Situation:
Problem:
What's going on?
Please try using the 4.7.0-op24 firmware, this Samba compatibility with MacOS will be better
You have to use at least firmware 4.6.6 OP24.
This is a known issue that I have recently discovered while using firmware 4.6.8 OP21.
Firmware 4.7.0 is still in Beta and you will encounter more bugs.
What's the downside of the Native OpenWrt24 firmware? Is it really better than the 4.7.0 beta?
Current:
4.7.0 has the same issue. Haven't tried the 4.6.6 OP24 version, yet.
EDIT: 4.6.6 OP24 seems to fix it. I can see all files/folders now.
Use any native Linux File System, like ext3, ext4 and not ExFAT or NTFS.
GL-iNet should have an option in their GUI to format the flash drive connected to the USB port.
I was thinking about that, but I also want to be able to mount the drive on Mac computers directly without using Paragon.
Im glad you tested the Beta firmware, because I honestly don't want to touch it.
No its not! lol
You just need to connect via SMB.
Mount the share via the Finder’s “Connect to Server” dialog (which you can open from the Finder via ⌘K).
I mean connected to Mac directly, without going through the Flint.
Hello @bruce
Does the 4.7.0 have an op24 build?
On the link you provided, I only see
And if I remember correctly, the 4.7.0 is on OP21, right ?
Are you able to move or copy a file to another location on the drive that's attached to the router?
I keep getting "error -50". I can move/copy a folder with files in them, but not individual files.
The op24 isn't available in 4.7 right now.
I haven't done much testing because I have other problems in life, and the OP24 build is working fine now.
I just remember that the mounted Samba folder wasn't showing any of my Cryptomator and APFS Sparsebundle image folders, when the Samba drive was mounted as a RW user.
It was only showing some single files at the top level. I was able to create new folders and files.
Maybe it's related to the sizes of the files in the folders? I don't know.
Sorry, misjudge, update:
You can try to use third APP in Mac or format to ext4:
It can be read but cannot be written to the exfat format of Samba of OpenWRT, when connect with the Mac Folder as the Samba client.
This is because Mac Folder and SAMBA rely on kmod fs exfat (this plug-in will be called when using exfat format, and this plug-in is maintained by the OpenWRT community) for poor compatibility, this issue does not relate to the GL firmware.
Your user interface could have an option to format the flashdrive.
That would be a great option so there is no need to use 3rd party software. My Asus AC68U has a format option in GUI.
You can always format using SSH and running mkfs.*
mkfs.exfat mkfs.ext2 mkfs.ext3 mkfs.ext4 mkfs.f2fs mkfs.fat mkfs.ntfs
You cold, but looking around the forums for the past few weeks, many people aren't well versed in using SSH or OpenWRT in the first place. Or even the basic knowledge how to troubleshoot basic issues.
