

Storage UserAccount Configuration Choose Add, or Remove to configure User Accounts. DEVICES ROUTER - SMART/RG 802.11ac VDSL2 GATEWAY MODEL: SR515ac HARD DRIVE - 8TB USB NTFS* harddrive (no changes to drive settings since connecting it via USB to my laptop) - *I am pretty sure it is not FAT32 LAPTOP - Windows 10 ROUTER SETTINGS Advanced Setup > Storage Service The Storage service allows you to use Storage devices with modem to be more easily accessed Volumename disk0_1 FileSystem unknown Total Space 0 Used Space 0 QUESTION 2 of 3: Is the “unknown” File system a problem? QUESTION 3 of 3: Do I need to set up User accounts at the Router page? [Advanced Setup>Storage Services> User Accounts I want anyone on the WiFi to have access to all files on the hard drive. QUESTION 1 of 3: Can I do this? Is the path above correct? I know a USB hard drive-to-Router is inferior to NAS but a slow hard drive is sufficient for now. Is it true that the USB ports on the G1100 router dont actually do anything I found a number of posts on this topic but they are quite old and some say Verizon is 'working' on this problem. WHERE I AM NOW - I can copy to & from Windows laptop and Network> \192.168.42.1\public\ NEXT STEP - I want to see/access ALL files on the router-attached hard drive, not this “public” folder. Im hoping to attach an external USB hard drive to my network for backups (Mac Time Machine). GOAL - I want to attach my hard drive to my router so my laptop can access files on the harddrive over my local WiFi.
