Q&A

Can you connect a WD My Book to a router?

Can you connect a WD My Book to a router?

With the WD My Cloud, you can connect it to your router via Gigabit Ethernet instead of a USB port. When connected, you have remote access to your WD My Cloud Home through a browser or a mobile app.

How do I share my WD My Book on Network?

The way forward to access your My Book Live is:

1. Open your file browser.
2. In the Network pane under Storage section, you should see your My Book Live device.
3. RIGHT click that icon, select Open option.
4. A file browser will appear, you now should have access to your My Book Live storage.

How do I access my hard drive connected to my router?

Right-click the drive and select “Map network drive” and give it a drive letter that isn’t already being used, make sure “Reconnect at sign-in” is checked, then click Finish. After that, any time you restart and connect your desktop or laptop computer to the network, the drive connected to the router will appear.

How do I setup a home network?

All you have to do is follow these five steps.

1. Connect your router. The router is the gateway between the Internet and your home network.
2. Access the router’s interface and lock it down.
3. Configure security and IP addressing.
4. Set up sharing and control.
5. Set up user accounts.

What is the USB on my router for?

A USB port on a router lets you connect a printer or external hard drive for sharing on the network. USB ports are handy because they make it very simple to set up a network printer on a home network or quickly expand sharable storage.

Can you connect my book to a router?

Unfortunately I was unable to find any clear info on this, neither on WDs website, nor the online manual for the My Book Duo, nor anywhere else, all sources were split 50:50 about this, so I’m asking here if someone can guide me.

How can I log in to my router?

Here are the three steps for logging in to your router: 1 Connect to your router There are two ways you can connect to your router. Either use your router’s Wi-Fi network or… 2 Get your router’s default IP address This is the most technical step in this whole process, so you’ve been warned (it… 3 Log in using a web browser More

Can a MyBook 1TB be connected to a router?

Hello, I have a MYBook 1TB drive, at the moment it is connected to the pc by the usb cable that came with the drive, I would like to connect it to the router Via a USB to RJ45 adaptor and cable so others on the LAN have access. Is this possible ? i have hunted thru all forums etc but cannot find an answer.

Can you connect your laptop to your router?

All the laptops run wirelessly and the router has a USB port and hoped to connect the My Book to the routers USB and that way all laptops could connect through the router to the My Book. Has anyone tried this or know if it will work?