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External Drive Testing CHKDSK
I have a Nighthawk X6 R8000 and I love it. It has the latest FW, V1.0.4.28_10.1.54, which I noticed that a few people are having issues but I seem to be the lucky one, that or I got a Canadian versio...
Hi JAS
Xant0 wrote:
..., that or I got a Canadian version.
I can't think there is anything the like - what says the label on the back for the model number, something like R8000-100xxx ?
Xant0 wrote:
Now lately I have to recycle the router and/or external drives as they seem to go missing.
Many different cause are possible.
Xant0 wrote:
now is there a way to test these drives, the Seagate 5TB in particular while plugged into the router?
The Nighthawk routers don't offer any file system integrity checking.
With the HDD not detected and mounted (why ever) doing it would be even harder.
Eject/unplug and run a file system check e.g. on your Windows system.
Hi JAS
Xant0 wrote:
Ok now security. Am I able to setup folders through the router with l/p's just like a NAS or a Windows Pro? If so how? As I have tried everything and stil everyone has access to the 2 drives. It also says "Warning: We strongly recommend that you enable Admin Password Protection to secure your ReadySHARE data. If you did not change the default admin password, we also recommend that you change it to secure your network." which I've done and as soon as I do it the shares turn red X and if I double click the shared drive I expect for it to ask me for the l/p but it doesnt do that. I've created a bat file "net use" with all the info to run on startup or double click and still no go.
Something like a net use /delete would make the Windows system forget any mapped shared folders.
The Nighthawk routers only support using the admin account and your configured password - that's the only username/password we can apply on the external storage devices resp. the configured shared folders.
When mapping the shared folders - ideally by browsing from Windows Explorer using \\readyhsare\ or \\192.168.1.1\ and clicking on the shared folder(s) configured, the system should ask you for the (admin) username and password.
Xant0 wrote:
And is there a way to change the "timeout" on the router lol?
The Web UI timeout? I don't think so...
Hi JAS
Xant0 wrote:
..., that or I got a Canadian version.
I can't think there is anything the like - what says the label on the back for the model number, something like R8000-100xxx ?
Xant0 wrote:
Now lately I have to recycle the router and/or external drives as they seem to go missing.
Many different cause are possible.
Xant0 wrote:
now is there a way to test these drives, the Seagate 5TB in particular while plugged into the router?
The Nighthawk routers don't offer any file system integrity checking.
With the HDD not detected and mounted (why ever) doing it would be even harder.
Eject/unplug and run a file system check e.g. on your Windows system.
Hi JAS
Xant0 wrote:
Ok now security. Am I able to setup folders through the router with l/p's just like a NAS or a Windows Pro? If so how? As I have tried everything and stil everyone has access to the 2 drives. It also says "Warning: We strongly recommend that you enable Admin Password Protection to secure your ReadySHARE data. If you did not change the default admin password, we also recommend that you change it to secure your network." which I've done and as soon as I do it the shares turn red X and if I double click the shared drive I expect for it to ask me for the l/p but it doesnt do that. I've created a bat file "net use" with all the info to run on startup or double click and still no go.
Something like a net use /delete would make the Windows system forget any mapped shared folders.
The Nighthawk routers only support using the admin account and your configured password - that's the only username/password we can apply on the external storage devices resp. the configured shared folders.
When mapping the shared folders - ideally by browsing from Windows Explorer using \\readyhsare\ or \\192.168.1.1\ and clicking on the shared folder(s) configured, the system should ask you for the (admin) username and password.
Xant0 wrote:
And is there a way to change the "timeout" on the router lol?
The Web UI timeout? I don't think so...