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Mar 26, 2019

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...

Tutor

Dec 09, 2020

Hi, don't use manual it's completely wrong. Use afp://routerlogin.net and all will be OK.

rsneddis wrote:
I followed all the instructions, and the backups worked when directly connected to the drive, but once I connect it to the router it starts preparing the back up and then I get the following error... "backup disk not available. Try backing up again when TimeMachine" is available." I can see the drive connected through the finder.

I'm on an RAX45 (costco) and have firmware V1.0.2.72_2.0.45

Aspirant

Dec 09, 2020

where do I use the afp?

grudek
Tutor
Dec 09, 2020
In Manual
On a Mac: Go > Connect to Server >type: smb: //readyshare
In Reality smb is not fully supported by Apple change smb: to afp: and your disk will be visible and you will have stable backup.
can be afp://readyshare or afp://routerlogin.net
- rsneddis
  Aspirant
  Dec 09, 2020
  smb://readyshare does add readyshare to the lhs in the finder, and then I can open the timemachine.dmg and see it in the time machine config, but afp://readyshare or afp://routerlogin.net returns an error
  - grudek
    Tutor
    Dec 09, 2020
    Strange, So this mean I can't help.
- jandro30
  Aspirant
  Feb 24, 2021
  grudek wrote:
  In Manual
  On a Mac: Go > Connect to Server >type: smb: //readyshare
  In Reality smb is not fully supported by Apple change smb: to afp: and your disk will be visible and you will have stable backup.
  can be afp://readyshare or afp://routerlogin.net
  Thank you. This worked for me on an R7800.