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gvgeek
04-27-09, 15:38
Vista
Three wireless PCs
One Mac
D-Link DIR-655 (http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=530) N Gigabit router.

Trying to add a Western Digital (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=353) external hard drive to network.

My network is a secured network.

For some reason I cannot see my WD drive... I have it connected to the D-Link router USB port.

I'd love to connect the drive to my network so I can run backups wirelessly for all of my computers.

Thanks in advance.
GVG
lbmest
04-28-09, 04:35
The drive you are using is not a NAS device. (Network Attached Storage)
You need that type to do what you are attempting to do.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/index.asp?cat=14&language=en
Digitalocksmith
04-28-09, 05:06
Connect it to the LAN host and set its permissions for access across it.

Read/write permissions from the host and read only or zero access from other clients on the LAN as required!
jconstan
04-28-09, 09:53
You need to load the shareport firmware for the router. Go to support.dlink.com and follow the SharePort link.
lbmest
04-28-09, 11:15
You need to load the shareport firmware for the router. Go to support.dlink.com and follow the SharePort link.

Didn't realize that was available. Good to know. Thanks jconstan.
jconstan
04-28-09, 11:55
............and you also need the SharePort utility supplied by D-Link.
tarmin8or
04-28-09, 12:45
How can I do that using a Linksys Cable Gateway WCG200 Vers. 2?

I have 5 PCs (Windows XP Pro SP2) and a 4 bay HDD rack with USB connection. Is this possible without a host PC for the rack?
jconstan
04-28-09, 14:58
How can I do that using a Linksys Cable Gateway WCG200 Vers. 2?

I have 5 PCs (Windows XP Pro SP2) and a 4 bay HDD rack with USB connection. Is this possible without a host PC for the rack?

The WCG200 does not have that capability, sorry.
tarmin8or
04-28-09, 15:06
That's not what I was hoping to hear...oh well, I tried. Thank you!!!!