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Cannot get Readyshare USB to work on my PC
I've followed the instructions, and I can see the USB on the routerlogin.net pages as well as in a browser via its IP address.
But I just cannot see it in Windows 10......
Any advice plea...
And the solution is.........
a. Click on Start button
b. Type \\readyshare.routerlogin.com, in the search box and hit enter.
c. This should open a window with one folder inside similar to USB storage.
d. Check to see if your documents are inside,
e. If so go back outside of the folder and right-click scroll down to map network drive.
f. A window should appear, then select a drive letter and click finish.
How are you accessing the thing in windows?
Tried this?
\\READYSHARE
Perhaps you need to get Windows to see it.
That's what I've been trying.
I typed Run at the Start and then typed \\readyshare
I get the "Windows cannot access \\READYSHARE check the spelling of the name, otherwise there might be a problem with your network, etc etc, click Diagnose.."
Clicking Diagnose doesn't find / fix anything.
Okay,
I'm getting closer to solving this.....
I found a thread on Microsoft's Answer's forum.
It was suggested to try going to;
\\readyshare.routerlogin.com
And that should open up an Explorer Windows which it did :)
Now.... I need to know how to 'map' that drive ??
(I wouldn't want to be typing \\readyshare.routerlogin.com at the Start button every time I wanted to access it on my network (of 2 computers connected via Ethernet).
JezUK wrote:
I typed Run at the Start and then typed \\readyshare
What does that mean?
Just paste \\readyshare into Explorer.
Does the USB drive show up in the browser interface?
What that meant was;
"I typed Run at the Start button and there I typed \\readyshare"
Those are the instructions which came with the Router.
Since then however, as mentioned below, I found a thread on MS Answers - and typing \\readyshare.routerlogin.com in Explorer does give me my "T_Drive" in Explorer which is my USB that's in the Router.
However, I now need to figure out how to 'map' that so that everytime I go into explorer, I see that USB as a 'network' drive.
And the solution is.........
a. Click on Start button
b. Type \\readyshare.routerlogin.com, in the search box and hit enter.
c. This should open a window with one folder inside similar to USB storage.
d. Check to see if your documents are inside,
e. If so go back outside of the folder and right-click scroll down to map network drive.
f. A window should appear, then select a drive letter and click finish.