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49studebaker's avatar
49studebaker
Tutor
Aug 02, 2016

Netgear LG6100 USB file sharing

The Netgear LG6100 USB file sharing works fine with Windows 7. I can not access the LG6100 USB drive file share from a Windows 10 pc. Is there a bug in the USB Control Center Software or is there a bug in Windows 10?

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      • DarrenM's avatar
        DarrenM
        Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
        Aug 22, 2016

        Hello 49studebaker

         

        What is the message that it gives you when trying to access the shared drive?

         

        DarrenM

         

         

    • schumaku's avatar
      schumaku
      Guru - Experienced User
      Apr 14, 2017
      49studebaker wrote:
      Is there a bug in the Netgear software, or is there a bug in windows 10?

      Most likely neither. 

       

      Open Windows Explorer, (assuming you have not reconfigured the router form it's default IP address) type \\192.168.0.1\ and press the <Enter> or <Return> key and see ... Unless it's a locked-down system, unless there is some incompatible Internet "security" garbage software in place, or the SMB/CIFS 1.0 protocol support was intentionally removed from the Windows features, Windows 10 will assist you typically to change the network location. The common default for a "public network" will block the storage service announcement as well as mounting a shared folder from the cmd line. 

       

      Note: The USB Control Cenrer software is not required to access the USB plugged stroage over the (W)LAN.

       

      -Kurt