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ReadyShare USB storage - unable to use.
Just these holiday I started to explore the ReadyShare facility on my router. So far I have been able to see a USB stick (resp 32 and 8 GB) on the ReadySHARE tab in my RouterLogin page. It recogniz...
HHHY wrote:
For some reason my ReadySHARE won't work.
OK. So we can forget about ReadySHARE VAULT.That is something completely different.
HHHY wrote:
When installing the ReadySHARE software on the laptop it does not see the USB drive.
Yes, but what ReadySHARE software?
You do not need any software to use ReadySHARE. You set it up in the R7800's GUI (browser interface), USB drives then becomes visible in Windows as a Network location called \\READYSHARE.
It should appear in Windows Explorer. Then you can use whatever software you like to address it.
It may be that Windows or something else is protecting you.
It works here just fine. So nothing has changed on the R7800 on that front.
This may be useful:
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Here 's a screenshot of me trying to gain access to the USB drive... unfortunately I can only see the drive, I cannot read or write to it, it would seem:
And here's what the router login tells me at basic:
And when I hit ReadyShare VAULT:
Mind you, I would be happy to use another program than ReadyShare VAULT, even if it's Windows10, but am unable to find any instructions (that I can follow).
Help would be appreciated!
HHHY wrote:
Help would be appreciated!
I'd try if I knew what you were asking for.
What are you trying to do? Your account is kind of long and confusing to me at least.
The R7800 happily plays ball with everything ReadySHARE.
I do have ReadySHARE vault installed. But mostly I use simple USB sharing and ReadyCLOUD.
I see nothing in the R7800's graphical user interface (GUI) about ReadySHARE Vault. Just ReadyCLOUD and ReadySHARE.