1. Connected my 2Tb WD MyBook 2007 drive to the router. It's set up as a RAID format to use the 2Tb drive size. I think it has 2x 500Gb drives inside.
2. Reviewed the Setup/Storage settings. Drive was seen and listed as USB(B1) 1.82TB under total space.
3. Use the following to map to the drive in Windows with out using SharePort applications: \\192.168.0.1\USB(B1) and the mapping connected and opened up a Explorer window displaying the contents of the drive.
4. Copied some sample files from my PC to the USB drive by dragging and dropping on to the Explorer window. Seeing 8-9Mb on the upload to the USB drive thats connected to the router.
5. Opened Windows Media player and refreshed and the newly added files were listed and viewable.
6. Tested Mac OSX 10.7.5 using similar process using SMB:\\192.168.0.1\USB(B1) and window was opened displaying contents of drive.
7. MP3 and MP4 files were playable from the USB drive connected to the router.
FW v1.04 for my NA unit is currently loaded.
Thanks to take the time to test this.
If I map the drive in Windows, or I access it directly with the ip as you did (...\\192.168.0.1\USB(B1)...) I will see the files and be able to play them.
What I'm trying to access is through Media Device.
In Windows 7, I go to network, and under Media Devices, I can see DIR-857.
When I double click, The Windows Media Player pops up.
So under Libraries, DIR-857 appears. If I chose Videos, the following message appears:
"No files have been found on this remote library".
The same happens in my WDTV Streamer. If I chose DIR-857 as Media Server, no media files will appear.
I think that the Media Server functionality of the router should let us access this way.