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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 rou...
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.
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