How to Deploy your Private NAS with your OpenWrt Router

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Firstly, we should install USB storage prerequisites.

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opkg update
opkg install kmod-usb-storage block-mount kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-usb-storage-extras kmod-scsi-core e2fsprogs fdisk

If your device’s filesystem isn’t ext4 or ext3, I sugguest to format it.

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fdisk /dev/sda

Delete old partitions and creat new partitions with fdisk.
Format your device and mount it:

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mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda
mount -t ext4 /dev/sda /mnt/

Install samba server:

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opkg install samba36-server
vi /etc/config/samba

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config samba
        option 'name' 'OpenWrt'
        option 'workgroup' 'WORKGROUP'
        option 'description' 'OpenWrt'
        option 'homes' '1'
config sambashare
        option name 'share'
        option path 'mnt'
        option read_only 'no'
        option guest_ok 'no'

Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf.template, and delete invalid users = root. Next:
smbpasswd -a root

Enter your samba server’s password.
Now, all the configurations are completed. Start samba server:
/etc/init.d/samba start

Finally, Connect our server with PC. “win+R” and enter “\x.x.x.x”. If you want to use IPv6 address, you can append a line “2001:da8:a800::xxxx(server) samba_server” in your hosts. Use “\samba_server” instead of “\x.x.x.x”.
If your device is a Android phone, you can install a APP named “Shared Viewer” from Google Play.

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