Connecting USB Storage to WRT610N

I have connected Seagate's FreeAgent Desk 1TB 3.5'' External HDD USB 2.0 to my WRT610N router. It connected easily and I could acces the disk from any PC at home.
After a while the disk was lost, disappeared from the router definitions. It is my understanding that WRT610N loses the disk when the disk goes to standby mode. The only way to restore the connection is to disconnect the disk from the router and reconnect it again.
Is there any other way to 'wake-up' the disk remotely from a PC to avoid physical intervention?
Thanks.
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You may try upgrading / reflashing the router's firmware and reconfigure it..
Try this link which help you to upgrade the router.
Note* After upgrading the router when you reset the router, make sure to take out the storage device from the router so that data can not be loose.

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Message Edited by 10-36 on 12-27-2008 07:13 PM

Disable firewall and anti-virus software on your computer. Try to follow the procedure below regarding Windows Vista.
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jal4680 wrote:
After spending 4 hours (no exageration) with Linksys Level 2 tech support I am at my wits end....
I just purchased a WRT610N and want to use the USB storage feature to backup my primary desktop. Here's the specifics:
Desktop is an older Dell XPS runnings XP SP3. Desktop has three logons....for myself and my kids.
I'd also like each desktop logon to be able to access the router USB storage feature so that we have a common place for pictures, etc.
I have an office laptop and I would like this to access the storage device
Eventually I will be adding more computers to the network for my kids.
I'm also interested in using the FTP access to get to the files on the storage device when I am away from home.
Through 3 separate tech support calls, each tech tried a different approach to get this to work. Nothing worked. I want to start from scratch.... What is the best way to accomplish what I want to do? After suffering through the pain, is the WRT610N a good solution or should I return it to Amazon and do this some other way?
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Yes i have it is working on my PC
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