Correction, it is the FOLDER NAME the router keeps changing. On the USB Setting page, under DEVICE SETTINGS, the drive is assigned a FOLDER NAME by the router. And the folder name changes from SDA1 to SDB1. Sorry for the prior incorrect information.

@ZGWSTORES I have exactly the same issue. Exacerbated for me somewhat, as I am doing an overnight ftp backup to the drive. Keeps failing as the drive / folder name keeps changing from sda1 to sdb1.

 

The changes are totally sporadic and apparently random. Looks like a bug in the tplink wireless access point.

 

@tplink: please can you advise on a fix?

 

Kind regards

@ZGWSTORES 

No one has published a fix for this.

My router is always on, that is it is not being rebooted or turned off at any point during the day.

I know it is happening on a daily basis because my drive mappings don't always work.   I have to intermittently run a program to reset them based on the drive name changes.

There is a work around on this forum. Look for "USB drive mount changes between sda1 and sdb1"

@ZGWSTORES 

 

The Work around doesn't work. I created the logical folders to be shared for example "New"  When you map the folder my router shares it as "New(sda1)" Which of course changes randomly to "New(sdc1)" in my case. The only way to fix it ,is to reboot the router because there is no manual way to change anything in the disgusting UI for dummies. It pisses me off to no end .I think the REAL solution is to give their products really bad reviews on Amazon and any site that sells or reviews tech. This incomprehensible bad behaviour seems to transfer generation to generation of their routers because TPLink has no (monetary) reason to change it.

@ZGWSTORES 

This change takes place while the router is RUNNING.   For example, if you try to back up the USB connected to the router which takes a while, in the middle of the back up the router will change the name of the folder.   At that time your back up fails.