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Router for time machine wireless backup?

Anyone know a good router that supports connecting a hard drive for Time Machine backups?


I just wasted hours installing and troubleshooting a Netgear router. Turns out they are no longer supporting Time Machine connected drives. May have some old legacy ones that might work, but why would I buy from them? I used to be able to set every Mac in my household to automatically back up while connected to Wi-Fi but the old Apple Time Capsule no longer supports this.


The forums don't have a general "Mac software" topic so I don't know if this is the best place to post.


Thanks.

RC 16" MacBook Pro

Posted on Feb 18, 2023 11:56 AM

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Feb 18, 2023 12:31 PM in response to rcohn

rcohn wrote:

Anyone know a good router that supports connecting a hard drive for Time Machine backups?

I just wasted hours installing and troubleshooting a Netgear router. Turns out they are no longer supporting Time Machine connected drives. May have some old legacy ones that might work, but why would I buy from them? I used to be able to set every Mac in my household to automatically back up while connected to Wi-Fi but the old Apple Time Capsule no longer supports this.

The forums don't have a general "Mac software" topic so I don't know if this is the best place to post.

Thanks.


Time Capsule was Discontinued 2018—that decision was a boon for other wireless router makers.


Most any router would support this see LAN port.

See if this is it: Share the internet connection on Mac with other network users


See third-party NAS products.

Best NAS drives for Mac 2023 - Macworld


Using NAS with Apple macOS

* https://www.asustor.com/en/online/College_topic?topic=108


https://tidbits.com/2022/01/14/network-time-machine-backups-moving-on-from-the-time-capsule/


The alterntive is connect the backup drive directly to your Mac.


ex WAN vs LAN

https://lazyadmin.nl/home-network/wan-port-on-router-explained/

Router for time machine wireless backup?

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