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Does RAX120 replace XR500
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Not a router expert. Have to replace XR500 (incompatible with W11) with something as close as possible .... particularly USB ports for HDDs to be seen on home ne...
This thread is SOLVED. I have requested Moderator mark it so. Turns out, XR500 Readyshare is compatible w/ W11. I just fixed it, but don't know exactly how I did it. If you are having the same problem I did, don't give up. It's all hidden in there somewhere within W11. Good luck.
So got my XR500 off the shelf and hooked it up.
Got a 32Gb USB Thumb Flash drive that was preformatted for FAT32.
Put some files on it.
Connected it to the router in USB1 port.
Powered ON the router and let it come to ready.
Using MS Edge browser, logged into the router.
Router saw the drive:
Checked the work group to make sure it was same as what Windows 11 was using:
Windows Networking was set for Private instead of Public.
Just for kicks, I enabled Media Server as well, however I don't think this was needed:
Opened up Network on the desktop:
Media devices found the XR500.
Opened up another tab in the Network explorer window and copied and pasted \\readyshare from the XR500 USB Storage page into the new tab:
Pressed enter and it displayed the share folder:
Selected the folder with the mouse and the USB drives contents was displayed:
All this in Windows 11 x64 Pro 24H2 PC:
SMB Client v1.0 enabled as well. So USB Storage and ReadyShare is working for me with Win11.