Admin Password Doesn't Work for USB readyshare drive
Admin login/password is denied when accessing a hard drive connected to the modem via USB that was read/write protected in routerlogin.net.
If the drive is not protected, no problem accessing via readyshare from local network, and even from Internet!
But the admin login/password don't work if the drive is proteted.
I exhausted all options. Followed manual, restarted, changed password, researched the topic online. Seems to be a bug. Modem is C3000. LaCie 8 TB USB HDD.
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Thank you so much for following up! 🙂
1. I will look up and confirm!
2. Yes, I have another LaCie drive (different model, lower capacity), but it had the same issue.
3. I did not. I used same computer, but was on a different network (my neighbors).
Essentially the issue is: if I enable password protection for the drive, I can't access it over internet. The little login/password window popps up, but doesn't accept credentials (says they're wrong).
If I am on the home network though - it accepts the credentials (from the same laptop).
However, if password protection is disabled, I can access the drive even from the internet, using my neighbor's network.
I owe you:
1. Firmware version
2. Trying to access the drive using a differnt device
I'm on work trip right now, but will be home over the weekend, and will try again! Thank you for helping me!
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Alright! Tested out a number of things, but no solution yet 😞
Summary: FAT32 is accessible when password protection is disabled. But if password is enabled, can't access even from home/native network. Behavior is independent of the device and network.
1. Firmware: V2.02.08
2. Another storage device: Yes, I tried a few shown below.
Device File system Access without password Access with password
512 MB flash FAT32 Yes No
2 GB flash FAT32 Yes No
3 TB drive NTFS N/A - not seen by system N/A - not seen by system
8 TB drive FAT32 Yes No
3. Another device: Yes, I tried my work laptop using both home network and neighbor's network. Can access - but only if password protection is disabled.
So, all is working as desired except for access when password is enabled. Is there anything else I can try?
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I have the exact same problem, I can access folders without password protection enabled, but as soon as i enable password protection read/write I'm unable.
Even if i have password protection on and try to access the folders LOCALLY, i'm unable to because it won't accept my login credentials.
I assume the username should be "admin" and password my Routers login password.
If I have a folder with "Admin" enabled like shown in the video I can't access it from any device including Netgear genie from my iPhone, even with the correct login info.
If I try accessing it from my iPhone with Netgear genie, I get RED text saying "permission Denied"
I can however access it from the FTP in the browser from my Desktop PC (local machine) with the Router login information.
Re: Admin Password Doesn't Work for USB readyshare drive
Friends,
Tech support are looking into sneaking a fix to this bug in one of the future firmware releases. The issue is real, and they were able to reproduce it in their lab. Timeline not clear right now.
Tech support update me on the status regularly.
Background: this bug is considered small enough not to warrant a dedicated firmware release, so they are trying to add a fix to one of the bigger firmware releases in the future.
While it does take time, and no solution has been provided yet, I had a good experience with the support team. They are interested in getting it fixed.
Re: Admin Password Doesn't Work for USB readyshare drive
I resolved this problem tonight. I tried all of the others solutions with managing windows credentials or turn off password protected sharing or enable 40 or 56 bit encryptopm but what resolved it for me was simply changing the routers admin password to something new after I had the readyshare configured. Hope it helpes someone else.
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That partially solved my issue. However, I have some of the shared folders setup with read access with no password and write access with password. When accessing the read-only folder via windows, I still had to enter the router admin credentials.
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This issue is driving me nuts.
1st question: how do I even know what the password of my admin account should be? I never created one explicitly. Admin = common user account?
2nd question: How come I can't connect with smb://admin@1.2.3.4/readyshare with any password that could be my admin account? Also for me it seems that admin protected folders dont work
1. What is the model number and firmware version of your device?
2. The credentials used for the ReadySHARE feature is the same as the router/device credentials (default username is admin, default password is password).
3. Please check the link below for an overview of the ReadySHARE feature.
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I had the same problem on my R7000, where I had set the admin password using some special characters ($). After several changes, I noticed that the readyshare mapping is rejected if my password contains the $ sign, but works fine if the admin password is "less sophisticated" ! Hope this will help some others ...
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Hello,
This work-around works for me when Readyshare won't accept my username/password credentials: Enter only the username "admin" with no password (blank) then submit. Now enter "admin" AND correct password combo and submit. Hope this works for you all.
Brian
Model: WNDR4500|N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router|EOL
