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R6300v2 with Time Machine
I can't get the external drive plugged into R6300v2 to show up on my Time Machine disk list, anybody having the same issue, this may not be specific to R6300 routers.
here is the instructions I followed,
Hi jrod_1234,
As it stands, Time Machine is not supported on this model number as indicated on page 47 of the user manual linked below.
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R6300V2/R6300v2_UM_20May2015.pdf
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
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> I can't get the external drive [...]
What, exactly, is your "the external drive"?
> [...] plugged into R6300v2 [...]
Firmware version?For what it's worth, on my D7000 (V1.0.1.50_1.0.1) I've connected a
WD My Book 4TB drive (about which Get Info said, "Format: Mac OS
Extended (Journaled)"), and it does appear on the router's BASIC >
ReadySHARE page under Available Network Folders as:
Share Name Read Access Write Access Folder Name Volume Name Total Space Free Space
\\dsl\USB_Storage All - no password All - no password U:\ U Drive 300.0 MB 299.3 MB
\\dsl\T_Drive All - no password All - no password T:\ T Drive 3725.6 GB 3695.7 GB
and in the Time Machine "Select Disk..." list as:
Timemachine_T
on "D7000"
so this stuff appears not to be hopeless everywhere. (I assume that the
"U Drive" is an EFI/recovery partition, or something of that sort, but
the "T Drive" looks pretty normal.)
What happens if you tell the Finder: Go > Connect to Server... >
afp://<your_router_IP_address> ?
If you connect your "the external drive" directly to a Mac (again?),
does it (still?) get mounted and work as expected?I have a R6300v2 (V1.0.4.8_10.0.77), OSX 10.13, I will give it another attempt see what happens.
I have tried both WD 100GB passport and a SANDISK usb flash drive, both unseen by the Time Machine.