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State everything you have tried and all the guides/tutorials/sites you have followed as well as why they were unsuccessful. Try to research your issue before posting, don't be vague. The subreddit is only for support with tech issues. Please include your system specs, such as Windows/Linux/Mac version/build, model numbers, troubleshooting steps, symptoms, etc. Live Chat ~Enter Discord~ Submission Guidelines I am happy to edit and add any info that you want but which I didn't think to include.Check out our Knowledge Base, all guides are compiled by our Trusted Techs. That said, I am not averse to hardware and I have no problem getting my hands dirty with trying to set up and configure and wire and finagle things if I have some direction.So while I can handle technical jargon, I may not understand terms from this world. I am a developer and I am comfortable with software, but I know little about hardware and next-to-nothing about networking.Is formatted as a single exFAT partition.Has built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption (but I think you have to intentionally activate it, which I don't really plan to do).I do not intend to access this hard drive from the internet - just from computers connected to this WiFi.It is just intended to be a backup of what is on our laptops, and primary storage of large files which are rarely used and don't need to stay on the laptops. We do NOT intend to watch movies that are stored on the drive, run any files or modify any large files directly on the drive, or anything like that. The intent of the hard drive is just for storing small and large files - essentially what most people would put in cloud storage.(But who knows what the future holds, so recommendations that could handle both simultaneously connected are welcome, too.) So recommendations that can handle only one are perfect. I am planning to only have one of these hard drives connected to the router at any one time.But I'll be happy to edit and add that if you think it would help. Therefore I am not going to list the number and type of devices that are connected. So I imagine that any "decent" (I know that is subjective) newer router can handle all we plan to throw at it. My current router easily handles all my family currently needs, and we really have no plans of adding anything that I think would call for some super-spec on a new router.My understanding from interweb searches is that the router will not recognize the drive A) due the fact that the hard drive is formatted as exFAT, and/or B) because the drive is encrypted.Īlthough I like my router, I am going to try to use this is a valid excuse to get a new one!Ī WiFi router to which my WD My Book 8TB external hard drive will successfully (see above) connect. When I connect one of these hard drives to my current router, the router does not recognize that the drive is connected.
I needed much more storage, and I got a good deal on two WD 8TB My Book drives, so I bought them. (I think I successfully connected a 3TB non-portable WD, but I can't say for sure.)īy "successfully" I mean that the router recognizes that the hard drive is connected, and I can access the hard drive from computers connected via WiFi to the router.
WD MY BOOK 3TB TO ROUTER PORTABLE
I have successfully connected an older WD My Passport Ultra 2TB portable hard drive to it in the past. I have a Netgear AC1750 R6400 WiFi router that I like.
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