External Hard Drive (Crossover Cable) - Help!
Jan 11, 2008 | 12:32 pm
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External Hard Drive (Crossover Cable) - Help!
Hi, I need some help...
I've an external hard drive (WD, MyBookWorld), which has an ethernet connection and I want to connect it to my laptop without a router in between.
I've a crossover cable and can connect the hard drive and laptop together. While Vista can see the connection, I can't see the hard drive. I tried changing the IP address of my laptop to be on the same subnet 192.168.1.xxx as the hard drive and have switched off 'getting an IP address automatically', (that's something I read somewhere on the web), but it made no difference.
What do I need to do?
Thanks.
P.S. I've a ADSL/wireless router spare, but I can't seem to use it as a pure router. Is that possible?
I've an external hard drive (WD, MyBookWorld), which has an ethernet connection and I want to connect it to my laptop without a router in between.
I've a crossover cable and can connect the hard drive and laptop together. While Vista can see the connection, I can't see the hard drive. I tried changing the IP address of my laptop to be on the same subnet 192.168.1.xxx as the hard drive and have switched off 'getting an IP address automatically', (that's something I read somewhere on the web), but it made no difference.
What do I need to do?
Thanks.
P.S. I've a ADSL/wireless router spare, but I can't seem to use it as a pure router. Is that possible?
Jan 11, 2008 | 1:14 pm
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Are you sure the external drive has a static IP? (meaning it's got a "set" IP address). Most likely the WD is looking for a DHCP server on your network to get an address assigned to it. Doesn't the thing have a USB port as well as ethernet?
Jan 11, 2008 | 1:15 pm
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Is the ethernet connection the only one available on the mybook? It would be a lot easier to use a usb or other connection if it's availabe.
It's probably looking for a dhcp server. Does the documentation or support site for your network drive tell you how to configure it with a static IP address?
edit: Never mind .. Scott just said the same thing.
-David
It's probably looking for a dhcp server. Does the documentation or support site for your network drive tell you how to configure it with a static IP address?
edit: Never mind .. Scott just said the same thing.
-David
Last edited by LIH Prem; Jan 11, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Jan 11, 2008 | 1:30 pm
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If you know the connection is good and you have the MAC address of the
external storage (HD/NAS) Add the mac address in the arp table on
your PC and give it some IP address.
from the command line you type in
arp -s ipaddress-for-hd mac-address-hd
example:
arp -s 192.168.1.123 00-aa-00-bb-00-cc
then you can try to ping 192.168.1.123 (whatever address you've assigned) and see if its alive.
external storage (HD/NAS) Add the mac address in the arp table on
your PC and give it some IP address.
from the command line you type in
arp -s ipaddress-for-hd mac-address-hd
example:
arp -s 192.168.1.123 00-aa-00-bb-00-cc
then you can try to ping 192.168.1.123 (whatever address you've assigned) and see if its alive.
Jan 11, 2008 | 2:33 pm
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It has a USB slot, but it's more for expansion, not connections.
This is the device http://www.wdc.com/en/products/produ...18&language=en
Cool, thanks for your help. I've turned DHCP back on, and it's all working now. I'm not entirely sure what I did differently this morning compared to last night when I tried till 2am, but it's working now. I think my laptop had some IP address settings recorded when the cable company set up cable Internet a while ago and haven't removed the settings, so when I was mucking around with this, it (and I) go confused. At the end of last night, I removed all the settings and this morning, I made sure DHCP was on, then bingo!
Woohoo and a big thank you!
This is the device http://www.wdc.com/en/products/produ...18&language=en
Cool, thanks for your help. I've turned DHCP back on, and it's all working now. I'm not entirely sure what I did differently this morning compared to last night when I tried till 2am, but it's working now. I think my laptop had some IP address settings recorded when the cable company set up cable Internet a while ago and haven't removed the settings, so when I was mucking around with this, it (and I) go confused. At the end of last night, I removed all the settings and this morning, I made sure DHCP was on, then bingo!
Woohoo and a big thank you!
