The HDD is an external USB drive. It's a Hitachi actually. The router that it is attached to is TP-link TL-WRD4900. All my home computers and Dreambox 500 are connected to the same network. I am able to create CIFS mounts onto the Dreambox using the internal drives of the computers. However I want to be able to mount the HDD attached to the router so that I don't need to power up another computer.