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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.
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
I do not have WNDR3800 to test but I have tested it out with another model and it shows as "\\IP_Address\USB_Storage" on the one that is configured as AP.
Somehow, it uses whatever IP address that is assigned on the router that's configured in AP mode.
The main router shows \\readyshare\USB_Storage.
Well, that's interesting, Elaine. I have my WNDR3800 (actually, it's a 3800CH) set up as an AP. (I did not use the AP selection specifically--I simply turned off DHCP and set it up with a fixed IP address outside the DHCP range of the primary router, and plugged it in via a LAN port.) When I look in Windows "Network", it appears in the section as a "Computer" named Readyshare. When I click on it, I see the two folders I set up as shares. One is shared as a Guest and is easily and immediatly accessed. The other is set up with password, so unless I have recently accessed the router setup (therefore having recently used my password), I have to give name and password to access it.
This works fine if I am on the wireless of the 3800 AP. I was also surprised to find that if I look at "Network" from a computer that is plugged into the primary router by LAN cable (so, this is a parallel connection to the one the 3800 has to the router serving DHCP), I still see it as a computer named READYSHARE, and access is the same. So presumably my primary router is tracking it just like other computers on the network.
Another thing--if I go in from a computer served directly by the 3800 (like on it's wireless) and use http://readyshare.routerlogin.net/shares in a browser, I can usually get in that way. But so far, I don't think that has worked from a computer that is connected to the primary router, rather than to the 3800.
Michael
The way I setup the router in AP is to specifically select "Enable AP" and just let use dynamic IP address.
I'm not sure if that would make any difference.
Will you be able to use the IP address to get into the shares that's connected to the WNDR3800?