Hello.
I just bought a Formuler Z8 and I was thinking about the possibility to connect an HDD to its USB3.0 port and share it over Wireless connection so that other devices could access to the HDD contents,
Is this possible?
Shared HDD via wireless
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Hello.
I just bought a Formuler Z8 and I was thinking about the possibility to connect an HDD to its USB3.0 port and share it over Wireless connection so that other devices could access to the HDD contents,
Is this possible?
If you mean to your local network then it is possible. Just turn samba service on.
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If you mean to your local network then it is possible. Just turn samba service on.
I mean an external HDD I have. It's 1TB an it could be used to save recordings and movies and music to eventually play in my Tv with the box!
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I have activated Samba services and plugged in my HDD to the box. Now, where am I supposed to find the HDD in my laptop? What should I do so that I can see the HDD content in my laptop?
The HDD device connected to your z8 should be accessible from the network at:
\\box.ip.address\share\media_rw\sda1
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What internal-external ip? The z8 only has dynamic or static ip. You can assign your own static ip adress or dynamic.
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What internal-external ip? The z8 only has dynamic or static ip. You can assign your own static ip adress or dynamic.
By internal I meant static IP.
Anyway, I got it. I'll share the steps.
1 - Enable Samba service in your Formuler Z8 Settings.
2 - In your PC, open your File Explorer an edit path an replace by: smb://box.internal.IP/share/media_rw/sda1 (linux way)
Notes:
1 - If the above path doesn't work, use your favorite file explorer of your Formuler Z8 to find out the correct path.
2 - Windows way, just replace '/' by '\'.
That's all
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Just open windows explorer and insert > \\box.ip.address\ and not //box.ip.address/
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under Network you see device like " Android _K8Dxxx" just click on it.
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SAM Guidance.
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Just open windows explorer and insert > \\box.ip.address\ and not //box.ip.address/
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under Network you see device like " Android _K8Dxxx" just click on it.
I'm not in Windows. I'm in Debian. And apparently, my laptop takes some time to see the shared folder. Like a couple of minutes. But I think that's all.
