#Wd my book 3tb not recognized ps3#
#Wd my book 3tb not recognized windows#

Our agency recently installed six new Dell PowerEdge T110 II servers running Windows Server 2012 Standard. If you have ruled out the cable for certain, and still don't see the light flashing for the Lan connection you choose, then I recommend troubleshooting your drive at the Western Digital website.Trying to sort out backup issues. I don't think you are stupid, but I mention this because I have seen a lot of people make simple mistakes that caused a great deal of confusion and frustration. You mention hooking a number of other devices to the router, but you don't mention whether you used the same Ethernet cable each time, or if you hooked them up using other cables. The good news is that using the Actiontec MI24WR Router, and an ethernet cable plugged into the #1 Lan outlet, my WD 2TB Cloud Drive works perfectly. I am starting to think it might be the drive as well. Curious. did you have to do any router configuration changes in order for your WD drive to work with the actiontec router or did the router recognize it immediately as you plugged in the drive ethernet cable?

#Wd my book 3tb not recognized ps3#

Yes, used the same ethernet cable to test the LAN connection with the ps3 and the drive. i did make sure of that even though i was fighting with this until 4am. Older routers are black, 100Mbps Ethernet and 802.11g. What version of the router do you have? If it's the Rev I it has a red front panel bezel and supports 1Gbps and 802.11b/n. If you can get you hands on a 1Gbps Ethernet swtich, that can help with debugging. There could be some wired combination of cable and ports that is preventing the drive and the router from establishing a link. If your Ethernet cables have only two wire pairs, they will only run at 100Mbps. If you have an older router, it is 100Mbps only. The only other issue I can think of is a problem with 100Mbps vs 1Gbps Ethernet. There are no settings in the router to control the Ethernet switch that drives the LAN ports. If you got the LAN ports on the router to light up with the PS3 and laptop, then there is most likely a problem with the drive. The different color port is for the WAN and should either be connected directly to the ONT or left unused depending on your particular FiOS installation. Make sure you're using the LAN ports they should be yellow. The Actiontec routers have *FOUR* LAN ports and *ONE* WAN port. and cannot access the drive directly as it needs a LAN connection to access the settings. its able to recognize everything else except the WD drive. Thanks wrote: when i connect the WD drive ethernect cable to the router LAN ethernet ports 1-5 there are were no lights on the router as it seems that it does not recognize that there is something plugged in. If there are no other router configurations that i should try then i will see about getting a verizon router replaced to see if that helps. When i connect the WD drive ethernect cable to the router LAN ethernet ports 1-5 there are were no lights on the router as it seems that it does not recognize that there is something plugged in. I also tried connecting the Drive ethernet cable directly to the laptop and the lights on the laptop came on indicating a connection and my laptop was able to recognize the drive and the drive lights indicated that it was making a connection but cannot complete the setup as its looking for a LAN network. I verified that the ethernet cable works by connecting my ps3 as well as a laptop directly to the LAN ethernet port and in both instances the lights came on as expected. If it is a bad router, you'll need to contact Verizon to get a replacement. Be sure to unplug this cable when done, as a looped Ethernet cable can cause protocol issues over time. If more than one cable fails, you either have a lot of bad cables or bad router. Try with more than one cable if the first doesn't work. In that case, the problem is with the WD drive.Īs a final check, plug both ends of one Ethernet cable into two different LAN ports on the router. If the lights come on, they you know you have a good cable and a good router. If none light, this suggests a problem with the router.

The next step is to try connecting the router to a different Ethernet device, such as a laptop. If a different cable doesn't cause the lights to come on it is most likely a problem with the Ethernet ports in either the WD drive or the router.

The lights on the router's Ethernet connector and the front panel indicate basic connectivity.Īt this point, you should first try a different Ethernet cable. If the LAN light doesn't come on, the problem isn't with a router setting. The WAN port can't be used to connect to user equipment. First of all, make sure you're using one of the four LAN ports on the router.