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Netgear Nighthawk LTE MR1100 home hotspot wifi router usb portable drive issue
I recently "upgraded" my AT&T home hotspot wifi device from ZTE Z700A to AT&T version of Netgear Nighthawk LTE MR100 home hotspot wifi router connecting wirelessly to my Windows 10 Pro Toshiba laptop...
The model external drive is Western Digital 2TB USB drive. It doesn't have an external power supply as it uses the USB connection for power.
I still believe not enough milliamps from router side via USB to make 2TB mechanical drive work reliably.
But, theoretically if I set it up on my laptop as a network path shouldn't the router be able to see it as another device on the network? Or even if I allow it on the network through advance sharing options shouldn't that work? For some reason the USB option on the router will not see anything connected via usb. In addition if I plug the Toshiba Dynadock U3.0 be able to allow the router to see the drive if I put the drive on my network and connect the Dynadock to the router either using USB or Lan? The router will configure the Lan connection as a vEthernet virtual WiFi connection.