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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 f...
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
> I have tried both WD 100GB passport and a SANDISK usb flash drive, both
> unseen by the Time Machine.
Before the router can make any storage available on the LAN (as for
Time Machine), it must first be able to work with the storage device
(and the file system thereon).
Assuming that the R6300v2 has it, what do you see on the BASIC >
ReadySHARE page under Available Network Folders?
> What happens if you tell the Finder: Go > Connect to Server... >
> afp://<your_router_IP_address> ?
Still wondering.
Now I have more time to look at it,
WD100 GB was correctly formatted to work with time machine, journaled
I can connect to ReadyShare under Finder and I do see a T_Drive under it,
here is what it looks like under avai network folders
| Share Name | Read Access | Write Access | Folder Name | Volume Name | Total Space | Free Space |
| \\readyshare\USB_Storage | All - no password | All - no password | U:\ | EFI | 196.9M | 196.9M |
| \\readyshare\T_Drive | All - no password | All - no password | T:\ | Time Machine HD | 92.8G | 92.6G |
but when I go into Time Machine, select backup disk, I don't see it on the list