OpenSuse / KDE I opened up Dolphin file browser and typed in as the folder location (that is the IP address of the router, it maybe 192.168.0.1)

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