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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:
Solved: ALL Netgear USB Drive Mapping Issues ReadyShareCo... - NETGEAR Communities
Thanks for the reaction, and excuses if my story is unclear.
What I am trying to do is to use one of the USB ports on my R7800 router for storage (preferably backup, but I'd be happy if I can get any file there..).
For some reason my ReadySHARE won't work.
If I log into the router via a laptop using its own WiFi I can see a USB drive connected.
However, I cannot get ReadyShare to work.
Although I can see the drive on my GUI (if that is what you call the browser window when logged on), I cannot access it for reading, let alone writing to it.
When installing the ReadySHARE software on the laptop it does not see the USB drive. It tries to read it for a few seconds and then comes back with something like 'no drive available' ... (right now I uninstalled the software).
Is this any clearer?
Thanks in advance. Hans
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:
Solved: ALL Netgear USB Drive Mapping Issues ReadyShareCo... - NETGEAR Communities
That involved sacrificing security and increasing vulnerability to Wannacry if I understand correctly... Naaah..