Please help with shared USB drive confusion.

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Mon, 03/10/2014 - 8:50pm
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jolo
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Please help with shared USB drive confusion.

I am using Windows 7 with my WNR3500l.

I have had a 1gb external drive connected to my router, using readyshare.

For whatever reason, I do not see it listed as a disk drive any more when I select Computers in Win 7. It used to be there and I gave it a "N" drive designation.

I believe that I have uploaded a screen print of my Advanced USB Storage screen from my router settings.

It can see it via FTP from the settings.

Can anyone help me so that I can see the attached USB drive again from my Win 7 laptop?

Thanks,

JT

 

 

 

 

 

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Fri, 03/14/2014 - 3:35am
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Subhra
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Try with a different machine,

Try with a different machine, check if the problem persists.

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Sat, 03/15/2014 - 12:12am
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jolo
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Thanks for a response. Sadly

Thanks for a response. Sadly,to you are the only one who has responded.
I have uploaded my settings, which I hope helps. It has worked for a few years and suddenly stopped. FTP on it works.
Besides my Windows unit, I have two Android tablets where it is the same thing.

I know the external drive works perfectly as a drive and can be seen using the FTP link as shown on my Netgear configuration screen.

Is there a different way to configure it ??

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Tue, 03/18/2014 - 1:40am
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Subhra
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jolo said: Thanks for a

jolo said: Thanks for a response. Sadly,to you are the only one who has responded. I have uploaded my settings, which I hope helps. It has worked for a few years and suddenly stopped. FTP on it works. Besides my Windows unit, I have two Android tablets where it is the same thing. I know the external drive works perfectly as a drive and can be seen using the FTP link as shown on my Netgear configuration screen. Is there a different way to configure it ??

If I haven't misunderstood your words,

  1. You are using same 1gb external drive, and win7 computer with your router.
  2. This setup was working for a few years.
  3. Suddenly, with no change in above setup, things stopped working for you.

If things were in working condition, I didn't found any reason to change the configuration.
I would suggest you to reboot your router and check if scenario changes or not.

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