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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
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
with the WD100 connected to the R6300v2's usb port
I see T_Drive on my desktop as mounted
PM replied
Hello everyone,
I too have a R6300v2 router and I can't seem to get Time Machine to recognize it when I click on "Select Disk" from the Time Machine Preferences. I'm on High Sierra 10.13.4. I set up my 2TB external USB HD by following the user guides and I can connect to the USB HD via readyshare but Time Machine doesnt recognize it. I didn't see anyone provide a solution to this problem.
Thank you!