Is Maxtor Shared Storage II compatible with AEBS (802.11n)

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Is Maxtor Shared Storage II compatible with AEBS (802.11n)

Hi there,

I have been using a Maxtor Shared Storage II (1 Tb) as NAS via airport express. That worked fine.

However, when I switched to AEBS, my Mac can't even detect the Maxtor Shared Storage II.

Need help. Any suggestion welcomed!

Thx in advance.

patrick

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Apr 20, 2007 10:59 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 20, 2007 11:15 PM in response to Ankoie

Hi Patrick

You don't say what configurations you have done... so can you confirm you have conifgured Airport Extreme to share hard drives, and have you used the Airport Disk Utility to look for and configure you disk?

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Apr 20, 2007 11:22 PM in response to littleurchin

Hi littleurchin,

I configured the AEBS to file share.

Secure Shared Disks: With base station password

Guest Access: Read and write.

However, I just realise that AEBS cannot even detect the Maxtor Shared Storage II.

Need help !

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Apr 20, 2007 11:54 PM in response to Ankoie

I think it might be worth starting from scratch with each component. Here's an idea of an approach:

1. Disconnect everything.
2. Make sure your MSS2 is accessible directly from your computer. Then at least you can rest easy your data is safe.
3. Then connect your AEBS. If you're connecting to an existing network, make sure your internet connection is working fine. If you're connecting directly to a cable/ADSL modem, likewise make sure this is fine, so you know the AEBS is okay.
4. Then connect your MSS2. From my experience, when doing that I needed to also restart (not reset) the AEBS the first time. Since then it's been fine.

It's possible this will help... it did for me on my first attempt.

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Apr 21, 2007 3:21 AM in response to littleurchin

Hi Littleurchin,

Does the Maxtor SS II show up in your Airport Utility app?

My maxtor SS II worked perfect when connected directly to my powermac via ethernet. But when I plugged the maxtor SS II into AEBS (and then restart everything), the AEBS still can detect the maxtor.

I already e-mailed to Maxtor as well.....

I don't know .......

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Apr 21, 2007 3:30 AM in response to Ankoie

Just to add another point - i will ethernet to connect my external HDD to the AEBS. I read in AEBS' manual that USB external HDD is ok, but is ethernet external HDD also ok?

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Apr 21, 2007 12:57 PM in response to Ankoie

No, an Ethernet-connected external hard disk is not OK—at least not at the present time.

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Apr 22, 2007 2:52 AM in response to James A. Weston

James,

Do you know if Apple is going to come up with firmware update that will do the trick?

Best,

Patrick

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Apr 22, 2007 6:08 AM in response to Ankoie

No, I don't know.

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