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Wondering If Any Have Had Success With Time Machine To A NAS Drive
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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1825891" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>Update From TP-Link-</p><p>I wrote & asked why Time Machine is not a choice when the instructions show a picture of the page where Time Machine is selectable. </p><p>They wrote back and said the Archer C7 is NOT compatible with Time Machine. So this might be the end of the adventure.</p><p></p><p>But, my mind can't help wonder why Time Machine does not see the drive as a disk- only as a NAS? Finder doesn't either.</p><p></p><p>Thanks Jake for the Netgear instructional link. </p><p>It looked promising when I got to the part about "If Time Machine can't see the drive". Sadly, no luck following that step.</p><p></p><p>I tried getting Super Duper to use the drive & it can't see it. Next, since it is still on my computer, I tried getting CrashPlan to use it. No luck. It can't see it either.</p><p></p><p>I'm starting to wonder if I skipped a giant step:</p><p>I'm not sure how to explain this, so I'll try. Is it possible that I have to "install" a disk on the sdb1 or turn it into a disk?</p><p></p><p>It was formatted Extended Journaled in Disk Utility</p><p></p><p>Finder's Sidebar shows the attached USB drive as "tplinkwifi.net" which is the url for the router's configuration page. It is ejectable just like a directly attached external drive.</p><p></p><p>Double-Clicking it opens a Finder window that has sdb1 in it. Opening sdb1 allows me to drag & drop files back and forth into the Finder window. Dragging a file straight to the sidebar tplinkwifi.net does not work. (I can drag to other attached externals, but they are actual drives.)</p><p></p><p>The Desktop shows an icon for sdb. Dragging a file straight to the sdb1 icon on the desktop does work.</p><p></p><p>Is it possible that sdb1 must be made into a real disk? </p><p>I've seen web pages showing how to use a USB as NAS and many of them show a normally named drive as the example. Mine absolutely does not have the name I gave it when I formatted it with Disk Utility. But, if I plug it directly into the computer, the name I gave it is used.</p><p></p><p>I think I am getting confused about the difference between sdb1 and a disk drive.</p><p></p><p>I apologize, but my brain can't figure out a better way to explain this. Some photos are attached.</p><p></p><p>I might be chasing an impossible dream, or chasing something that is not stable to use- but it will be interesting to make it work.</p><p></p><p>Thanks Again for helping with this interesting situation.</p><p>Paul</p><p>PS: I really have to stop thinking so much. I just thought- "Hmmm.. I wonder if there is an external drive that can connect to one of the router's ethernet ports?"</p><p> Oh Yeah- They call that a computer!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]30116[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]30117[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1825891, member: 76746"] Update From TP-Link- I wrote & asked why Time Machine is not a choice when the instructions show a picture of the page where Time Machine is selectable. They wrote back and said the Archer C7 is NOT compatible with Time Machine. So this might be the end of the adventure. But, my mind can't help wonder why Time Machine does not see the drive as a disk- only as a NAS? Finder doesn't either. Thanks Jake for the Netgear instructional link. It looked promising when I got to the part about "If Time Machine can't see the drive". Sadly, no luck following that step. I tried getting Super Duper to use the drive & it can't see it. Next, since it is still on my computer, I tried getting CrashPlan to use it. No luck. It can't see it either. I'm starting to wonder if I skipped a giant step: I'm not sure how to explain this, so I'll try. Is it possible that I have to "install" a disk on the sdb1 or turn it into a disk? It was formatted Extended Journaled in Disk Utility Finder's Sidebar shows the attached USB drive as "tplinkwifi.net" which is the url for the router's configuration page. It is ejectable just like a directly attached external drive. Double-Clicking it opens a Finder window that has sdb1 in it. Opening sdb1 allows me to drag & drop files back and forth into the Finder window. Dragging a file straight to the sidebar tplinkwifi.net does not work. (I can drag to other attached externals, but they are actual drives.) The Desktop shows an icon for sdb. Dragging a file straight to the sdb1 icon on the desktop does work. Is it possible that sdb1 must be made into a real disk? I've seen web pages showing how to use a USB as NAS and many of them show a normally named drive as the example. Mine absolutely does not have the name I gave it when I formatted it with Disk Utility. But, if I plug it directly into the computer, the name I gave it is used. I think I am getting confused about the difference between sdb1 and a disk drive. I apologize, but my brain can't figure out a better way to explain this. Some photos are attached. I might be chasing an impossible dream, or chasing something that is not stable to use- but it will be interesting to make it work. Thanks Again for helping with this interesting situation. Paul PS: I really have to stop thinking so much. I just thought- "Hmmm.. I wonder if there is an external drive that can connect to one of the router's ethernet ports?" Oh Yeah- They call that a computer! [ATTACH=full]30116[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]30117[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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