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RAX50 and Roku Media Player Issues

Bulldog44
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RAX50 and Roku Media Player Issues

I recently upgraded from the R7500v2 to the RAX50.  I have used an attached USB drive for years and streamed movies,music, and pictures through Roku Media Player or PLEX at times.   With the RAX50 I am not able to see any of my files on the attached usb device through Roku Media Player.   I can access readyshare on my PC and see the files so i know the router is recognizing the drive.    Also, I can use Plex and play media from the attached device.   I've tried to remove and readd the drive, reboot, rescan, and even got a 2nd RAX50 as I thought the first one was defective.   Has anyone else had this issue?   Thank you.

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plemans
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Re: RAX50 and Roku Media Player Issues

The R7500 had a DLNA server built into it. The RAX50 doesn't. 

That's why it doesn't stream off it. 

 

I wouldn't hold out on the R7500 keeping the dlna server if you update firmware on it because its been getting phased out on other devices to make room for netgear armor.

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/DLNA-OFFICIALLY-removed-from-R7000-on-latest...

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Nighthawk-X6-R8000-Media-Server-DLNA-support...

 

 

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