Only 561GB appears on a 5TB drive connected to my Fizz Router, why?

Louis-Philippe D. #17078

I'm trying to connect a usb powered drive to my Fizz Router. It's a 5TB, formatted in NTFS. It's empty for now.
I activated SMB1 on Windows 10, connected my drive - but now only 561GB shows up. Any idea why?
It's also, SUPER SLOW. Doesn't even top 1mbs, even though my drive goes around 130mbs. And my computer is hard-wired, so no reason to be that slow.
At this point, I'll probably buy a seperate router but, I'm wondering if anyone could help before I do that.

Fizzy

Hi Louis-Philippe

The usb port is for a NAS (Network-attached storage)
The CODA-4x8x modem supports the following Windows file systems:
- FAT16
- FAT32

Louis-Philippe D. #17078

Then why do I see my NTFS drive? It's strange no?

Fizzy

Louis-Philippe, you can see the drive, but you won't be able to access any of the contents when it is NTFS formatted.

Louis-Philippe D. #17078

Ok, thanks for the answer Fizzy.
So even though the fizz router has a USB3 port, it can't really serve a NAS well because of the FAT32 limitations.
Would you by any chance have a router recommendation for NAS usage? I would like to get my disk original speed (130mbs) but without paying hundreds of dollars . . .

Fizzy

Louis-Philippe, Sorry I don't have any router recommendations.

Perhaps reading this article or searching online will give you some ideas:
https://www.howtogeek.com/208030/how-to-set-up-a-nas-network-attached-storage-drive/

So_AR

you will probable need to buy your own router

Domenico C. #4571

I can confirm that the 4x8x series of modem/routers does not support NTFS drives. Some USB drives might have an additional partition for recovery or auto-mount, which might be what you're seeing as a 561GB?
Here is the User Guide in attachment that confirms it.