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More on this. It seems that the router uses V1.0 of the Samba/CIFS protocol which I believe is not allowed on Linux systems by default. I can access the shares and mount them by command using the vers=1.0 option on the mount command. Long ago ZyXEL should have moved to at least version 2.1 if not 3.0.

in Why can I not see my USB disk attached to my VMG3925 from any PC on the lan? Comment by broadstairs February 2018

OK that works for Windows 7 but it does not work in Linux. On a file manager I enter smb://192.168.0.1 and get access denied, however the same way accessing Linux shares works. So there is still a problem as Linux access is imperative as all my PCs bar one are Linux.

in Why can I not see my USB disk attached to my VMG3925 from any PC on the lan? Comment by broadstairs February 2018

Right I've made a bit more progress but not much. I can now try to use the smb:// protocol to access the supposed share on my VMG3925 from Linux however when prompted for a user and password it refuses to accept what I know is a correct password. This happens even though I know the user/password combination is correct and…

in Why can I not see my USB disk attached to my VMG3925 from any PC on the lan? Comment by broadstairs February 2018

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