CIFS connect - any way to elim name mangling?

I've been extremely satisfied with the Merlin firmware on my N66U and I do have a USB drive connected that I use for a backup repository. Works fine except the filenames created are mangled (SMB/Cifs users know what I mean). As the filenames contain dates and times for reference I'd like to be able to eliminate the file mangling if possible. I've searched through the config screen and can see no references.

Is this possible with this firmware? Or any other work around (I know - keep filenames 8 chars or shorter).

Thanks :cool: