Doesn't detect USB storage devices at all.
As the title says, I just bought it and wanted to use the WD Elements portable HDD I had with the device, but the USB Led doesn't light up, even though the hard drive powers up when plugged in. I've tried 3 different thumb drives, fresh formatted them to NTFS, FAT32, ExFAT. Zero effect, I just plug them in and nothing happens. I checked with the manual for my model specifically and it includes a section on USB storage, so it's not the model that only has USB port for 3G or whatever, it should see my storage devices, but it doesn't. Please assist.
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Hi,
The USB ports on Archer VR400 is used to connect USB modems. It is not for the USB storage devices.
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Thank you for your quick response!
Please tell me, why then there is a page for it in its manual for that very device?
https://www.manua.ls/tp-link/archer-vr400/manual?p=32
I have the very same manual in paper that came with the box.
I have not even once came by a mention of that USB port having limited capabilities, and it even powers up the hard drive just fine. One would think that if the cheapo no-name modem from my ISP I'm trying to replace has that feature, surely an after-market premium device would have it also. Should I return it? Is it possible to enable it through a software update in the future?
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Hi,
Thanks for the update.
The post you published shows that the hardware version is V3.
You can check the V3 manual on the official website, where the USB port is only used for connecting a USB modem.
Archer VR400(EU)_V3_User Guide
If your user manual in the box also includes information about USB storage, I suspect that your hardware may not be V3.
Please provide the hardware version so I can look up more information.
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It appears that indeed, I might've seen the manual of the wrong version of the same modem and due to everything else being exactly the same misinterpreted things. I appologise for making my inattentiveness your problem.
Still, I'm not sure what to do. If previous versions of the VR 400 model had USB storage support and it was cut in V3, that's very unfortuante. Is there no way to re-enable it? Should I just return it and get a modem that has it?
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