I am using ready share for accessing my USB port, which has attached a western digital 6Tb… I find it too slow to stream.so I am trying to add a secondary SSD storage in order to stream to the television. My router will not recognize my SSD storage… Why?

K. Well for the most part. USB on a router a with a USB Drive attached will not have the greatest performance. I don't believe that or may have been tuned well. This router is several years old now and I presume that maybe the USB drivers with in the FW may not have been well kept up to date. Along with newer rev's of USB 3x now and with all the in betweens. Anything is possible. And possible that there could be some driver size limitations as well. Check formatting on the drive too. I believe exFAT or was an option for NG routers. And as a suggestion to future proof your self, you might want to consider NAS. I did the years ago. Never looked back to USB storage.

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 18, 2023
1. it usually isn't the hard drive in these instances that is the bottleneck for speed but the usb/router. A router based usb device is nice to have but after a certain speed point, its time to upgrade to something designed for it.

2. hard drive compatibility is a hit/miss thing on these routers. did you ensure its properly formatted?

https://kb.netgear.com/24059/What-are-the-USB-drive-requirements-for-ReadySHARE-on-my-NETGEAR-router
- Johnbinns
  Aspirant
  Jan 20, 2023
  It was formatted already for Mac… However, I couldn’t even get it to recognize the drive so nothing was happening and I had no control
- Johnbinns
  Aspirant
  Jan 20, 2023
  I am reasonably sure that the router USB port will not except the 1.1 amp draw.
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 20, 2023
Does the USB drive have it own power adapter by chance? If not then ya, won't be supported well on the USB port I believe.
- Johnbinns
  Aspirant
  Jan 20, 2023
  Yes… But it only accepts .740 A.
  - FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 20, 2023
    K.
    Well for the most part. USB on a router a with a USB Drive attached will not have the greatest performance. I don't believe that or may have been tuned well. This router is several years old now and I presume that maybe the USB drivers with in the FW may not have been well kept up to date. Along with newer rev's of USB 3x now and with all the in betweens. Anything is possible.
    
    And possible that there could be some driver size limitations as well.
    
    Check formatting on the drive too. I believe exFAT or was an option for NG routers.
    
    And as a suggestion to future proof your self, you might want to consider NAS. I did the years ago. Never looked back to USB storage.
- Johnbinns
  Aspirant
  Jan 20, 2023
  Correction, 7.50 mA.

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