Unable to mount netgear router attached usb drive

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  • DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version
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Steps to reproduce

I recently switched from an asus router to a netgear nighthawk x6s. For about 4 years I’ve been using a Pi4 as a plex server accessing a usb drive attached to the router. I’m running dietpi. It worked great till I changed routers.

I cannot get it to mount the drive. I tried with dietpi-drive_manager and manually. I get a cif error(2) with drive manager and error(95) manually.
readyshare is the network name.
If I run the plex server on a windows pc it works fine. DLNA access works too.
It’s not password protected but I tried with the password and with guest. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

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I guess you need to provide more details on what these Network Neighborhood/MacShare method is. Is this SAMBA/CIFS?? What is this?

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It wouldn’t let me post but one image since I’m new to the site. That photo is from the router. I’m trying to set it up as a samba drive. I’ll post more details and photos soon. I was hoping someone with experience with a netgear router and usb drive could shed some light

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You would need to check if your router is supporting SAMBA/CIFS shares and if he is able to provide these

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I’m beginning to think that’s the issue. I’m trying to verify if it does support samba. If it does it may be a bastardized implementation that takes unusual syntax

Update: from what I can find on google the Netgear R7960P (Nighthawk x6s) says local network sharing via Samba/CIFS is fully supported. I’ve only found one example of using it with a netgear router on Linux. None with Dietpi. The Linux command in that example didn’t work. Error 2 and 95

This is what I get now error 95

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Nothing I’ve tried works. I’m just going to attach it directly to the pi 4