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X10 R9000 & SilverStone DS222 = no-go?
Hi, New here since I recently got myself a Netgear X10 R9000. I have two concerns I want help with but will create a second thread for the other one. What I need help with here is that my router does not mount my SilverStone DS222 USB3 harddrive cabinet when I connect it to any of the USB-ports. I have 2 1TB drives installed in the cabinet with RAID1, but I can't see that that has to do with anything really. The file system is EXT4 at the moment, but that should not be a problem as far as I have read.
The status light for USB light up on the router, but in the GUI it says that no device is connected.
I might aswell tell that I have another no-name USB3 cabinet with 2 500GB drives in RAID 1 which I connected earlier and it diden't recognise that one either at first. But after about 3-4 days it suddenly appeared in the router GUI!!!
Both those drives have external power supplys, so that should not be the problem.
I have also tried, i think, 5 different USB-sticks and they all mount as expected.
Has anyone else tried a DS222 and got it to work, or has any ideas?
Would DD-WRT be a solution?
I installed DD-WRT and the "problem" is solved.
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ReadyShare has limited support for USB devices. The arrangement you describe is well outside its capabilities.
You can get an idea of what you can use from this page:
Will my USB drive work with ReadySHARE | Answer | NETGEAR Support
For serious networking use Ethernet.
It all looks like it can't support this particular device. But I have read Netgears support claim that it's supposed to supports way more than 1TB drives and among others EXT4 file systems. So I don't buy that just yet.
The cabinet does not require any specific drivers as far as I know. I can even connect it to my Android smartphone without any problems! Haven't tried that with EXT4 thou.
81anKarlsson wrote:
The cabinet does not require any specific drivers as far as I know.Hmm. Don't forget that Windows and other OSs come with built-in support for a pile of kit.
The OS on a router cannot hope to match that.
But don't take my word for it, I am just reporting what I have read here over the years. This tells me that no one has managed to get stuff like that to work. Maybe you have the magic touch.
