Question Issues accessing hard drive (usb 3.0) on Asus RT-AC68P

[zero koopa]

I am simply trying to have an external HDD in my router ASUS RT-68ACP. I have follwed many walkthroughs but my hard drive does not show up on my network.

Under the USB application I have enabled share and hit apply. The drive is unmounted so I formatted a usb thumb drive to test this out and put a video and a photo on there. That worked and is recognized and mounted. Now after I apply it and go to Network it does not show up. I was able to see it via the FTP but I want to use this as a normal hard drive to open files edit and save back on the hard drive. I have no clue what I am doing wrong. Please help.

I have been reading as many walkthroughs as possible before coming here but I am at a loss.

 

[Tech Junky]

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[zero koopa]

I have my old windows 7 rig, and that one is able to see the thumb drive on my router. I am not sure why my laptop cannot. It must be in the settings on the laptop somewhere but I am not sure how to adjust.

 

[JackMDS]

May be this can help.

How to set up network file sharing on Windows 10 - Pureinfotech

You can share files on Windows 10 in many ways, and here I'll show you to share files using File Explorer, OneDrive, Nearby Sharing

pureinfotech.com

How to share files on Windows 11 - Pureinfotech

To share files on Windows 11 in the network, open folder Sharing tab, click Share, select user or group, choose permissions, and click Share.

pureinfotech.com

 

[mxnerd]

Probably SMB version compatibility issue.

You have to enable SMB 2.0 in the router or enable SMB 1.0 on Windows 10