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#ACCESS EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE FROM LINKSYS FOR MAC USERS INSTALL#
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#ACCESS EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE FROM LINKSYS FOR MAC USERS INSTALL#

When Windows finds the hardware, go through the driver installation process exactly as in step 1: choose "Install drivers manually" and/or "Have disk", point it to the driver folder on your desktop, and it will install your software.

Reboot your computer after installing the card. The adapter version should be on a label right on the card itself. Make sure you're using the right driver version for that particular card (for instance, be sure not to use a 4.1 driver for a 4.0 adapter card). Instead, once again, copy the drivers to your desktop. Install the card as described in the instruction manual, but do not install the Linksys software.

Installing the Adapter Driver on your second PC: Now install your adapter in your second computer, which is going to receive the signal from the router.

Your PC will then install the drivers for your router, and that portion of this guide is complete.

When you reboot your computer and it asks you if you'd like to install the driver, you'll have to follow the options for "Install drivers manually" and/or "Have disk" and point it to the driver folder you've downloaded to your desktop. If your router is not already installed, connect it by following the included instruction booklet. Instead, save its drivers to a new folder on your desktop via the Linksys support page (you can use the drivers included on the CD that came with the router, although the version on Linksys' website may be newer).

Installing the Router Driver on your first PC: Don't install the Linksys software.

Now, my upstairs computer with the router is successfully sending the signal to the downstairs computer, which is receiving a signal through its adapter: Sparing further dialogue, here's a quick guide of the steps I took to fix my problem and get my connection working. Here's a quick and dirty guide to get you through this process! Getting Started Don't install it! You'll have to use Microsoft Windows to get the job done.

#ACCESS EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE FROM LINKSYS FOR MAC USERS SOFTWARE#

The reason why this error message appears is because Linksys' software is god-awful. What's worse is that this problem can even happen for no reason at all, at any time, as if some invisible force messed with it.

#ACCESS EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE FROM LINKSYS FOR MAC USERS MANUAL#

I did everything from double-checking the connection type, password, manual settings, even restarting the router, re-installing software and everything in between, but nothing worked. No matter what I did, my Linksys router and adapter refused to connect. I'd like to make this as easy and painless as possible.This was my error message in the Linksys adapter software menu's dashboard. Is this convoluted? Is there an easy (and cheap) way to do this?īasically, my wife and I are going to share the one big Library and then connect each of our iPods to it. The problem is that the router is all Ethernet, but I figured I could just go out and buy an Ethernet -> USB adapter and plug it into one of the unused Ethernet ports on the router. It's USB 2.0-based, so I was thinking of connecting it to the wireless network I run at home (simple basic Linksys WRT54G). I don't want to schlep the hard drive with me every where I go.

Here's my question - what's the best and cheapest way to make this new huge library accessible to my laptops? I just spent most of this last weekend emptying out the iTunes libraries from my work laptop and home laptop in order to create One Big Library to Rule Them All. Last week, I went out and bought a Black Armor 320 GB external hard drive.