Smart hub with western digital my book world editi. Connecting wd my book hdd to router via usb hub with. Just purchased a wd my cloud hard drive thingy has anyone else managed to get these units talking to each other using a bt home hub router. This article explains how to login using when using my cloud home, my cl. How to connect external hard disk to home network over. Connect your laptop, bt home hub and mybook live to the gigabit ethernet switch and that will solve your problem. From it you can back up, retrieve, and secure your files. Copy files to or from the device browse the devices shared folders map a shared folder. I have the home hub 3, and have fitted my external hard drive to the usb port.
If you connect a network cable directly from your computer to the mbl, reboot them both so they are on the same network, then try the file transfer. These specialized drives can protect the snapshots, videos, and other memories you create on your. My problem is that i cannot get my laptop to map either hard drive, i. Asus routers bt home hub buffalo airstation junxion box linksys wrt54g series. Our comments box is a great way for you to view other peoples feedback about products on, and add your own. Wd backup sw could not find device repeatedly, even w tech support. Yesterday i bought a third external hdd my book 4tb and i thought i could use a 3. Wd my book hw recognized by cpu, could manually copy files, but unable to do full backup. And id like to have some left over for future nas devices.
Added device to application via ip address but mycloud dashboard states ports arent open and to enable upnp. Since v 5 homesmart hubs support the faster wifi 802. But even if i got the 5400 drive wd variant, if it tested reasonably fast and was also very quiet, thats fine by me for my home lab. Password protection with hardware encryption with builtin 256bit aes hardware encryption with wd security software, you can set your own personalized password to help keep your content private and safe. Click on the title and picture of your hub to see links to all our help. Securely access your photos, music and files from anywhere. Ive tried running the wd setup program it can,t find my device. Bravia tv can access these ethernet ports without a problem.
I have a wd mybooklive network storage drive but that doesnt show in the list. When i check my network settings, there is nothing i can find related to my hdd. To be fair to western digital when i fed back my experiences the reply included a promise to pass my concerns on to support staff and some clarifications. Aug 01, 2014 hi all, im looking for a bit of advice as times have rapidly changed and im a bit out of date. Oct 15, 2015 wd my cloud connected to bt home hub 3. Some esata controllers may require a system reboot to. My router is downstairs and i want the hard drive in my room.
Shop for western digital my book essential 1 tb usb 3. Since v 5 home smart hubs support the faster wifi 802. Nov 20, 2018 the best wireless hard drives for 2020. The first one is to depend on nas network attached storage devices.
How to connect external hard disk to home network over wifi. The nas drive is connected to a normal bt home hub. Have gone through wd my cloud setup added static ip outside of dhcp range and set up wdmycloud as application in homehub 3. Then, you can restart computer to see whether the wd hard drive is recognized by windows 10.
Firstly, i would like to apologize as i did not clarify that the media data has to be stored in private user space in order to be used with my cloud home service through the mobile app. You can connect a usb hard disk to the home hub, and access it as an smb network drive. This answer explains how to map assign a drive letter to a my cloud device on wind. Visit bt business direct for the latest deals on external hard drives in our usb range. Using mbl with a bt homehub router my book live wd. Unlike a nas, its a simple centralized solution to back up your photos, videos and files, and have it stored in one place. Where do i find the default admin password on my bt hub. Step 3 if your router does not support upnp or doesnt support it correctly, then you. Ive run the bt my network which shows it as network device 1 but ive no idea how i get them linked. The samba server on the bt home hub uses the name bt as its workgroup name, if you try to add a usb storage device to a pc on an existing network with a workgroup name other than bt you may find the bt workgroup is not available from the browse option, but if you temporarily change each pc to join the bt workgroup then it will be available. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Wd my cloud new user trying to setup via bt hub no go.
Hello, i recently purchased a wd my book 4 tb usb 3. My cloud home is an easytouse personal cloud storage device that plugs directly into your wifi router at home so you can save all your digital content in one central place. Due to storm damage my wdtv live hub has been fried and they are no longer in production. The image below shows the wd my cloud ipad app accessing files on a nas drive via a 3g data connection. Click disk drives and check if there is a yellow exclamation mark with wd hard drive disk device. Seagate 6tb stel6000300 prices, product details, cost, comparisons, online deals, features, photos, buy from australia specifications capacity 6 tb colour form factor 3. Ive recently upgraded to the latest smart hub and just discovered that i cant access the admin url via a browser. If it is still slow, you have a defective unit for sure. Using win 10 on new ssd, wd my book backup sw does not work. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Expanding the number of ethernet ports on a bt home hub. Initially, ok, i can plug it in, and my router finds it and i can get at it on its ip address. This answer explains how to install a my cloud device on windows or mac osx. The switch built into the bt homehub only goes up to 100 mbits so you need to cease using the bt homehubs switch and use another.
The my book desktop hard drive also works great with acronis true image wd edition software to schedule full system backups. The router doesnt recognize the usb and after searching on verizon support forums i found that the usb ports are for charging devices, not. As increasing numbers of people use wifi, the airwaves are becoming more. Wd my cloud and bt homehub 3 port forwarding my cloud. Bt superfast fibre gives you a superfast fibre optic broadband connection with average speeds of 67mb. This lets you do more online, with everyone online together, and its great for downloading or streaming movies, tv shows and music. Is there a tutorial how to connect the hdd western digital to any router. The bt smart hub formerly bt home hub is a family of wireless residential gateway router modems distributed by bt for use with their own products and services and those of wholesale resellers i. Or can also be used for a systemlevel backup, which includes the operating system and applications. Sep 06, 2019 click disk drives and check if there is a yellow exclamation mark with wd hard drive disk device. My book home edition user manual connecting the device 6 esata 1. A list of commonly used port numbers are available on apples web site. There is no obvious follow through system for setting up the device. In bt homehub, have set tcp and udp to 8080 8080 and tcp and udp to 443443 443443.
Additionally, the option to select all network drives is grayed out. Look at the hh6 devices list, it should give you the new ip address allocated to the wd. Wd smartware software a visual control center with a single screen view of all your data. To set up port forwarding, click a dropdown for your model of hub. With the my cloud home app, you can access, upload and share your content from anywhere. Get wifi in every room with bt whole home wifi create the smart home of your dreams with bt shop find the right products using our smart home scenarios buying a baby monitor. Works great in the house on local wifi network but over the internet using ipad app and browser, cannot connect. Hi all, im looking for a bit of advice as times have rapidly changed and im a bit out of date. Jan, 2014 a viewer wrote in to ask if it was possible to attach multiple drives through the wd myclouds external usb port. The storage device is detected but when the system then checks to see if it is working properly i get the message there seems to be a problem.
But if you just need to access your files from anywhere on your home network and the internet, dont have a router that will. Answer the my book drive can be used to backup your files, such as documents, pictures, movies, etc. This will eleminate everything except for your network cable. Western digital my book external hard drive my book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Get wifi in every room with bt whole home wifi create the smart home of your dreams with bt shop find the right products using our smart home scenarios buying. My only problem is, none of the my connected computers can neither see the drive or acce. Visit bt shop and get great offers on external hard drives in our wd category. I need to connect a my book live hard drive, a wdtv live streaming media player, a wdtv live media player last generation, and 2 pcs. Connection issues with infinity wd my book live personal cloud storage i would not bother with the install software i have not got this installed, just go to the network area and double click on the hard drive, let it install the driver and then just double click it and you should have access to it then you can just go to my computer and. Adding an external usb drive will increase the total capacity of your personal cloud. Please select the product for instructions on how to. If it is, right click wd hard drive, choose properties and click update driver under driver tab or click on uninstall. My book drives are designed to look like a standard black hardback book, with the exception of the.
Home hub is less than a year old and i dont currently know the version. This guide gives examples using the wd my cloud nas. This all worked worked fine without needing to configure the hub when previously using a bt homehub 2, and it still works ok with my new plusnet hub so long as i access mycloud from within my home network, but as the whole point is to be able to files when on the road. How to solve my wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10. My book live nas bt home hub 3 set up wd community. After many days of correspondence with the excellent wd user community, and the wd support desk, the problem was diagnosed as a faulty usb port, and the my cloud was duly replaced by wd with a new reconditioned my cloud. Opened it up, and the sticker shows its a wd wd80ezzx. Can i plug my iomega hard drive into my new bt home hub. Get wifi in every room with bt whole home wifi create the smart home of. Nov 09, 2011 i have a bt home hub 3 which has 4 ethernet ports on the back. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital.
Connection to shares and my cloud device just hangs there. How to boost your home wifi here are some tips and tricks to. Betterthanexpected benchmark scores seen below, and very quiet operation. I am having problems installing a wd my book live on my windows 8 system. How to connect sonos to wd my cloud sonos community. The bt home hub started playing up so i went out and got a asus rtac88u router which is excellent. The wd device would now have a different ip address allocated by the new home hub unless you had set a static ip address on the wd itself. I have a bt home hub 3 which has 4 ethernet ports on the back. This booklike shape takes up minimal space on your desk and allows two or more my book drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf. You are responsible for the contents of your comments and any consequences that may arise as a result of them.
There are instructions on the bt website you would be able to open your itunes library from the network drive, but the home hub doesnt have an itunes server built in or at least the v2 i have doesnt, and i cant see any mention of it in the v3 features so it wont appear as a shared library in itunes. My book western digital opslaan western digital store. Find help for all the recent models of the bt hub including the bt smart hub, 4g mini hub and the bt home hub 5, hub 4 and hub 3. When selecting a network drive, it displays my pc and the icon for my router bt home hub 5. Before i did this i formatted the drive to fat32, and it does show up as an external drive in the home hub list of connected items. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. This article explains how to perform a backup to a my cloud, wd sentinel or my book. There are two smart solutions to overcome this problem and keep external hd connected on home network 247. Troubleshooting remote connectivity issues my cloud. May 10, 2017 adding an external usb drive will increase the total capacity of your personal cloud.
Wd my cloud and bt home hub 3 cant connect over internet. My router is a gpon onu an550604fa fiberhome fiber optic, but whatever ext. The nas devices have a builtin network card and a bit expensive, but a very reliable solution. Turn on my book by pressing the power button located on the back panel. I plugged it in, the router recognised it but how do i connect to it and use it as network storage. After another 5 days reloading, rebuilding and recoding, the second my cloud. Ive followed all of the instructions which have to be searched for. A viewer wrote in to ask if it was possible to attach multiple drives through the wd myclouds external usb port. These specialized drives can protect the snapshots, videos, and other memories you create on your tablet or smartphoneas well as stream them to multiple. What im after is a suitable replacement and i am open to any alternative setup e. The backup setup depends on whether you use the wd smartware or the acronis true image wd edition.
It doesnt want to play when plugged into any of the bt home hub ethernet ports but works fine in the gige port. Can i plug my iomega hard drive into my new bt home hub and. Connect the ac adapter and esata cable optional as shown. My problem is that i cannot get my laptop to map either hard drive, i have attached them both via ethernet to the router.
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