Windows 10: SSD connected to TP-Link BE85 router

Have a 1 TB external SSD connected to the USB port on my TP-Link BE85 router to use as network storage. CAN'T see it in File Explorer, except if I click NETWORK. When I click on the drive in the NETWORK screen, I get something very unfamiliar:Have NO idea what all that means.The PROPERTIES of the SSD are:Would really like a "regular" drive for my network storage. This drive doesn't appear mappable.How do I get this all straightened out?

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Change TP Link Modem into Bridged Router

This is just the opposite of what @nIGHTmAYOR wants to do. Bridge mode will activate the modem part only and deactivate the router part so a separate router can be connected to the modem of the TP Link unit. @nIGHTmAYOR wants to deactivate the modem part and use the TP Link unit as a router only.

Unfortunately @nIGHTmAYOR you can't do what you want to do with the TP Link Archer D9 modem because to work in router mode only it needs a WAN port and the WAN port of that unit is internal and permanently connected to the modem.

 

Change TP Link Modem into Bridged Router

is that like a 100% certain thing ? I can see multiple options under networking that seems interesting :

Like interface grouping where it has something called VLAN and grouped WAN Interfaces

Also Advanced Routing & IPSec VPN , where can't maybe the TP Link Router connect to the VDSL router through LAN as a VPN connection ?

What am I to look for exactly to know if its possible or not ?

 

Change TP Link Modem into Bridged Router

This is the bad part about trying to use this device for wireless. “The router can also be configured in Ethernet mode, which disables the modem and re-purposes the fourth gigabit Ethernet port as a WAN connection. There's no option to disable routing entirely and use the device as a wireless access point, however; while you can simply leave the WAN connection disconnected for this, the router will fail to set its time and constantly fill the logs with DHCP errors.”

TP-Link Archer D9 AC1900 ADSL2+ Modem Router review | IT PRO

The OP would be best to get say an Asus RT-ac68u or DSL-68u. DSL-AC68U | Networking | ASUS Australia. The DSL-68U works with VDSL. This is a list of the other DSL models that Asus makes. xDSL Modem Routers | Networking | ASUS Australia