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Admin Password Doesn't Work for USB readyshare drive
Admin login/password is denied when accessing a hard drive connected to the modem via USB that was read/write protected in routerlogin.net. If the drive is not protected, no problem accessing via...
I resolved this problem tonight. I tried all of the others solutions with managing windows credentials or turn off password protected sharing or enable 40 or 56 bit encryptopm but what resolved it for me was simply changing the routers admin password to something new after I had the readyshare configured. Hope it helpes someone else.
From post 15 of this thread stiil applies with R8000P router Firmware: V1.4.1.50_1.3.10. You will need to reset the admin password after setting up the readyshare. Note there is nothing stopping you setting it back to your perferred password afterwards.