Which SMB protocol is used by Time Machine?
I have attached a Lacie 2TB hard drive to my Linksys router Model WRT3200ACM, intending to use it as a backup disk for my MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020) using MacOS Big Sur Version 11.1. The hard drive has been formatted to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" with the Scheme "GUID Partition Map".
My router recognizes the hard drive is connected, and my MacBook Air sees that it is attached to the network; however, when I go to Time Machine preferences to choose this external drive as my location for Time Machine backups, this preference window does not show this disk as an option.
I was told by Linksys support that this router model only supports the SMB1 protocol. Can anyone tell me which SMB protocol is used by Time Machine because I suspect this is why the Time Machine preference window does not recognize this external disk.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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