Please follow the instructions below, and let this thread know if you were succesful in using the HG533 to share content over your network:
Step1:
Plug in the USB storage device to the HG533 USB port.
Step2:
Access to the GUI and create a Samba account.
1. Access the router UI via a browser with URL 192.168.1.1.
2. Type in username ‘admin’ and password ‘admin’and login.
3. Click on the Advanced button.
4. On the warning panel click OK.
5. On the left hand menu click on Advanced.
6. Choose USB Port > Samba.
7. If Samba is not enabled, select the Enable Samba check box.
8. Click New.
9. Set the values as below and click Submit.
Username: TALKTALK (please make sure you are using CAPITAL charaters for the username)
Password: TALKTALK
Confirm password: TALKTALK
Device: usb1_1
Directory: blank
Right: readable & writable
Step3:
Connect to the Samba Server.
A. Windows XP/Vista/7 OS
1) Enter \\192.168.1.1\ in the Browser or open the Start->Run command and execute \\192.168.1.1\.
2) Enter the Samba username and password that you have created then click Login.
3) After the password is verified, you can access samba server.
B. Apple MAC OS
1) In the Finder, choose Go > “Connect to Server.”
2) Type the router address in the Server Address field as below:
smb://192.168.1.1
3) Follow the onscreen instructions to enter the user name and password, and click Connect.
You can find more information here:
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/
C. Apple iOS (iPhone, iPad)
The iOS doesn’t have a Application of Samba Client by default, the customer need to install a APP from the APP Store.
Here we take the free APP named TIOD as an example.
1) Search TIOD in the APP Store and install.
2) Open TIOD APP and select “MyPC”
3) Click “Scan” and it will find HG533’s samba server.
4) Click “HG533” and select the “Registered User”
5) Input the Samba username and password to login.