Adding a NAS to my Netgear Nighthawk R7000. Problems.

[CoolZero78]

Ok, so I had 2 different USB 3.0 drives to try out. One was a Western Digital 1TB and the other was the Samsung T1 250GB SSD.
I plugged one into the USB 3.0 port on the front and went into windows 10 to enable the file sharing or whatever it's called. Sorry I am at work and can't remember.
Once I enabled it I could see my TV's and my R7000 router under "Network" but not the NAS.
I went into the router settings under ReadyShare and enabled basic for network and the drive was showing \\readyshare\USB_drive with a drive letter of U: showing.
When I copy the address and paste it into Windows explorer it will not pull the drive up.
I also tried to map the drive but it wasn't detected when I tried.

Am I doing something wrong? What format doe the drive need to be in? exFAT or NTFS?

Thanks for the help.

 

[The Paladin]

Did you create the network folders?

 

[CoolZero78]

I'm not sure what you mean by create the network folders? Most likely not. Please explain.

 

[The Paladin]

when you plug in a USB device you give it a name , then you have to tell the router what folders are shared, now I have the r8000 so I am assuming it works the same way for you R7000, go back to the ReadyShare section, and you should see your u: at bottom of page you should see "share folders" you have to assign at least one folder to be shared to see it on the network

 

[CoolZero78]

when you plug in a USB device you give it a name , then you have to tell the router what folders are shared, now I have the r8000 so I am assuming it works the same way for you R7000, go back to the ReadyShare section, and you should see your u: at bottom of page you should see "share folders" you have to assign at least one folder to be shared to see it on the network

Very interesting. I will try this when I get home this evening. I really appreciate the help!

 

[CoolZero78]

when you plug in a USB device you give it a name , then you have to tell the router what folders are shared, now I have the r8000 so I am assuming it works the same way for you R7000, go back to the ReadyShare section, and you should see your u: at bottom of page you should see "share folders" you have to assign at least one folder to be shared to see it on the network

Ok, so I tried it out and it's a no go. When I click "edit" it tells me "No Disk". When I look at the router neither of the 2 usb lights are on. I also tried it in the 2.0 slot. Whats weird is that when I plugged in the usb Samsung SSD the light came on and for whatever reason, I could see the 1TB and the SSD in readyshare on the Netgear UI even without the 1TB plugged in. I clicked edit and shared a random folder.
Then I took the \\readyshare address it gave me for the detected SSD and plugged it into windows explorer. NO GO. The PC is basically not detecting the drive that's plugged into the router.
I am beginning to think this is a firmware issue as I am on the newest firmware.

 

[The Paladin]

and you are using self powered drives correct ? the usb port on the router are not powered ports ie will not power a hdd to run

 

[CoolZero78]

I'm not sure I believe this to be true. All of the pics and videos on youtube show a standard usb hdd plugged in. Not one of the larger ones that require an AC adapter. My usb drive is also on the compatible list that Netgear gave me.