Lacie ethernet big disk HD via Airport. No go.

Here's what I don't understand.

Apple is the leading computer company of the world. It is.

Networking from day one. Local talk on up. Here we are in 2007, really 2008. The most advanced OS. Leopard.

Apple embraces wireless before anyone. Apple drives the demand for wireless. From computers to iPhone.

It's all in place. AppleTV. iTunes. Music.

Apple preaches backups. Good. I've been backing up since 1995.

So now we have Apple deliver Leopard. I buy it and install it on my numerous Intel Mac's. yes I always buy the latest Apple gear. Love it.

And I buy a Lacie ethernet big disk 1 terabyte hard drive. Ethernet of course. Speed. I got to have more speed! Movies for AppleTV with movies. iTunes remotely for music. ONE TERABYTE! Plugged into my Apple gigabit Airport.

And I can't access this hard drive in Leopard.

Why is that? Nothing. It says connecting. It never does.

What a waste. If I wanted and OS that doesn't work? We know that option.

Does anyone have an ethernet disk connected to Airport that is working? is it Lacie? They say it's Apple via their tech support. Apple tech support gave up on the HD issue. Like they did on why my second Airport N base station connected via WDS to the main gigabit Airport. And why only it's connection throughput of of 4.5 Mbps. While the main Airport, 30 feet away gives me 28,000.00 Mbps. They just told me it was a hardware issue. Even though we switched out Airport N's. I have a few of them. Gear head. Oh well. I leave my printers unplugged until I need them. So I get the full throughput.

So does anyone have an ethernet hard drive working in Leopard? Does it work? USB disks work at times. But they;re not reliable either.

I need network hard drive access. But not in Leopard.

MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.16ghz, Mac OS X (10.5), 4GB Ram  250GB HD  3 iPhones  Numerous iPods

Posted on Nov 11, 2007 1:09 PM

47 replies

Jan 3, 2008 9:32 PM in response to Willem Van Waesberghe

I was having problems initially and I was getting rather disappointed with all the issues I was seeing on this page, but then I did what you recommended.

Unfortunately the drive DID NOT work as a USB Airdisk. However, I downloaded the newest IPConfigurator (v2.0.3). I plugged the drive into my new Airport Extreme using the ethernet cable, ran the IPConfigurator, and everything seems to work fine. I'm transferring data right now and the speed doesn't seem too bad considering I'm pulling data off a firewire drive and pushing it through a WDS extended network to the LaCie drive.

I was able to setup multiple shares and access them just fine. The litmus test will be after I transfer all my data and try running some music or video straight from the drive. Hopefully, the other Macs in the house will access it just as easy.

Jan 4, 2008 9:52 AM in response to Willem Van Waesberghe

I was able to turn my firewall on again and everything works fine. Also, since I get enough signal from my new Airport Extreme Base Station, I pulled my extended AP Express out of the equation (and now only use it for printing and speakers) and my speeds more than doubled. I've got an older eMac on the network so the wireless is still set to be b/g compatible, but things are working great.

I'm kinda bummed that the USB on the LaCie drive would not work at all, but in some ways I actually like the management abilities on the drive itself.

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