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x-emblem
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Jul 21, 2019

RAX80 shows under my network sharing devices

Hi, I saw the network device 'RAX80' under 'Shares' on my Mac. I suspect that it is the ReadyDLNA Media server, but even after turning that off, it doesn't go away. I don't have any sharing on my network apart from my NAS and my previous D7000 doesn't shown anything like that. Any ideas what it could be?

 

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    schumaku
    Guru
    Jul 22, 2019

    Probably a host announcement up for ReadyShare (Nighthawk AX8 User Manual, Ch 8, p.113 ff) which is up regardless if a USB storage device is plugged or not. If you have a spare USB HDD or Flash drive (with one of the required file systems) you can plug it to the RAX80 USB port and check....