I am unable to onnect a WD Elements external HD with USB connection to a
Belkin Home Base, which is a wirelessy contraprion with USB inputs, to which
one ought to be able to connect annything with a USB plug, making it
accessible by all boxes connected (wirelessy) to the router. The home base
has a control application, showing what apparatus is available from it. It
shows the printer, which is connected to it, which is perfectly accessible
by all connected PCs, but it doesn't show the HD, which is correctly plugged
into it. When the HD is connected to a PC it works alright, so there is
nothing wrong, so it seems, with the HD, and the Home Base can deal with the
formatting of the HD. Does anyone know about this issue, and the solution to
the problem?

Thanks,
Zach.

In article <4cb5f0f9$0$30710$(E-Mail Removed)>, "zach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I am unable to onnect a WD Elements external HD with USB connection to a
>Belkin Home Base, which is a wirelessy contraprion with USB inputs, to which
>one ought to be able to connect annything with a USB plug, making it
>accessible by all boxes connected (wirelessy) to the router. The home base
>has a control application, showing what apparatus is available from it. It
>shows the printer, which is connected to it, which is perfectly accessible
>by all connected PCs, but it doesn't show the HD, which is correctly plugged
>into it. When the HD is connected to a PC it works alright, so there is
>nothing wrong, so it seems, with the HD, and the Home Base can deal with the
>formatting of the HD. Does anyone know about this issue, and the solution to
>the problem?
>
>Thanks,
>Zach.
>
I was thinking along the lines of maybe it doesnt support NTFS but after
reading the online manual here ,
http://cache-www.belkin.com/support/...omebase_us.pdf

It claims Fat 16/32/NTFS support.


I would suggest updating the HomeBase to the newest firmware.

"GMAN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:s7nto.306981$(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <4cb5f0f9$0$30710$(E-Mail Removed)>, "zach" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>>I am unable to onnect a WD Elements external HD with USB connection to a
>>Belkin Home Base, which is a wirelessy contraprion with USB inputs, to
>>which
>>one ought to be able to connect annything with a USB plug, making it
>>accessible by all boxes connected (wirelessy) to the router. The home base
>>has a control application, showing what apparatus is available from it. It
>>shows the printer, which is connected to it, which is perfectly accessible
>>by all connected PCs, but it doesn't show the HD, which is correctly
>>plugged
>>into it. When the HD is connected to a PC it works alright, so there is
>>nothing wrong, so it seems, with the HD, and the Home Base can deal with
>>the >formatting of the HD. Does anyone know about this issue, and the
>>solution to
>>the problem?
>>
>e>Thanks,
>>Zach.
>>
> I was thinking along the lines of maybe it doesnt support NTFS but after
> reading the online manual here ,
> http://cache-www.belkin.com/support/...omebase_us.pdf
>
> It claims Fat 16/32/NTFS support.
>
>
> I would suggest updating the HomeBase to the newest firmware.
>
Yes, the two bits of hardware calim to be compatible.
I bought both yesterday, so replacing the Home Base is not an option.
I am puzzled.

Zach.

On 10/13/2010 1:48 PM, zach wrote:
> I am unable to onnect a WD Elements external HD with USB
> connection to a Belkin Home Base, which is a wirelessy
> contraprion with USB inputs, to which one ought to be able
> to connect annything with a USB plug, making it accessible
> by all boxes connected (wirelessy) to the router. The home
> base has a control application, showing what apparatus is
> available from it. It shows the printer, which is connected
> to it, which is perfectly accessible by all connected PCs,
> but it doesn't show the HD, which is correctly plugged into
> it. When the HD is connected to a PC it works alright, so
> there is nothing wrong, so it seems, with the HD, and the
> Home Base can deal with the formatting of the HD. Does
> anyone know about this issue, and the solution to the problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Zach.
You could have a look at this review where several user
talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
comments might be helpful to you.

On 10/13/2010 3:47 PM, Pen wrote:
> You could have a look at this review where several user
> talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
> comments might be helpful to you.

Here's the url I forgot the first try.

You could have a look at this review where several user
talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
comments might be helpful to you.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/other...-base-reviewed

"Pen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:i952j0$v2b$(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 10/13/2010 3:47 PM, Pen wrote:
>> You could have a look at this review where several user
>> talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
>> comments might be helpful to you.
>
> Here's the url I forgot the first try.
>
> You could have a look at this review where several user
> talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
> comments might be helpful to you.
>
> http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/other...-base-reviewed

Hi,

Thank you for the reference to the HB discussion. I read through the posts
and was a little surprised by the negative comments. Before buying the HB I
enquired at a very large hardware store. The buyer there said that Belkin
was the only one he would touch. When I installed the HB I was amazed by
the simplicity with which the HB hooked up to my wireless router/modem. The
printer, connected to the HB, was recognized via my Vista laptop
immediately, not so via a Windows 7 one, which problem was solved by
throwing out the HP driver software and using the Windows supplied driver
instead. The HD simply won't connect to neither of the two boxes. So I was
hoping to come across someone who had cracked the problem and could pass on
his experience to me.

Zach.

zach wrote:
> "Pen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:i952j0$v2b$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On 10/13/2010 3:47 PM, Pen wrote:
>>> You could have a look at this review where several user
>>> talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
>>> comments might be helpful to you.
>>
>> Here's the url I forgot the first try.
>>
>> You could have a look at this review where several user
>> talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
>> comments might be helpful to you.
>>
>> http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/other...-base-reviewed
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for the reference to the HB discussion. I read through the
> posts and was a little surprised by the negative comments. Before buying
> the HB I enquired at a very large hardware store. The buyer there said
> that Belkin was the only one he would touch. When I installed the HB I
> was amazed by the simplicity with which the HB hooked up to my wireless
> router/modem. The printer, connected to the HB, was recognized via my
> Vista laptop immediately, not so via a Windows 7 one, which problem was
> solved by throwing out the HP driver software and using the Windows
> supplied driver instead. The HD simply won't connect to neither of the
> two boxes. So I was hoping to come across someone who had cracked the
> problem and could pass on his experience to me.
>
> Zach.
>

Did you read the article itself ?

"If you plan to share only storage on your network, you don’t really need to
install any software. By default, all four USB ports on the Home Base are
configured in “NAS” mode. Storage devices plugged into any ports will appear
in Windows explorer as shown in Figure 3 or in the Mac OS finder."

"Once you land on the Home Base management page, there’s really not much
to configure... About the only settings you need to concern yourself with
are... the configuration of the individual USB ports."

Why not check this, and see if the boxes are ticked or not ? Notice how
in this picture, port 3 has had the NAS feature turned off.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/image...t%20config.jpg

Paul

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:i95lq5$8gb$(E-Mail Removed)...
> zach wrote:
>> "Pen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:i952j0$v2b$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On 10/13/2010 3:47 PM, Pen wrote:
>>>> You could have a look at this review where several user
>>>> talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
>>>> comments might be helpful to you.
>>>
>>> Here's the url I forgot the first try.
>>>
>>> You could have a look at this review where several user
>>> talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
>>> comments might be helpful to you.
>>>
>>> http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/other...-base-reviewed
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thank you for the reference to the HB discussion. I read through the
>> posts and was a little surprised by the negative comments. Before buying
>> the HB I enquired at a very large hardware store. The buyer there said
>> that Belkin was the only one he would touch. When I installed the HB I
>> was amazed by the simplicity with which the HB hooked up to my wireless
>> router/modem. The printer, connected to the HB, was recognized via my
>> Vista laptop immediately, not so via a Windows 7 one, which problem was
>> solved by throwing out the HP driver software and using the Windows
>> supplied driver instead. The HD simply won't connect to neither of the
>> two boxes. So I was hoping to come across someone who had cracked the
>> problem and could pass on his experience to me.
>>
>> Zach.
>>
>
> Did you read the article itself ?
>
> "If you plan to share only storage on your network, you don’t really
> need to
> install any software. By default, all four USB ports on the Home Base
> are
> configured in “NAS” mode. Storage devices plugged into any ports will
> appear
> in Windows explorer as shown in Figure 3 or in the Mac OS finder."
>
> "Once you land on the Home Base management page, there’s really not
> much
> to configure... About the only settings you need to concern yourself
> with
> are... the configuration of the individual USB ports."
>
> Why not check this, and see if the boxes are ticked or not ? Notice how
> in this picture, port 3 has had the NAS feature turned off.
>
> http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/image...t%20config.jpg
>
> Paul

Yes, I read all through the posts albeit that I missed the significance of
the remark about the USB ports. Nevertheless, in the configuration they are
all ticked. For a moment I thought "Bingo, the answer", but no, they are
ticked.

Zach.

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:i95lq5$8gb$(E-Mail Removed)...
> zach wrote:
>> "Pen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:i952j0$v2b$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On 10/13/2010 3:47 PM, Pen wrote:
>>>> You could have a look at this review where several user
>>>> talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
>>>> comments might be helpful to you.
>>>
>>> Here's the url I forgot the first try.
>>>
>>> You could have a look at this review where several user
>>> talk about dealing with issues with the Home Base, Their
>>> comments might be helpful to you.
>>>
>>> http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/other...-base-reviewed
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thank you for the reference to the HB discussion. I read through the
>> posts and was a little surprised by the negative comments. Before buying
>> the HB I enquired at a very large hardware store. The buyer there said
>> that Belkin was the only one he would touch. When I installed the HB I
>> was amazed by the simplicity with which the HB hooked up to my wireless
>> router/modem. The printer, connected to the HB, was recognized via my
>> Vista laptop immediately, not so via a Windows 7 one, which problem was
>> solved by throwing out the HP driver software and using the Windows
>> supplied driver instead. The HD simply won't connect to neither of the
>> two boxes. So I was hoping to come across someone who had cracked the
>> problem and could pass on his experience to me.
>>
>> Zach.
>>
>
> Did you read the article itself ?
>
> "If you plan to share only storage on your network, you don’t really
> need to
> install any software. By default, all four USB ports on the Home Base
> are
> configured in “NAS” mode. Storage devices plugged into any ports will
> appear
> in Windows explorer as shown in Figure 3 or in the Mac OS finder."
>
> "Once you land on the Home Base management page, there’s really not
> much
> to configure... About the only settings you need to concern yourself
> with
> are... the configuration of the individual USB ports."
>
> Why not check this, and see if the boxes are ticked or not ? Notice how
> in this picture, port 3 has had the NAS feature turned off.
>
> http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/image...t%20config.jpg
>
> Paul

Hi Paul,

In spite of my earlier response to your above suggestion, I went back to the
configuration and unticked the port to which the HD is connected. Although
the NAS-setting seemed to be correct, in fact, unticking the port in
question made the HD appear in the Control utility!

Thank you so much!

Zach.

zach wrote:

>
> Hi Paul,
>
> In spite of my earlier response to your above suggestion, I went back to
> the configuration and unticked the port to which the HD is connected.
> Although the NAS-setting seemed to be correct, in fact, unticking the
> port in question made the HD appear in the Control utility!
>
> Thank you so much!
>
> Zach.

That's the kind of weirdness, that makes hi-tech so much fun :-)

Enjoy,
Paul