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Network Hard Drive Situation
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Dan_Sven
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11. November 2008 @ 16:16 |
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Hey guys,
I have a my book 1tb network hard drive which worked fine when it was plugged into the router (apart from being a Lil slow)
I now need all the ports on the router for various things.
So i thought I'd just use it as an external to my PC, i plugged it into the spare Ethernet socket on the motherboard, enabled the connection.
Trouble is my computer cant find the damn thing, is there anything i can check.. i don't even know if what I'm trying to achieve is possible?
Any pointers greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dan
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11. November 2008 @ 20:44 |
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There needs to be a proper network connection between the two devices. Your best bet is to use the USB connection on it, it'll be much faster than ethernet was before.
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Dan_Sven
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12. November 2008 @ 12:11 |
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Thanks,
It only has the ability (as far as i know) to add storage to it by connecting another USB based external actually into it. i know know if you could reverse the usb in on the HD to make it a usb out?!
Is not connecting it directly to the computer not possible then?
Isn't that just making a LAN connection theoretically...?
cheers
Dan
Xbox 360 Elite, Ps3 Proper Model
2x Althlon 64 3000+>2Gb Ram>6600 GTX>1Tb HDD
Acer 19″ LCD Monitor, BenQ 19″ LCD Monitor, 32″ LG HD LCD TV
1x Intel Quad Core Q6600 2.4ghz, XFX GeForce 8800GTX 768MB DDR3 PCIE, Western Digital Caviar 1TB 7200RPM 16MB S300, 2x OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition, LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Disc Rewriter + HD DVD ROM, Maximus formula mobo, Custom water cooled.
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12. November 2008 @ 12:39 |
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I have never seen a Mybook operate that way, I've only seen them be used over USB the normal way.
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Dan_Sven
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12. November 2008 @ 13:36 |
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Xbox 360 Elite, Ps3 Proper Model
2x Althlon 64 3000+>2Gb Ram>6600 GTX>1Tb HDD
Acer 19″ LCD Monitor, BenQ 19″ LCD Monitor, 32″ LG HD LCD TV
1x Intel Quad Core Q6600 2.4ghz, XFX GeForce 8800GTX 768MB DDR3 PCIE, Western Digital Caviar 1TB 7200RPM 16MB S300, 2x OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition, LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Disc Rewriter + HD DVD ROM, Maximus formula mobo, Custom water cooled.
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varnull
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12. November 2008 @ 14:45 |
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so... how did it get it's network IP previously? was it getting DHCP from the router? If that's the case you will need to have a serious play with your network (or the device) to either use the box on a static ip (which will be a different network) or to change your main network to something not the stoopid windows default dhcp of 192.168.0.xxx and use the automatic inbuilt windows DHCP server on the secondary network hardware.
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Dan_Sven
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12. November 2008 @ 15:08 |
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Yeh must of been DHCP from the router.
Ive sorted it now anyway...
I've just stripped it all down and used it as a regular internal SATA drive.
Saves messing around and will prolly work faster now neway hehehe.
Thanks for your responses.
Xbox 360 Elite, Ps3 Proper Model
2x Althlon 64 3000+>2Gb Ram>6600 GTX>1Tb HDD
Acer 19″ LCD Monitor, BenQ 19″ LCD Monitor, 32″ LG HD LCD TV
1x Intel Quad Core Q6600 2.4ghz, XFX GeForce 8800GTX 768MB DDR3 PCIE, Western Digital Caviar 1TB 7200RPM 16MB S300, 2x OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition, LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Disc Rewriter + HD DVD ROM, Maximus formula mobo, Custom water cooled.
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12. November 2008 @ 16:47 |
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That's for IF you use the Network port on it :P
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