How do I see a USB disk on my local Network?

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How do I see a USB disk on my local Network?

Here's the problem:

My (italian) DSL provider included a modem/router with USB ports.

I am able to see my router "Thompson" on my local network as a sorta PC but I cannot see my USB Disk attached to it.

I believe the problem is that the Disk attached is a Mac OS Extended (Journaled), also a clone of my SSD, with the Mac OS 10.7.3 installed.

Is there a way to see Mac OS disks on that kind of local Network?

Forgive my ignorance about it.

Thanks,

L

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3), OWC Mercury SSD 6G 480GB

Posted on Mar 8, 2012 12:33 PM

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Barney-15E

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Mar 8, 2012 12:36 PM in response to leomore™

You'd have to ask Thompson about how to share out the disks, or look online for a manual for their router.

You are likely correct that it cannot handle an HFS disk.

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leomore™ Author

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Mar 8, 2012 12:42 PM in response to Barney-15E

Thanks... I hoped I was wrong.

Thompson does not talk about supporting Mac OS Extended Disks at all... I'm about to buy a cheap TP-LINK router to bridge I guess... What do you think?

Thanks

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Barney-15E

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Mar 8, 2012 2:35 PM in response to leomore™

I don't usually associate "cheap" and "reliable network access" in the same conversation.

Thompson does not talk about supporting Mac OS Extended Disks at all... I'm about to buy

Does it at least discuss turning on shared disk access, and is it turned on?

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leomore™ Author

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Mar 8, 2012 11:12 PM in response to Barney-15E

Barney, cheap doesn't necessarily mean unreliable.

I meant something like this for about 60€ : http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=1682&model=TL-WR2543ND

I just don't have 170€ for the Extreme Base Station.

And YES, Thompson was actually turned on.

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