Using WRT610N / WUSB600N with WD TV Live Media Player - please help
It's quite incredible, but I am so lost here... spent 6 hours with WD and Linksys tech support online... and still no answers.
Running Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) with WD TV Live, which has the Linksys WUSB600 dual-band wireless-N USB adapter plugged in. My PC has no user accounts / passwords so there are ni profiles.
I followed the setup / installation instructions from this link:
http://community.wdc.com/t5/Networking/Enable-Network-Shares-on-WD-TV-Live-amp-Windows-7-amp-Vista-3...
Worked like a charm - for 4 days.
Earlier today, I decided to "upgrade" my old Linksys WRT300N router to the WRT610N new one, so that I can have better streaming with the dual-band. Here is the bottom line: When I now go to "shared networks", I only see the router itself listed. There are no more network shares foldere/directories that were working perfectly with WRT300N. So I decided to "go back" to the WRT300N, and guess what, the network shares dissapeared there also. The WRT300N router is not shown.
I have tried (and not limited to the following):
Factory reset my WD HD Live and re-setup from scratch
re-created the network share folders on the PC re-set advanced sharing settings / media streaming / sharing parameters, etc...
Uninstalled / re-installed the ETHERNET drivers on my PC REPLACED the WRT610N router with another one (swaped at the store I bought yesterday)
Disabled Windows 7 firewall/ Kaspersky 2010 antivirus and buit-in firewall of WRT610N
tried Auto login to network share > On / Off, cleared cache...
and many other things and still no go
I do know that the WRT610N is seen by WD HD Live because I am able to stream Youtube videos without a problem and I am able to ping 192.168.0.103 (WD HD Live) from my PC. Also, . the WDTV Live icon is displayed under Network / Media Devices. My Linksys WRT610N is displayed under Network / Network Infrastructure.
I am at a loss of words.... why would it work fine for 4 days, then when I try to change the router.... it breaks everything. Any ideas?!?!?
I would advise you to use Media Servers through any of the free media server software out there, until WD comes with a fix for Network Sharing. I tried everything to get Network Sharing work on the WD TV Live (with Windows XP), but to no avail. Sometimes, it would work without any hitch and I could actually finish watching a movie or two in a row. But most times it would just disconnect or even not see my WinXP machine.
But through Media Servers I haven't had any issues so far and it is quite easy to set up. Just install a media server software on your PC, add some folders to it and you are ready to go. I, myself, use TVersity (the free version) and it works fine. Another free one is Wild Media Server. Just to name a few.
Keep in mind to disable transcoding in the media server software, as WD TV Live can render most of the common formats itself (see its supported formats).
The WRT610N also has a built-in media server that turns the USB drive attached to it into a NAS. You will need to turn on uPnP.
So you could use that too either instead of or along with the media server running on your PC.
Message Edited by Stoic on 01-22-2010 07:50 AM
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