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Markg2
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Feb 05, 2016
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AC1900 & USB Flash drive

I plugged in a flash drive to the router's port, setup ReadyCloud and the data I backed up from my laptop to the FD is on the Netgear server. I have a few questions:

 

1. The router's LED associated with the USB port is not/never lit?

 

2. Using the iOS app I can see the contents of the SD mirrored on Netgear's server. However, I thought one would be able to access their home machine/network from the app and not just the mirrored contents of the SD?

 

I don't suppose someone knows why the router USB port is designed in such a way that the SD must be inserted upside down hidding the FD's traffic light ;-)?

 

Mark

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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Feb 09, 2016

    Hi Markg2,

     

    Here are the answers to your question:

     

    1.  The router's USB LED should lit up if a USB drive is connected to the router. Can you try to plug a different drive and see if it will lit up. Try checking the two USB ports.

     

    2. ReadyCloud is a feature for you to access the USB drive connected to the router. You can only access files saved on the drive and not the files in your network.

     

     

     

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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Feb 09, 2016

    Hi Markg2,

     

    Here are the answers to your question:

     

    1.  The router's USB LED should lit up if a USB drive is connected to the router. Can you try to plug a different drive and see if it will lit up. Try checking the two USB ports.

     

    2. ReadyCloud is a feature for you to access the USB drive connected to the router. You can only access files saved on the drive and not the files in your network.