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JJ15
Oct 16, 2018Aspirant
Nighthawk 7800 | Share usb drive on network
Router / Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800
USB Drive / Seagate Expansion portable 1TB
Yesterday i attached the seagate usb drive to the router and i wish to share it to all devices on the network, ...
- Oct 16, 2018
Hello,
The behavior you describe is at normal state. On the Network section of the Windows Explorer you see the shared folder as a media server.
You have to attach the drive as a shared one : https://kb.netgear.com/24063/How-do-I-map-the-USB-device-attached-to-my-Nighthawk-router-to-a-Windows-network-drive
bingo19
Oct 16, 2018Apprentice
Hello,
The behavior you describe is at normal state. On the Network section of the Windows Explorer you see the shared folder as a media server.
You have to attach the drive as a shared one : https://kb.netgear.com/24063/How-do-I-map-the-USB-device-attached-to-my-Nighthawk-router-to-a-Windows-network-drive