Is router assigning in internal drive letter or what?

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RealSkier

2023-08-17 03:01:12

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Is router assigning in internal drive letter or what?

2023-08-17 03:01:12

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Model: Archer AX73

Hardware Version: V1

Firmware Version: 1.2.6 Build 20230526 rel.53018(5553)

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I've mucked around with this just trying to understand what the router is doing. Here the USB drive shows up as SHARED(G:). Where does the G: come from? It's an NTFS formatted drive in a powered USB 3.0 enclosure. I've tried reformatting as well as deleting the partition and starting from scratch. I already have a G: drive (Google) on my PC. In fact, when I repartitioned it, I specifically told Win 11 to not assign a drive letter. If it did, it would be "I" (eye). It's confusing because I generally map the shared USB drive to Q: for each of the PCs accessing it.

Thoughts?

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Sunshine

2023-08-18 06:21:47

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Re:Is router assigning in internal drive letter or what?

2023-08-18 06:21:47

@RealSkier

Hello, thank you very much for posting on TP-Link Community.

The "G:" in SHARED(G:) is a drive letter of the router, which is not relevant to your computer, thus the settings when you repartitioned it on the computer will not affect the router drive letter.

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Is router assigning in internal drive letter or what?

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