[jpitty]

Hey all, I recently bought the WR1043ND from our service provider and they installed the DD-WRT v24-sp2 (build 14896). The only reason I bought it was so I could use the network sharing capabilities of it. Since it is pre-"upgraded" to this crap build it obviously doesn't come with a user guide that can help.

Any way I can go about sharing an external hard drive through this router?

[iddqd]

Use google or try searching the forum, it has been posted several times.
Anyways, try the instructions on this site: http://g300nh.blogspot.com/

[jpitty]

I actually have googled everything I could think of and searched the forums as well and couldn't seem to find anything. Maybe I was just using different lingo or the wrong keywords...but thanks.

I do have one question though...what exactly are the pros about upgrading to the firmware from this site?

[iddqd]

The DD-WRT wiki is a good place to start ;)

Quick list of advantages:
-Way more features then standard firmwares
-More stable then some standard firmwares, especially under load
-Frequent updates

Disadvantages:
-Might brick your router
-You need to learn some Linux in order to maximize advantages from some features
-N-driver problems

Hope this helps