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SarastroSaruman's avatar
Mar 28, 2016
Solved

ReadyDLNA visible but access denied

Hi there,

 

I have a 1TB external drive connected to my router. I can access the drive as a network drive from all PCs over WiFi without any problems. - but I can't access the drive as a media server.

Both options "activate media server" and "activate TiVo support" are activated, the scan is set to automatic (well you can't click anything else there) and I have given the media server a name. It is visible on all the devices - PS3, Yamaha network player, Genie app on andriod phone, PCs,.... --> but NO device can access it! One says "access denied" the other one says "no files" windows says "connection was not accepted" etc... It's very annoying as it used to work fine before.

 

It's definately a problem of the router and not of any device as no device can open the media server. I hardly changed any settings of the router - only name of the server, SID and so on. I have already restored the router to factory settings but it is the same thing then! "ReadyDLNA" is visible on every device but access is denied.

 

Thank you for your help!

  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    Apr 06, 2016

    Hi SarastroSaruman,

     

    NETGEAR routers can handle 25000 media files and 10000 files for iTunes.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

6 Replies

  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    NETGEAR Moderator

    Hi @SarastroSaruman,

     

    1. Have you tried using another external drive (flash drive, another external HDD)?

    2. Do you have any form of encryption for the external drive?

    3. What is the firmware version of the router?

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

    • Hi Dexter,

       

      Thank you for your reply.

      Yes I have tried it with a USB stick and it worked. I have then plugged the external disk into my computer and have deleted the folder (.ReadyDLNA)

      This worked in so far as all my devices can no access the media server again. The problem is still not completely solved however, as now it does not show me all the folders and no music and no videos. Only photos are shown correctly.

       

      Is it possible that the R6300v2 only can process a certain amount of data? I have 400GB on the harddisc now - maybe the router can't process that amount of media data???

       

      Thank you,

      Florian

      • DexterJB's avatar
        DexterJB
        NETGEAR Moderator

        Hi SarastroSaruman,

         

        NETGEAR routers can handle 25000 media files and 10000 files for iTunes.

         

        Regards,

         

        Dexter

        Community Team