Netgear Readyshare - Page 2

SideValve · 7th May 2017, 21:41

Thanks, starting to sound like its faulty....
Personally I'd reformat a usb stick, factory reset the netgear & start again with it off the network and see if it will see the drive.
If it doesn't I guess you could swap them round and use this one just as a router in the loft while the original one does everything else downstairs.

I'm sure you've seen the manual but if not its here - https://www.netgear.com/support/product/WNDR3400v2#docs

mbonwick · 8th May 2017, 14:02

Have you checked router #2 is running the latest firmware?

HarryM1BYT · 8th May 2017, 17:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbonwick

Have you checked router #2 is running the latest firmware?

I did and it wasn't, so I downloaded and installed the latest version. I actually thought the firmware might possibly have been corrupted in the original version, so always worth updating it.

HarryM1BYT · 8th May 2017, 18:02

A bit of progress....

The routers web site uses pop up windows, my browser was blocking pop ups - once I allowed them, the edit windows appeared.

[EDIT] but it still does not appear as a share on the LAN..

HarryM1BYT · 10th May 2017, 14:48

I reset it this morning, yet one more time and the Readyshare appeared in the network folder for the very first time. I was able to browse the stick, or swap it for a USB HDD and browse that, or at least until I reconnected the the router up to the rest of my network then I lost all access to that readyshare and gained access to my readshare on router #1. I then tried changing the name of the readyshare on router #2 to readysharegrnd, but it still refused to show up in my network folder.

So my question now is - should I be able to have more than one USB readyshare on a single network?

HarryM1BYT · 10th May 2017, 16:40

OK, try to explain what was going on....

Readyshare only works, if DHCP is enabled on the router where the USB item is plugged in.

#1 is the main router and had DHCP enabled, hence I could find and use its Readyshare USB item.

#2 had its DHCP set to off, with #1 dishing out all the IP's, hence no access to its Readyshared USB.

My doing a factory reset this morning on #2, allowed the Readyshare to appear, but only until the point where I disabled the DHCP.

I'm now wondering if I might be able to have DHCP enabled on both routers and give each router a different range of IP's to allocate? Watch this space..

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8th May 2017, 18:02	#14
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10th May 2017, 14:48	#15
HarryM1BYT This is my second home 75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 17,273 Thanks: 2,160 Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts	I reset it this morning, yet one more time and the Readyshare appeared in the network folder for the very first time. I was able to browse the stick, or swap it for a USB HDD and browse that, or at least until I reconnected the the router up to the rest of my network then I lost all access to that readyshare and gained access to my readshare on router #1. I then tried changing the name of the readyshare on router #2 to readysharegrnd, but it still refused to show up in my network folder. So my question now is - should I be able to have more than one USB readyshare on a single network? __________________ Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.

10th May 2017, 16:40	#16
HarryM1BYT This is my second home 75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 17,273 Thanks: 2,160 Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts	Solved with help from Netgear! OK, try to explain what was going on.... Readyshare only works, if DHCP is enabled on the router where the USB item is plugged in. #1 is the main router and had DHCP enabled, hence I could find and use its Readyshare USB item. #2 had its DHCP set to off, with #1 dishing out all the IP's, hence no access to its Readyshared USB. My doing a factory reset this morning on #2, allowed the Readyshare to appear, but only until the point where I disabled the DHCP. I'm now wondering if I might be able to have DHCP enabled on both routers and give each router a different range of IP's to allocate? Watch this space.. __________________ Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.

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8th May 2017, 14:02	#12
mbonwick Gets stuck in Connoisseur SE 1.8 Auto Saloon Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Kendal Posts: 633 Thanks: 129 Thanked 176 Times in 147 Posts	Have you checked router #2 is running the latest firmware?