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pmeyer00000
Apr 08, 2017Follower
Orbi WiFi System and readyshare/sharing an external harddrive connected to router USB port?
I just installed the Orbi WiFI System. I connected my external hard drive to the router's USB port (exactly as I have done for previous routers) however I am unable to see the drive on the network l...
Orbi_Mac
Jul 09, 2017Aspirant
I've got a few of my 2TB hard drives and smaller flash drives to work on the USB port. I format them to MacOS Extended (Journaled) and plug it into the USB port. Wait a minute or so and it will show on my shared drives. I can also map it with smb://192.168.1.1/USB_Storage/ address. All my Mac computers can see it and use it. It didn't work on my 4TB hard drives.