I recently upgraded to FTTC with Plusnet and had to switch to the provided router, the Technicolor TG582n. I have it on reliable authority that this router is capable of sharing both a printer and/or one or more external HDD (via a USB hub) via its USB port. Alas, I haven't been able to access either from any of my Ubuntu machines. I've set up the printer as best I know (using the same settings I was using with my previous router, a Home Hub 2.0A, which should work; HOST=192.168.1.253, QUEUE=Printer), but printing a test page just throws up a 'printer unreachable' error message. Similarly, whilst the new router sees the HDD, I cannot seem to access, view or mount the share from Ubuntu. For example, if I open
gigolo, it is able to detect all local resource except the offending printer and HDD. If I input smbclient -L 192.168.1.253, I receive similar 'host unreachable' error messages, if I input smb://192.168.1.253/ (or smb://192.168.1.253/Disk_a1/media, or smb://192.168.1.253/media, etc) I get nowhere.
Another thing that perplexes me is what the IP address (169.154.85.151) displayed in the TG582n's content sharing configuration (see attached) is. My understanding was that content sharing was hosted on 192.168.1.253.
I'm not ashamed to say (well, maybe a little bit) that samba scares the living daylights out of me. Perhaps I've mis-configured it somewhere along the line, or am missing a vital package. If anyone has a clue how one would go about mounting a HDD via the TG582n's content sharing feature,
on an Ubuntu/Linux system, and/or how one might go about sharing a USB printer over the network via the TG582n's reported print sharing feature ,
with an Ubuntu/Linux system, I'd very much appreciate the assistance.
I've gleaned as much as a can from the sporadic documentation (regarding content sharing on Windows and Mac systems) available online, and am frankly a little mythed that my current set-up/settings aren't working (it was all so much simply with the Home Hub).
