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R8000 usb storage access
I am setting up a new Win11 Home machine and cannot access the usb storage connected to the router. In Windows Explorer I click on Network/R8000 (Gateway) and see the attached error in image. The wei...
michaelkenward wrote:One thing I have found is that in its own inimitable way Windows doesn't always populate the network. However, if I point explorer at \\READYSHARE, it comes to life.
This allowed "USB_Storage" to show up in Explorer and I was able to map it. Thank you for the help! It's crazy that ReadyShare just didn't show up under Network by itself
I did, but was hoping there was another solution rather than opening myself up to a vulnerability. After reading more into the thread, that issue seems to be related to TV sets accessing the usb storage. My issue is Windows itself cannot access it. And like I mentioned, I have 1 machine that was already mapped and works fine.
RRSS wrote:
I did, but was hoping there was another solution rather than opening myself up to a vulnerability.
Pity you didn't mention that.
After reading more into the thread, that issue seems to be related to TV sets accessing the usb storage.
What does that mean? Where did these TV sets suddenly come from?
This issue seems to be a bit different from the subject "usb storage access".
Anything else you haven't told us?
What firmware version do you have on the device?
A number is more useful than "the latest". (It may not be by the time people read this.) There can also be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware in the browser interface.
It might also help if you told people what the modem is in front of this router, if there is one. The make and model number could be useful. Is it, by any chance, also a router, with a set of LAN ports on the back?
The reason for asking is that a lot of people turn up here trying to put a router behind a modem that is also a router. That can complicate troubleshooting.