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RAXE500 using readyshare cause router to malfunction and causes PC net adapter to give weird errors
firmware version: Firmware Version V1.0.10.86_2.0.40 I have a new RAXE500 that i have hooked a USB 3.0 4Tb drive upto for use in backing up my PC. I am able to access the drive over the network t...
just found this this support document that was released in 2022. although the RAXE500 is not listed specifically, the drive I have is listed for all the models in the list, so it is a supported drive. the only thing that **might** be the cause of the issue according to the document, is that the readyshare connection only supports up to 2Tb of drive space. i need the full 4 Tb of drive space on the drive. and a New drive i got that i intend to hook up to the other USB port is 8Tb and I need the space for backups for the system that is connected to that as well. Can anyone confirm or deny that the disk/partition limit is still 2Tb for RAXE routers? this size limit on disk/partition size seems severely outdated in this day and age where petabyte drives are already a thing. could using a larger than supported partition cause the symptoms i am experiencing with the router? this seems likely as it was also doing the same thing with my R8000P which was more or less stable (firmware issues aside) up until the end. I find it odd that it caused the routers (both RAXE500 and R8000P) to wig out in the manner they are from the use of a drive with a size over 2Tb.
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cybot wrote:
i need the full 4 Tb of drive space on the drive. and a New drive i got that i intend to hook up to the other USB port is 8Tb and I need the space for backups for the system that is connected to that as well. Can anyone confirm or deny that the disk/partition limit is still 2Tb for RAXE routers?
I have got an 8TB Seagate and a 4TB WD drive working just fine in ReadySHARE in Windows 11.
ReadySHARE even supports two extra drives plugged into the Seagate's USB ports.
Did your research find this?
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I actually already have SMB 1.x enabled as i have a windows 98SE, a windows XP and a Windows 7 system on my network. the 98, and XP systems are isolated from the internet, but I do use them to transfer files back and forth over the internal network, so SMB 1.x is needed when my Win10 and win11 systems are involved. I don't even bother using netgears readyconnect software, as the drives are mappable from within windows (when things are working properly),=. maybe i should give it a shot? my only concern is if the software will work with my backup software ReBit Pro. Rebit software is able to find and connect to the drives over the network, until the router start wigging out. then of course, EVERYTHING loses it's connection to the router. if i turn off SMB 1.x in win11, how would i use filesharing, windows networking, and so on with the older systems?
one last note: after a recent firmware update I noticed i immediately started having internet issues. turns out for some reason the DHCP option on the router had gotten turned off during the update. turning the routers DHCP option back on immediately restored internet. don't know why the DHCP got turned off.
I think i got the readyshare working properly without the router wigging out. I know that just by posting that is tempting fate, so that the router will start acting up again.... but here goes...
I discovered that apparently the router software really, really, really does not like it when you do not turn on the password protect for readyshare. I am only accessing the drive i hooked up from with in my local network, and i am the only one on the network using a PC, I have the remote "cloud" feature deliberately turned off. So why would i need a password. there is not anybody else who would access the drive. well appearently not activating the admin password protection feature feature will cause the router to start wigging out. its a very strange quirk of the netgear router software. why give us an option to not use a password, if the software starts causing the router to wig out. VERY STRANGE.
OH.... and i also confirmed that the same issue i had with my R8000P was also solved by putting a checkmark into the admin password protection box.
AXE11000 WiFi Router (RAXE500)
my other issue with this solution is that you are using the admin password that is used to login to routerlogin.net to access the readyshare drive. So, if i had someone else who i wanted to have access to the drive, but not access to the router setting page, i would be sunk. please correct me if i am wrong, but would it not be safer security wise to be able to set a separate password for the readyshare stuff?
cybot wrote:
So why would i need a password. there is not anybody else who would access the drive.
Could be a Windows thing. I see similar password policing when using NAS devices on a Windows network.
Strangely, ReadySHARE is less strict on that front.
I have the remote "cloud" feature deliberately turned off.If by that you mean ReadyCLOUD, Netgear is about to kill it.
Support for ReadyCLOUD feature ends spring 2023 | Answer | NETGEAR Support