external USB HDD and flash drives share
Posted: 2019-04-16 10:58
Hi,
I need to share via Filezilla server different type of USB attached external devices.
Is this possible and if yes, how?
Lot of different USB HDD's and flash drives are connected and disconnected to the PC and I want them to be accessible via ftp. The problem is that when they are plugged in, Windows mounts them and assigns them a drive letter. Upon disconnecting the external drive is unmounted and the drive letter disappears. In my scenario it is possible to connect up to 4 external devices, which has different letters.
I also has two external USB devices which are more specific - Sony SxS card readers. They use specific driver, and are not visible to Windows if no card is inserted inside reader. When a card is inserted, then card reader becomes visible, mounted and a drive letter is assigned to it.
For the time being I use windows share for these purposes, however as it is well known, there are a lot of problems and bugs in windows sharing. Also If Windows is a desktop rather then server version, a limit of 20 simultaneous connections apply. Also it seems that even when a connection is not used anymore, it prevents in some way other connections to be established. Lots of other problems arise because of that, so I think it will be perfect solution to my situation if I can use ftp share instead of windows share.
In my case I do not care about any security - all is inside closed network environment, not connected to internet. No need of passwords, just need files to be accessible through the network.
Any ideas will be much appreciated. Thanks.
I need to share via Filezilla server different type of USB attached external devices.
Is this possible and if yes, how?
Lot of different USB HDD's and flash drives are connected and disconnected to the PC and I want them to be accessible via ftp. The problem is that when they are plugged in, Windows mounts them and assigns them a drive letter. Upon disconnecting the external drive is unmounted and the drive letter disappears. In my scenario it is possible to connect up to 4 external devices, which has different letters.
I also has two external USB devices which are more specific - Sony SxS card readers. They use specific driver, and are not visible to Windows if no card is inserted inside reader. When a card is inserted, then card reader becomes visible, mounted and a drive letter is assigned to it.
For the time being I use windows share for these purposes, however as it is well known, there are a lot of problems and bugs in windows sharing. Also If Windows is a desktop rather then server version, a limit of 20 simultaneous connections apply. Also it seems that even when a connection is not used anymore, it prevents in some way other connections to be established. Lots of other problems arise because of that, so I think it will be perfect solution to my situation if I can use ftp share instead of windows share.
In my case I do not care about any security - all is inside closed network environment, not connected to internet. No need of passwords, just need files to be accessible through the network.
Any ideas will be much appreciated. Thanks.