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AC2100 ReadyShare harddrive freespace only 750GB
I plug in a WD easystore 14TB usb drive I just bought from black friday to my AC2100 router and tried to use ReadyShare. I can access the drive via a smb test on both my phone, mac and linux box, ho...
yorkee wrote:
I plug in a WD easystore 14TB usb drive
That is way bigger than anything that anyone has reported to work with ReadyShare. I once saw a 6TB reported. Netgear claims success with a handful of 8TB drives on some routers. But generally the ceiling seems to be 4TB.
This list will give you some clues, although it is far from comprehensive:
ReadySHARE USB Drives Compatibility List | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Your router isn't in there, but you can get some die by looking at devices with similar specifications. Something like the R7000 and R7000P are benchmark devices.
ReadyShare is a poor substitute for proper NAS with wired Ethernet. Netgear doesn't seem to be interested in developing the technology.