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Win 10 will not allow writing to USB drive
Everything worked fine on my old Win10 PC, then I switched to a new Win10 PC. Readyshare is setup for no password read and write. I can access my readyshare drive to read, but not write. When I try...
carailer wrote:
Thanks. SMB 1 is enabled. My router is at 192.168.1.64.
That is an unsual router IP. Are you using it in AP mode?
Maybe confirm that you have the right path by running CMD on the PC. Then enter
net view \\192.168.1.64
Also, the router might be set up to need a password for write access. Maybe check the router config for that.
I don't know what AP is. I see no option on the router setup regarding that. I have set readyshare for no passwords. When I go to CMD and try net view \\192.168.1.64 or 192.168.1.1 or even the local 10.0.0.1, I get an error that no connection exists.
carailer wrote:
I don't know what AP is.
AP: Access point. AP mode is an advanced setting (page 77 here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDR3400V3/WNDR3400v3_UM_19June2014.pdf)
Basically it lets you use the WNDR3400's wifi without using it as a router.
carailer wrote:
When I go to CMD and try net view \\192.168.1.64 or 192.168.1.1 or even the local 10.0.0.1, I get an error that no connection exists.
How did you determine that your router's IP was 192.168.1.64?
When you say "local 10.0.0.1", are you saying that your router is set up for 10.0.0.x addresses?
Maybe I am wrong about the IP. 192.168.1.64 is the internet IP. But why did net view not find 192.168.1.1? Yes, my system is set up for 10.0.0.x. Would AP do anything for me? The system works fine, except for this new USB writing issue.
carailer wrote:
Maybe I am wrong about the IP. 192.168.1.64 is the internet IP. But why did net view not find 192.168.1.1? Yes, my system is set up for 10.0.0.x.
If your local network is 10.0.0.x, then the internal IP address of the Netgear router would normally be 10.0.0.1.
192.168.1.64 is a private IP address. So if that is the Netgear's WAN address, then you are double-routing (your modem is actually a gateway - that is a modem+router, and you are connecting it to the Netgear).
You can confirm by running CMD on the PC (just enter CMD into windows search), and entering tracert 1.1.1.1
You should see something that looks like this:
Tracing route to one.one.one.one [1.1.1.1] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.1 2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 3 7 ms 3 ms 2 ms one.one.one.one [1.1.1.1] Trace complete.
There could be other stuff between the hop 2 and the final hop to 1.1.1.1
carailer wrote:
Would AP do anything for me?
Likely not, I was just trying to understand the IP address. We can talk more about that after we figure out your problem.
carailer wrote:
The system works fine, except for this new USB writing issue.
Which only happens on the new PC. So something is different on the setup.
Does the PC say the network is public or private? It should be private.
Do you have internet security software running on the PC?
Is the old PC still running?
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