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RAX80, Looking for a USB drive that's more than just "reported to work"
This is my second Netgear router with a USB port that is supposed to support backups using ReadyShare. The first one, a R6250, worked for quite a while before simply no longer being able to see the a...
BiigRich wrote:
I tried another USB drive that I had and it was not recognised by the router even though it works fine on other PC's.
How are you approaching this USB device?
In Windows on a network? With ReadySHARE? Something else?
Does it show up in the browser graphical user interface?
Hi michaelkenward,
I connect the USB drive to the router's USB port and attempt to connect and use it with ReadyShare software. The results are varied as I described. I have used a number of drives and this is my second Netgear router.
I have repurposed several of the drives and I returned the brand new WD drive so I could get a refund. I don't want to buy another drive just to have it fail or get trashed if that is what happened to my most recent attempt.
I gave up on this out of frustration and uninstalled ReadyShare from my Win10 PC.
I have a 55GB USB drive that I can troubleshoot with and I can reinstall ReadySHARE Vault but I need to feel confident that I can buy any decent 1TB USB drive and have it work.
It's not rocket science, it's a USB port and drive ('U' stands for Universal) and the software is ReadySHARE. I also have a "ReadySHARE" command on the RAX80 router under both Basic and Advanced which I should be able to use for the ReadySHARE Vault if I reinstall that software on one of my PC's to test I prefer to start with my main PC which is connected to the RAX80 port directly via RJ45.
I attached a screenshot of the ReadySHARE command from my RAX80 just for information purposes at this point.
I cannot be the only person having these issues. Your thoughts?