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dbwalton
Oct 14, 2022Aspirant
Netgear Nighthawk X4 AC3250 R7500 READYSHARE drive denying write access.
I have a USB drive connected to my router's USB port. In the past, I have never had issues with permission, but I recently put a different drive on my router and now there are certain folders in Wi...
dbwalton
Oct 17, 2022Aspirant
You'd think someone from Netgear, at the very least, would have responded by now. I'm not impressed.
DexterJB
Oct 27, 2022NETGEAR Moderator
Hi @dbwalton, we'd like to know the following:
What is the firmware version of the R7500?
What is the capacity of the new drive?
What is the capacity of the old drive?
Have you tried testing a 3rd drive with smaller capacity?
Does the old drive still work with the router?
Does the issue persist on all USB ports?
NETGEAR Team