Could anyone out there recommend a way to connect an external hard drive to my network so my laptop can connect to it without having to be plugged into it by USB? My Westell wireless router has a USB port in it, but just plugging in my current USB drive didn't seem to do anything.
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If you have a Mac, you will have to connect to the hard drive in Finder after you plug it in to your router. It won't automatically show up as it would if you plugged it in through USB.Could anyone out there recommend a way to connect an external hard drive to my network so my laptop can connect to it without having to be plugged into it by USB? My Westell wireless router has a USB port in it, but just plugging in my current USB drive didn't seem to do anything.
I can recommend you to take a look at the Western Digital My Book Live. It's a network drive that you connect to your router with an ethernet cable.Could anyone out there recommend a way to connect an external hard drive to my network so my laptop can connect to it without having to be plugged into it by USB? My Westell wireless router has a USB port in it, but just plugging in my current USB drive didn't seem to do anything.
How do I do that?If you have a Mac, you will have to connect to the hard drive in Finder after you plug it in to your router. It won't automatically show up as it would if you plugged it in through USB.
First, plug in the USB drive to your router, then follow the easy steps in this article:How do I do that?
http://www.technipages.com/how-to-map-network-drive-in-mac-os-x.html
After you get it connected once, it should automatically reconnect every time.
