Is there a tutorial how to connect the hdd western digital to any router. The first one is to depend on nas network attached storage devices. My book home edition user manual connecting the device 6 esata 1. The my book desktop hard drive also works great with acronis true image wd edition software to schedule full system backups. These specialized drives can protect the snapshots, videos, and other memories you create on your tablet or smartphoneas well as stream them to multiple. My problem is that i cannot get my laptop to map either hard drive, i.
Works great in the house on local wifi network but over the internet using ipad app and browser, cannot connect. Then, you can restart computer to see whether the wd hard drive is recognized by windows 10. This answer explains how to install a my cloud device on windows or mac osx. How to connect external hard disk to home network over. I need to connect a my book live hard drive, a wdtv live streaming media player, a wdtv live media player last generation, and 2 pcs. To be fair to western digital when i fed back my experiences the reply included a promise to pass my concerns on to support staff and some clarifications. Connection to shares and my cloud device just hangs there. Since v 5 home smart hubs support the faster wifi 802. Answer the my book drive can be used to backup your files, such as documents, pictures, movies, etc. Get wifi in every room with bt whole home wifi create the smart home of.
Ive tried running the wd setup program it can,t find my device. To set up port forwarding, click a dropdown for your model of hub. Expanding the number of ethernet ports on a bt home hub. Additionally, the option to select all network drives is grayed out. The bt home hub started playing up so i went out and got a asus rtac88u router which is excellent. Just purchased a wd my cloud hard drive thingy has anyone else managed to get these units talking to each other using a bt home hub router. With the my cloud home app, you can access, upload and share your content from anywhere. When i check my network settings, there is nothing i can find related to my hdd. Look at the hh6 devices list, it should give you the new ip address allocated to the wd. Asus routers bt home hub buffalo airstation junxion box linksys wrt54g series. My problem is that i cannot get my laptop to map either hard drive, i have attached them both via ethernet to the router. Bt superfast fibre gives you a superfast fibre optic broadband connection with average speeds of 67mb. And id like to have some left over for future nas devices.
Yesterday i bought a third external hdd my book 4tb and i thought i could use a 3. Visit bt business direct for the latest deals on external hard drives in our usb range. If it is still slow, you have a defective unit for sure. The backup setup depends on whether you use the wd smartware or the acronis true image wd edition. There is no obvious follow through system for setting up the device. Have gone through wd my cloud setup added static ip outside of dhcp range and set up wdmycloud as application in homehub 3. A list of commonly used port numbers are available on apples web site. Since v 5 homesmart hubs support the faster wifi 802. It doesnt want to play when plugged into any of the bt home hub ethernet ports but works fine in the gige port. This article explains how to login using when using my cloud home, my cl. From it you can back up, retrieve, and secure your files.
My router is downstairs and i want the hard drive in my room. The image below shows the wd my cloud ipad app accessing files on a nas drive via a 3g data connection. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Our comments box is a great way for you to view other peoples feedback about products on, and add your own. After many days of correspondence with the excellent wd user community, and the wd support desk, the problem was diagnosed as a faulty usb port, and the my cloud was duly replaced by wd with a new reconditioned my cloud. Due to storm damage my wdtv live hub has been fried and they are no longer in production. Initially, ok, i can plug it in, and my router finds it and i can get at it on its ip address. These specialized drives can protect the snapshots, videos, and other memories you create on your. This guide gives examples using the wd my cloud nas. Jan, 2014 a viewer wrote in to ask if it was possible to attach multiple drives through the wd myclouds external usb port. Ive recently upgraded to the latest smart hub and just discovered that i cant access the admin url via a browser. The switch built into the bt homehub only goes up to 100 mbits so you need to cease using the bt homehubs switch and use another. I have the home hub 3, and have fitted my external hard drive to the usb port. Ive run the bt my network which shows it as network device 1 but ive no idea how i get them linked.
Visit bt shop and get great offers on external hard drives in our wd category. The samba server on the bt home hub uses the name bt as its workgroup name, if you try to add a usb storage device to a pc on an existing network with a workgroup name other than bt you may find the bt workgroup is not available from the browse option, but if you temporarily change each pc to join the bt workgroup then it will be available. My only problem is, none of the my connected computers can neither see the drive or acce. But if you just need to access your files from anywhere on your home network and the internet, dont have a router that will. Please select the product for instructions on how to. As increasing numbers of people use wifi, the airwaves are becoming more. Get wifi in every room with bt whole home wifi create the smart home of your dreams with bt shop find the right products using our smart home scenarios buying. You can connect a usb hard disk to the home hub, and access it as an smb network drive. The router doesnt recognize the usb and after searching on verizon support forums i found that the usb ports are for charging devices, not. Aug 01, 2014 hi all, im looking for a bit of advice as times have rapidly changed and im a bit out of date. Where do i find the default admin password on my bt hub. In bt homehub, have set tcp and udp to 8080 8080 and tcp and udp to 443443 443443.
A viewer wrote in to ask if it was possible to attach multiple drives through the wd myclouds external usb port. Troubleshooting remote connectivity issues my cloud. When selecting a network drive, it displays my pc and the icon for my router bt home hub 5. Firstly, i would like to apologize as i did not clarify that the media data has to be stored in private user space in order to be used with my cloud home service through the mobile app.
Opened it up, and the sticker shows its a wd wd80ezzx. Wd my cloud and bt homehub 3 port forwarding my cloud. Step 3 if your router does not support upnp or doesnt support it correctly, then you. Click on the title and picture of your hub to see links to all our help. The bt smart hub formerly bt home hub is a family of wireless residential gateway router modems distributed by bt for use with their own products and services and those of wholesale resellers i. Wd smartware software a visual control center with a single screen view of all your data. My book live nas bt home hub 3 set up wd community. Connecting wd my book hdd to router via usb hub with. How to boost your home wifi here are some tips and tricks to. Using win 10 on new ssd, wd my book backup sw does not work.
After another 5 days reloading, rebuilding and recoding, the second my cloud. Western digital my book external hard drive my book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Bravia tv can access these ethernet ports without a problem. Hello, i recently purchased a wd my book 4 tb usb 3. Hi all, im looking for a bit of advice as times have rapidly changed and im a bit out of date. But even if i got the 5400 drive wd variant, if it tested reasonably fast and was also very quiet, thats fine by me for my home lab. Ive followed all of the instructions which have to be searched for. The nas drive is connected to a normal bt home hub. My book western digital opslaan western digital store. Password protection with hardware encryption with builtin 256bit aes hardware encryption with wd security software, you can set your own personalized password to help keep your content private and safe. What im after is a suitable replacement and i am open to any alternative setup e. Click disk drives and check if there is a yellow exclamation mark with wd hard drive disk device.
There are two smart solutions to overcome this problem and keep external hd connected on home network 247. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Wd my book hw recognized by cpu, could manually copy files, but unable to do full backup. Shop for western digital my book essential 1 tb usb 3. Get wifi in every room with bt whole home wifi create the smart home of your dreams with bt shop find the right products using our smart home scenarios buying a baby monitor. This all worked worked fine without needing to configure the hub when previously using a bt homehub 2, and it still works ok with my new plusnet hub so long as i access mycloud from within my home network, but as the whole point is to be able to files when on the road. If it is, right click wd hard drive, choose properties and click update driver under driver tab or click on uninstall. I plugged it in, the router recognised it but how do i connect to it and use it as network storage. Western digital my book live photos, specs, and price. Connection issues with infinity wd my book live personal cloud storage i would not bother with the install software i have not got this installed, just go to the network area and double click on the hard drive, let it install the driver and then just double click it and you should have access to it then you can just go to my computer and. Turn on my book by pressing the power button located on the back panel. Home hub is less than a year old and i dont currently know the version. The nas devices have a builtin network card and a bit expensive, but a very reliable solution. Or can also be used for a systemlevel backup, which includes the operating system and applications.
I have a bt home hub 3 which has 4 ethernet ports on the back. Sep 06, 2019 click disk drives and check if there is a yellow exclamation mark with wd hard drive disk device. This lets you do more online, with everyone online together, and its great for downloading or streaming movies, tv shows and music. I have a wd mybooklive network storage drive but that doesnt show in the list. You are responsible for the contents of your comments and any consequences that may arise as a result of them.
How to connect external hard disk to home network over wifi. Connect your laptop, bt home hub and mybook live to the gigabit ethernet switch and that will solve your problem. Copy files to or from the device browse the devices shared folders map a shared folder. Oct 15, 2015 wd my cloud connected to bt home hub 3. Can i plug my iomega hard drive into my new bt home hub. Betterthanexpected benchmark scores seen below, and very quiet operation.
If you connect a network cable directly from your computer to the mbl, reboot them both so they are on the same network, then try the file transfer. Wd backup sw could not find device repeatedly, even w tech support. Nov 09, 2011 i have a bt home hub 3 which has 4 ethernet ports on the back. Wd my cloud new user trying to setup via bt hub no go. My book drives are designed to look like a standard black hardback book, with the exception of the. Find help for all the recent models of the bt hub including the bt smart hub, 4g mini hub and the bt home hub 5, hub 4 and hub 3. You can watch iplayer with less interruption and hd video with less buffering. In fact i was able to connect 8 usb sticks to the drive. My router is a gpon onu an550604fa fiberhome fiber optic, but whatever ext.
Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Some esata controllers may require a system reboot to. I am having problems installing a wd my book live on my windows 8 system. Using mbl with a bt homehub router my book live wd. Seagate 6tb stel6000300 prices, product details, cost, comparisons, online deals, features, photos, buy from australia specifications capacity 6 tb colour form factor 3.
Smart hub with western digital my book world editi. This booklike shape takes up minimal space on your desk and allows two or more my book drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf. Unlike a nas, its a simple centralized solution to back up your photos, videos and files, and have it stored in one place. This article explains how to perform a backup to a my cloud, wd sentinel or my book. May 10, 2017 adding an external usb drive will increase the total capacity of your personal cloud. Nov 20, 2018 the best wireless hard drives for 2020. Before i did this i formatted the drive to fat32, and it does show up as an external drive in the home hub list of connected items. My cloud home is an easytouse personal cloud storage device that plugs directly into your wifi router at home so you can save all your digital content in one central place. Can i plug my iomega hard drive into my new bt home hub and. This will eleminate everything except for your network cable. Added device to application via ip address but mycloud dashboard states ports arent open and to enable upnp. There are instructions on the bt website you would be able to open your itunes library from the network drive, but the home hub doesnt have an itunes server built in or at least the v2 i have doesnt, and i cant see any mention of it in the v3 features so it wont appear as a shared library in itunes.
Adding an external usb drive will increase the total capacity of your personal cloud. This answer explains how to map assign a drive letter to a my cloud device on wind. How to solve my wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10. The wd device would now have a different ip address allocated by the new home hub unless you had set a static ip address on the wd itself. The storage device is detected but when the system then checks to see if it is working properly i get the message there seems to be a problem. Connect the ac adapter and esata cable optional as shown. Wd my cloud and bt home hub 3 cant connect over internet. How to connect sonos to wd my cloud sonos community.
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