I'm trying to connect time machine through a wireless router. PLEASE HELP

Discussion in 'Mac Apps and Mac App Store' started by ninjaelement, Apr 16, 2010.

Most Liked Posts
  1. ninjaelement, Apr 16, 2010

    ninjaelement macrumors newbie

    Joined:
    Apr 16, 2010
    #1
    i apologize if this has been brought up somewhere else. I am new

    I am the proud owner of a brand new MBP. Im still learning everything as i go but i simply CANNOT figure out my backup situation.

    I purchased a Netgear rangemax dual range wireless router (WNDR3700) and a WD MyBook 1 TB external hard drive. i have been trying to hook this up to Time machine wirelessly but i just cant get it to work.

    i have already tried hooking up the drive directly to my MBP and it works fine, but i want to do it through wireless router. has anyone experienced anything like this or has a way to help? i have searched the far corners of the net and found nothing :(

    Thank you in advanced.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  2. nctalkinghead, Apr 16, 2010

    nctalkinghead macrumors member

    Joined:
    May 31, 2008
    #2
    share
    + Quote Reply
  3. macboy4, Apr 16, 2010

    macboy4 macrumors regular

    Joined:
    Feb 17, 2009
    #3
    Can't be done. You need a Time Capsule.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  4. rerelease, Apr 16, 2010

    rerelease macrumors regular

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2009
    Location:
    eesti
    #4
    I've understood that a Time Capsule is not mandatory and it can be done with any router that has usb storage.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  5. macboy4, Apr 16, 2010

    macboy4 macrumors regular

    Joined:
    Feb 17, 2009
    #5
    share
    + Quote Reply
  6. bcburrows, Apr 16, 2010

    bcburrows macrumors 6502

    bcburrows

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2009
    Location:
    Bristol
    #6
    My WD World book support wifi time capsule backup. I have the hard drive partitioned for a network hard drive for sharing of files and then 500Gb for time capsule. No hacks needed from me, but WD did have to release a firmware update for it to work.

    However I think very few external hard drive can be used with the wifi time capsule function, so I suggest you try to find which ones do work
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page