Automatically connect external hard drive over network?

[downingp]

I recently added a MBP to my Apple family. I really like it. I have a wireless network setup in my house. I have an external hard drive hooked up to my iMac and am sharing via the network. I am able to "see" and connect to the external hard drive with my MBP without a problem. In preparation for time machine, how can I setup my MBP to connect to the external hard drive automatically when it connects to my network?

thanks.

 

[mkrishnan]

Yeah, this is a problem that seems to come up periodically... I think the suggestions in this thread are still valid:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/259621/

 

[downingp]

I was told by the mac geniuses that I would need an airport extreme in order to automatically mount to both the iMac and MBP