Hi Nekora, & kyson-lok,
Your replies helped me a lot, thank you.
I have “minidlna” software installed now for UPnP/DLNA access and it is working perfectly, automatically added the USB stick files too. I think this package should have been included since they already had the “luci-app-minidlna” available which depends on the minidlna package? And, the already installed UPnP/DLNA options are dependent upon the Internet network’s router you are connecting with having UPnP/DLNA enabled? Actually, I think “miniDLNA” would be a better default option for UPnP/DLNA then their default pre-installed UPnP option using “miniupnp”, unless there are some settings that can be changed for that to work without dependency on the “parent” router having UPnP enabled.
It took me awhile to figure out this router’s interface, but after looking at another post, I found there is a much better administration interface menu with options I am more used to over the default minimal basic configuration menu, just click the Advanced Settings in the upper right of the router menu, use “root” for login username and your password, or see link below.
http://192.168.8.1/cgi-bin/luci/admin/system/admin
The minidlna shows up in the Admin Services Menu GUI and can be easily started or stopped and configured to various network adapters, and other options, etc… very nice. And, many other features are available, like advanced firewall access with QoS, ports setup, etc…
It did take me some time to figure out “scp” ssh transfer program, since I have not used that before (easy to use). I downloaded the “minidlna_1.1.5-3_mipsel_24kc.ipk” from the link “kyson-lok” provided, opened a console terminal window (command prompt) in that folder, and just typed in
scp minidlna_1.1.5-3_mipsel_24kc.ipk [email protected]:tmp
entered in my password, and it copied the file into the router’s “tmp” folder, because I did not know a better place to put it. Obviously, they already have a software applications packages folder somewhere?
then from the console terminal prompt I used SSH to login into the router
ssh [email protected]
Entered in my password and from the router’s root prompt
root@GL-MT300N-V2:#
I typed in
opkg update
to get into the tmp folder
cd tmp
and ran this command to install minidlna
opkg install minidlna
To exit the ssh session, type in
exit
then close the console terminal (command prompt) window
Then I went back to the browser and the router’s menu to the applications (software) option, searched for “dlna” and made sure miniDLNA was installed and then installed the “luci-app-minidlna” package, went to the Services Menu, and there was a new entry for miniDLNA with an easy graphical interface, checked to enable it, selected network interfaces for this like the Wireless Network: Master (lan), clicked save and apply, and it works great. I have a Samsung Smart Blu-Ray DVD player that easily found the multimedia content connected to the router’s USB port (my USB stick). I am assuming because this mini router is powered by a USB port or USB (5v) power supply, that if I wanted to use a USB external hard drive which usually requires more power or multiple USB sticks, I would need to use a USB hub with its own power supply to attach to this router’s USB port.
FYI: I did not need to have the main menu’s UPnP enabled, or the Wan Access enabled either for the “miniDLNA” to work.
Have a great day and night wherever you are…