# Has Anybody, Anywhere EVER got a storage device to work on an GL-AR750 **URL:** \ **Category:** Router\ **Created:** [June 4, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/has-anybody-anywhere-ever-got-a-storage-device-to-work-on-an-gl-ar750/3737 "2018-06-04T21:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![danmittonsr](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@danmittonsr](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/danmittonsr)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/has-anybody-anywhere-ever-got-a-storage-device-to-work-on-an-gl-ar750/3737/21 "2023-11-29T19:42:00Z")
If not the WAN address, then what? ---
**Author:** ![admon](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/admon/32/32880_2.png) [@admon](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/admon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/has-anybody-anywhere-ever-got-a-storage-device-to-work-on-an-gl-ar750/3737/22 "2023-11-29T20:27:12Z")
The local IP. WAN access to storage is forbidden. > [@dgnuff](#): > > but all I can say is that the SMB / CIFS server needs some work. Windows 10 and 11 will block SMB1 since a few months, maybe that’s the issue here? ---
**Author:** ![bring.fringe18](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bring.fringe18/32/11777_2.png) [@bring.fringe18](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bring.fringe18)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/has-anybody-anywhere-ever-got-a-storage-device-to-work-on-an-gl-ar750/3737/23 "2023-11-29T22:25:03Z")
I'd like to mention, should it matter, that as of firmware v 4.3.7-release4 for the Certa (GL-AR750), NAS/SMB/MiniDLNA was dropped. v 3.1.6 should still have it. Otherwise one would have to get into LuCI & SSH to manually set things up... but like most things OpenWrt, it can usually be done. Here's a far more advanced setup demonstrating how to expand the OS fr the quite limited onboard 16 MB flash to, well, whatever size you want. I set 1024 MB (1 GB) & even this seems overkill: > [@GL-X750V2 and Extroot problem](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/gl-x750v2-and-extroot-problem/35038/8): > > I’m running extroot fr a uSD card on a Certa (GL-AR750; DDR2 128MB / NOR Flash 16MB, firmware 4.3.7-release4). After completely resetting the device to stock I only installed parted & the requirements for F2FS (see Using storage devices) as the minimum requirements. After a successful first boot, I set the mount delay to give a little extra time. I’ll probably add atgc,lazytime to that mount point too as a little extra performance tweak to save some wear on the card. root@certa:~# df -h Filesy… > [@HOW-TO: Script: List My OPKGs (to a file for backup)](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/how-to-script-list-my-opkgs-to-a-file-for-backup/30963/3): > > References & Resources ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/has-anybody-anywhere-ever-got-a-storage-device-to-work-on-an-gl-ar750/3737/24 "2025-10-29T04:27:33Z")
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