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rbaron
Tutor
May 30, 2018

Router doesn't recognize external USB hard drive on my PC or MAC

My old setup was an Airport Extreme and with that I could plug in a USB external hard drive and be able to see and mount that drive on my Mac Laptop. I never could see the drives on my PC.

 

Now with the ORBI I am unable to see and/or mount the external drives on my MAC desktop or on my PC.

 

Does anyone have a solution to the problem? Or am I SOL?

 

Thanks in advance.....

2 Replies

  • This is a frequently requested feature (check the forums). The USB port only supports printers right now
    • rbaron's avatar
      rbaron
      Tutor

      Are there any plans for Netgear to make the USB port into something than just supporting printers?