my time airport machine capsule crashed and i decided to buy an externel hard drive. the hard drive has a usb port but not an ethernet port. I do not want this HD to plug directly into my computer. how can I plug it it to my network. could I buy a USB to ethernet cable and then plug it into the network or do i have to connect it wireless
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 11.2
Check your router or modem, most have USB ports you can plug the drive into to share it to the network.
If your router does not have a USB port you can use, the you would need to get a router that does.
You cannot plug an adapter to the drive and have it show on the network. Since the drive itself would have no way of knowing its connected to a network.
The drive requires a router ro computer that can see it and share it out to the network.
Sorry, I'm not familiar with any of those Apps to offer a recommendation.
I'll see if anyone else can offer some suggestions.
the router is Fios -G1100 https://www.verizon.com/about/sites/default/files/fios-quantum-router-user-guide-2018.pdf
bob and mrhoffman. thank you both for all your help.
How do I connect external HD to my network
