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Can't access USB drive mounted to Airport Extreme

Hi,

I have connect my external hard drive to the USB port of the Airport Extreme but I cannot see it in the finder, cannot access it in any way, but I do see it in the disks tab in the Airport utility. I've tried to connect with the IP address but I get a response of "does not exist." I've also tried to connect through the wireless network's icon at the top right of the screen, but, I only see the network itselfk not the router. I have tried every method in this article (HT1331) but it will not work. Obviously the router is working because I'm connected to the internet, but I cannot connect to it in anyway to access the USB mounted drive.

HELP!!

C. Fleming

raptorcc@gmail.com

Airport Extreme-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jan 16, 2013 6:32 PM

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LaPastenague

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Posted on Jan 16, 2013 7:25 PM

In the file sharing page, turn on the guest account to read and write access.. you don't have to do this all the time but this is to help.

In finder you will see there are differences between Snow Leopard in your profile and Mountain Lion which I am sure you are using.. you need to turn on shared or devices.. sorry I am swapping between them and have forgotten myself.

If you keep having trouble.. not at all unusual on ML, you might need to reformat the USB.. it must be GPT partitioned and use HFS+ (although FAT32 supposedly works.. ??)

There is another little quirk with Mountain Lion I have also just experienced.. My USB drive.. even plugged directly into the ML computer will not show up. Correct formatted etc.. ML just has some distaste for some brands of USB drives. It works perfectly in Snow Leopard.. just another of those little "Features" offered with the latest OS. Do a google .. some drives like Lacie are particularly prone to the issue.

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Cal F Author

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May 8, 2013 9:06 AM in response to LaPastenague

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply. The files are all JPEG, the TV displays them when I put them on a USB thumb drive. Only difference is that I'm trying to acces the files on the external drive connected to the router.

Thanks.

May 8, 2013 1:21 PM in response to Cal F

Files on local disk.. ie a thumb drive plugged into a computer/TV/device directly and files on a network drive are entirely different. In the later case it must read a network disk protocol.. which is entirely different to reading those same files on a local disk. The TV must be able to read raw files from a network drive.. it has nothing to do with reading files on a local disk.

May 8, 2013 2:18 PM in response to LaPastenague

Just to expand this..

Share a directory on the PC, and load some of your JPEG onto that.. can the TV access the PC files and see them? If not, load a DLNA server onto the PC.. can the TV now access files which are offered to it by the media server?

Can't access USB drive mounted to Airport Extreme