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RAX40 USB Support
Hi all, My router is a Nighthawk RAX40 Hardware-version R1.05 Firmware-version V1.0.2.60_1.0.1 I'm looking for info on approved/compatible USB devices to use for Readyshare. The list a...
Hi
Sharing lessons learned:
The compatibility issue most likely stems from Netgear using an OS that storage devices are not really
designed for.
Hence the USB device must not need a driver or any 'smart' software to be executed for it to work (encryption, security etc.)
I tested various old external hdd's but these are hardly relevant as no longer available to buy and most nowadays prefer ram based storage like SSD and sticks, running USB 3.x for best performance.
If you have any sitting on a shelf just plug it in and see. If incompatible it won't be [properly] recognized by the router and you may see '500 - Internal Server Error' when loggin in to the router from a browser. Unplugging the USB culprit helps. In some cases the router needed a reboot to get back to normal.
So far I've found these to be plug 'n play out of the box:
Kingston DataTraveler G4 16gb
INF USB 2.0 4gb
San Disk Ultra Fit USB 3.1 flash Drive 128gb
Surprisingly not detected:
Samsung USB 3.1 Flash Drive FIT Plus 256gb. As this drive in 128gb capacity work for others, the problem might be the 256 gb capacity!
Spi_Dybot, I was surprised to see your post stating that the Samsung USB 3.1 Flash Drive FIT Plus 256GB drive was not recognized by the RAX40. I have been using the identical device (256GB capacity) as a ReadyDRIVE with a RAX120 for several months with no issues.
Just curious: did you format the Samsung FIT Plus as NTFS?
I too was surprised.
The Samsung came as exFAT format which I tried first. No success, so formatted it to NTFS.
Unfortunately that did not solve the matter.
Can't say if it is the stick's capacity, a thing inside the RAX40 (latest firmware installed) or combination.