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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.
cannot tell a lie. Since my RAX was on the way, I did not bother with XR's firmware. HOWEVER, since RAX is packed and ready to return to Amazon and I'm back on XR500 I can backdate the XR FW. If you are going to see if your RAX succeeds honoring RS, see what happens on W11 if possible. Thanks for standing by me.
Ok so I put my RAX120v2 online with same USB Flash drive used on the XR500.
Make sure the Workgroup section is same as what you have on your PC and it's case sensative as well:
Enabled Network Neighborhood feature and disabled the FTP and HTTP share features.
Windows 11 would not use a log in with out a PW so I had to enable Admin Password Protection:
Also set a ShareName then Applied.
From last caches link in Explorer used \\readyshare was in the list or paste or type this link in and the RS folder appeared in Explorer:
Selecting the folder revealed the contents which are accessible:
So for the RAX120v2 and this most current version of FW, RS seems to be working good with Win11 PC.