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Can't get Time Machine to work with Nighthawk
Mac OS Mojave 10.14.3
Nighthawk(R) X4S R7800
Router Firmware Version V1.0.2.62 (just updated)
I bought a new 1TB Seagate SSD external HD. I formatted it according to the instructions low...
Well, the final answer is that Nighthawk routers no longer support Time Machine. That's a pity, as TimeMachine support was why I purchased this router in the first place.
TomWolfe wrote:Well, the final answer is that Nighthawk routers no longer support Time Machine. That's a pity, as TimeMachine support was why I purchased this router in the first place.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Netgear. In their infinite wisdom they decided that folks wanted Armor over the services that were listed on the box/documents. In order to do that they had to remove features like yours. Bet you were really wanting/hoping you could get Armor! ;)
Now is not that nice? You bought this router for, in your case Time Machine. Now kiss that good by unless you want to stay on a back level of firmware and never get updates. Aren't you glad you bought Netgear? Firmware support IMHO is crap and has been.
Folks, we're mixing many routers in this thread. The Original one was for an R7800 it and the R7900 at least as of now, has not had that feature removed.
R7000, R8000, R7900P, and the R8000P all (I don't think there are more) have with the lastest f/w releases lost that feature and others as well. DLNA is gone too, but not documented in some f/w README's.
