ReadyShare using C7000v2 with Mac

[ski10]

I've installed a C7000v2, firmware v1.02.08 - wifi and routing working fine.

i've obtained a Seagate Backup Plus Slim 4GB (2GB is on the list of tested/approved USB disks for C7000.

I'm using Mac Sierra 10.12.6, formatted disk with GUID.  Disk mounts/reads/writes ok on Mac.

Plugged into C7000 USB port, waited a few minutes.

In the router admin page, I can see the drive and shares:

Using Chrome on the mac, I can see the HTTP: share:

However, I cannot mount smb://readyshare, error is:

I tried Browse for Server, but could not see the router share.

Suggestions?

thanks!!

[antinode · Accepted solution]

> Using Chrome on the mac, I can see the HTTP: share: [...]

   That's at "readyshare.routerlogin.net".

However, I cannot mount smb://readyshare, error is: [...]

   That's at "readyshare".  Have you tried taking a hint from the thing
which works, and trying "smb://readyshare.routerlogin.net"?

   My memory is approximately worthless, but didn't someone report a
solution (work-around?) like this recently in one of these forums?

[antinode · Accepted solution]

> Using Chrome on the mac, I can see the HTTP: share: [...]

   That's at "readyshare.routerlogin.net".

However, I cannot mount smb://readyshare, error is: [...]

   That's at "readyshare".  Have you tried taking a hint from the thing
which works, and trying "smb://readyshare.routerlogin.net"?

   My memory is approximately worthless, but didn't someone report a
solution (work-around?) like this recently in one of these forums?

[antinode]

   I doubt that this is what I thought that I remembered, but:

      https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1540309

   I'd expect "smb://routerlogin.net" to work, too.  Why the DNS server
on the router doesn't seem (always?) to intercept plain-old "readyshare"
is still a mystery (to me).