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Running Readyshare on two SEPARATE routers
I already have a WNDR3800 N600 router, and I am thinking of acquiring a Netgear WNR3500L N300 router additionally. Both of these routers have USB ports and use Readyshare. My intention is to use th...
The way you configured your router in AP mode is the old fashioned way we on how we would do it without the option "Enable AP".
Accessing it outside will not work since you cannot change the FTP port number on either of the two units, plus Port Forwarding is disabled if you set the router in AP mode.
Okay, great--thanks, Elaine.
So it I were to have one router as 192.168.1.1 and serving DHCP, and the second router as 192.168.1.101 with DHCP off and connected to the first router through a LAN port, usb drives on each would be findable as independent drives, by using that information--right? For example, I should be able to ftp from a remote computer and find the right drive?
I noticed that the router seems to identify the first drive on it's USB port as U: I haven't tried putting more than one drive on a single router's port, but I presume it would give a second drive on the same port another letter. But with two routers, will the routers know to give these drives different letters for the sake of sanity on the network?
Thanks,
Michael
How's the connection?
For FTP, it would only be one access. I do not think you will be able to change the port of the other one from the other router since it's configured in AP mode.
Locally, calling it by IP address shouldn't be a problem.
Thanks again for your reply, Elaine. Yes, I found that I could not ftp to find this router when it is set up behind another router as an AP. Presumably the Netgear router is acting as an ftp server, but the router that is reached and is serving DHCP is not the Netgear. There would need to be some sort of special instruction to go to the device at that particular IP address, because it is not seen as a computer on the LAN, and ftp is not finding the router that is acting as a server behind the DHCP router. I did find that I could reach it through using it's IP address on the network from any other computer within the network, and as a Readyshare device in the network, so this will be fine for internal backup on the LAN, but I haven't figured out a way to reach it from the internet.
Still, the question remains--if there are TWO Readyshare routers in a network, how will they be distinguished on the LAN? Will they both be called READYSHARE, and will there be two folders in the network with the same name??
Michael
Only one will be available to access from the Internet and that's the drive that's connected directly to the main router.
The other router that is configured in AP will not have an option to enable FTP access via the internet, its functionality is disabled.
However, both drives will be accessible through LAN access.
Okay, makes sense. The one thing that is still not clear from your answer is whether the two routers will be distinguished from each other on the LAN, since both routers are designed to set up the same way--identified as Readyshare on the network, and 1st drive identified as "U:". Will folders on each drive which are set up with a share name appear under one Readyshare device on the LAN? It would be confusing if two devices appear in Network which both have the same name--Readyshare.
Perhaps you are unsure of how this would be represented. I may just have to get the second Readyshare router and try it to find out.
Michael