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Can't get USB storage device and USB printer to work together R6300V2
I've been using an R6300V2 for year with no issues. I've got a 500GB external drive on the USB 3.0 port and it works great. I recently attached an Epson Photo Stylus R260 printer to the USB port on t...
This router is one that was originally supplied by Charter (Spectrum). Right now it is running firmware V1.0.3.6_1.0.63CH, the newest version posted is V1.0.4.2_10.0.74. I realize that the V2 means version 2 and I am trying to install the V2 firmware.
Thats a charter communication router. It was sold to isp's and they gave it to customers. So the stock firmware won't work on it (unless you do some playing with ddwrt).
I found this info on another board. There is a DD-WRT firmware that you can use to flash the Charter R6300V2 that will allow you to use any of the factory Netgear firmware or DD-WRT firmware so I guess that's where I'll start.
You for sure can try that. And many do with great luck. And some brick their devices.
Its a risk you run into when flashing 3rd party firmware to it and then back to stock.
So just be a little cautions.
plemans wrote:
So just be a little cautions.
Very true, but a failure might be a blessing in disguise and prompt robdog1977 to get something a little newer and more capable than the decade old R6300 series.
But if that happens, be careful to buy something that supports USB. Netgear killed it in Orbi devices a while back.
