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emmtee · 03:28 PM

Hello, I have a problem connecting to my AirPort Disk. I have it plugged into my AirPort Extreme, and it shows in AirPort Disk Utility, but I have no connection icon like I did in Tiger since I upgraded to Leopard. How can I connect to the AirPort Disk.

The Airport Disk is a Western Digital MyBook 250GB USB Drive. It has worked before the upgrade to Leopard.

Any help would be appreciated! Feel free to Message me at either, email removed or AIM EmmTeeProd.

Thank you!

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ibook_steve · Jan 23, 2009, 06:05 AM

Airport Disk Utility isn't really used anymore (and didn't work very well when it was used). Use Airport Utility to set up Airport disks.

Steve

emmtee · Jan 23, 2009, 10:23 AM

I did try using the AirPort Utility to set them up, but I'm still getting errors. "Connection failed, contact your system administrator" etc....

ibook_steve · Jan 23, 2009, 11:35 AM

Does the disk appear under Disks in Airport Utility? What settings do you have for it?

Steve

emmtee · Jan 23, 2009, 06:15 PM

emmtee · Jan 23, 2009, 06:17 PM

even still I tried using all three "Secure Shared DIsk"

ibook_steve · Jan 24, 2009, 03:23 PM

I mean on the Disks tab there (next to File Sharing), does your disk show up as being connected?

Steve

emmtee · Jan 24, 2009, 08:58 PM

yes it does, it shows with:

232.9 GB WD 2500JB External Media
->MY BOOK

ibook_steve · Jan 25, 2009, 03:20 PM

OK, so how are you trying to access the disk? It should appear in Finder windows on the left side. Have you tried simply power cycling the base station to see if it makes any difference?

Steve

emmtee · Jan 25, 2009, 07:03 PM

yes, I tried using the "shared" part on the left of the Finder window. i tried power cycling the base station. I tried access through "Go To Server"... still nothing