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Readyshare Issues
God I hope someone can help me with this issue. I'm pretty sure it's something simple I'm missing.
I have AC1750 (C6300) Cable Modem with Xfinity service. I want to connect a USB drive to the router and access my movies from my smart TV.
I tested it by saving a movie onto this USB drive and plugged it into the router. And my smart TV was able to see it (ReadyDLNA:C6300) and I was able to play the movie.
Everything good so far...but!
When I wanted to add another movie to this USB drive, I couldn't. I can see the ReadyDLNA:C6300 under This PC and under Network locations. I can also see the folders. I can also create new folders from the GUI. I can see the movie file and can play it as well. However, I can't save any files into these folders! Apparently I don't have the write access?!
Going into the router's GUI, I made sure the READ and WRITE accesses were set to 'no password'. So I'm not sure what the issue is? Looking at some old posts says I need to install Netgear Genie software but that's no longer available.
Please help!!!
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This area is for ReadyNAS, not router-based storage, though there is a lot of similarity.
It may be something on your PC that's blocking you, not a problem with the router configuration. Usually, however, that blocks it in both directions. If you didn't properly eject the USB drive from the PC, it may also currently be marked as "read-only".
Sandshark wrote:
If you didn't properly eject the USB drive from the PC, it may also currently be marked as "read-only".
This is more likely to happen if you pull the drive from the router w/o ejecting it using the router web ui. That could also happen if the there was a power failure with the drive attached to the router.
Try putting the USB drive in the PC. If it offers to "repair" it, then let it proceed. The eject it, and reconnect it to the router.
nextmilenium wrote:
When I wanted to add another movie to this USB drive, I couldn't. I can see the ReadyDLNA:C6300 under This PC and under Network locations. I can also see the folders.
The ReadyDLNA is just a file system-like representation of the existing media files and folders indexed for the DLNA clients, realized by your Windows system. At no point, this is writeable. Updating files and folders is done using the ubiquitous standard file sharing nicknamed ReadyShare resp. the shared folder pointing to the USB storage device.
nextmilenium wrote:
I can also create new folders from the GUI. I can see the movie file and can play it as well. However, I can't save any files into these folders! Apparently I don't have the write access?!
Use the \\readynas\[USB-device-shared-folder] for the file system access.
nextmilenium wrote:
Going into the router's GUI, I made sure the READ and WRITE accesses were set to 'no password'. So I'm not sure what the issue is?
What looks as a clever idea for simple access is denied by modern Windows systems. Non-authenticated share access was abused over years for malicious activities. Strongly suggest to set a password for write access.
schumaku wrote:
Use the \\readynas\[USB-device-shared-folder] for the file system access.
nextmilenium - schumaku meant \\readyshare[USB-device-shared-folder]
- Thanks everyone for your replies.
I was able to map the drive using Network Mapping but got the “You Can't Access This Shared Folder Because Your Organization's Security Policies Block Unauthenticated Guest Access.” Error message.
I had to allow the access by changing the value in
Regedit Path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters
Now I have full write access!Instead of ruining the very baseline security Microsoft has set in place on the newer Windows systems for good reasons (and many more), setting a write-password for the shared folder access and authenticate the shared folder map accordingly would be the much better approach.
schumaku wrote:
nextmilenium wrote:
Going into the router's GUI, I made sure the READ and WRITE accesses were set to 'no password'. So I'm not sure what the issue is?
What looks as a clever idea for simple access is denied by modern Windows systems. Non-authenticated share access was abused over years for malicious activities. Strongly suggest to set a password for write access.
I could cry ....
- I’m a novice when it comes to these IT stuff so please be patient.
With my current setting of No Password for Read or Write access to my mapped USB drive plugged into my router, anyone who wants to hack into it would need to hack into my router first since I did not enable Internet access (only local access)?
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