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N450 CG3000Dv2 Unable to access USB ports
This is a repost as I have not been able to resolve this and Netgear refuses to help. I installed the N450 Cable Modem in-order to have access to an "external" USB hard drive to serve as a Back...
Did no one ever receive a fix for this??? I am also having this problem with the CG3000Dv2 in my USA condo hooked up to Spectrum cable. USB previously functioned and now does not. Have reboot router, have tested 4 USB flash drives that all function properly with a PC but nothing works on either front or back USB plug. I read reviews on the Amazon page where I bought the CG3000Dv2 and find it suspicious that a Netgear employee comments on all the other reviews with problems but not to any of the reviews telling about this problem. And Spectrum is no help because they always say they do not make the router or the firmware and any adjustments they make only involve the modem functions, not the router or other functions. This makes sense to me. Which is why it is very bad business for Netgear to ignore this problem. I will check my router and here again in a few weeks and if I still see no signs of Netgear helping its customers then it is the last time I will ever be one!!!
Funny thing, just recieved an email from Netgear advising me to update my formware. I figured Hot Damn, finally someone from Ripoff Netgear is going to help me. So, I dutifully followed the instructions after digging the damn thing from the trash, and logged in, went to the advanced tab as instructed and opened the admin tab. Stupid me spent 30 minutes looking for the "Firmware or Router" update button. GUESS WHAT it dosen't exist!
I can still ping the readyshare usb port and it shows it being there but when I open the ready share tab, nah ahh, no body there.
piece of crap and netgear can't be trusted!
> [...] spent 30 minutes looking for the "Firmware or Router" update
> button. GUESS WHAT it dosen't exist! [...]
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1490471
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1491008I was told that the internet provider provides the firmware and releases it after it's tested. I found a workaround. I have turned my USB HD into a NAS with a US Robotics 8710 . It allows me to go from ethernet to USB . The converter costs less than $50