Hey.
27" iMac running Lion
I just upgraded to an Airport Extreme from a crappy Linksys router. Holy Kaw! so much better.
Anyway, I've maxed out my Lacie 1TB NAS drive and have purchased a 3TB WD USB drive from Costco. The Airport Extreme supposedly supports USB drives and allows all on the network to access. That's what I was going for with the NAS drive, but frankly it is a pain. Kids MacMini would have problems seeing it, would have to sign in every time they rebooted the computer, etc. Thus moving to the Airport Extreme and a USB external HD.
So, here are my issues:
1. Through Finder I can see my Lacie NAS drive that is plugged in through the ethernet connection to the Airport Extreme
2. I have the 3TB WD USB drive plugged into the Airport Extreme also.
- I can see it in the Airport Extreme utility - and Yes in the Utility I have checked: - Enable File Sharing and Share over WAN.
See attached image.
The Lacie shows up as 3 separate shared discs. I do not know why. It is only one.
3. I CAN NOT see the Airport Extreme in Finder - looking around on the net, I believe I'm supposed to be able to see it.
4. I CAN NOT see the 3TB WD USB drive in Finder.
5. Due to not being able to see the 3TB USB drive, I can't move stuff from the Lacie to the 3TB drive.
- I guess I can just plug the 3TB drive directly into the iMac and accomplish this, however, I want to eventually be able to access all the; music, video, documents, from the 3TB drive that will be plugged into the Airport Extreme - just as I do from the Lacie NAS now.
Please help.
27" iMac running Lion
I just upgraded to an Airport Extreme from a crappy Linksys router. Holy Kaw! so much better.
Anyway, I've maxed out my Lacie 1TB NAS drive and have purchased a 3TB WD USB drive from Costco. The Airport Extreme supposedly supports USB drives and allows all on the network to access. That's what I was going for with the NAS drive, but frankly it is a pain. Kids MacMini would have problems seeing it, would have to sign in every time they rebooted the computer, etc. Thus moving to the Airport Extreme and a USB external HD.
So, here are my issues:
1. Through Finder I can see my Lacie NAS drive that is plugged in through the ethernet connection to the Airport Extreme
2. I have the 3TB WD USB drive plugged into the Airport Extreme also.
- I can see it in the Airport Extreme utility - and Yes in the Utility I have checked: - Enable File Sharing and Share over WAN.
See attached image.
The Lacie shows up as 3 separate shared discs. I do not know why. It is only one.
3. I CAN NOT see the Airport Extreme in Finder - looking around on the net, I believe I'm supposed to be able to see it.
4. I CAN NOT see the 3TB WD USB drive in Finder.
5. Due to not being able to see the 3TB USB drive, I can't move stuff from the Lacie to the 3TB drive.
- I guess I can just plug the 3TB drive directly into the iMac and accomplish this, however, I want to eventually be able to access all the; music, video, documents, from the 3TB drive that will be plugged into the Airport Extreme - just as I do from the Lacie NAS now.
Please help.
