I recently bought a linksys EA4500 (N900) and it has a USB port for making devices available on network, such as printers and whatnot. I found on their website, that the MyBook Essential drives were listed as tested and known to work with the router. I found out my mothers seagate freeagent pro has…

Hi, smartware wont work if the my book is connected to the router. Try using windows backup instead, check the link below. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320820

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Alucardx23 September 3, 2012, 11:58am 4

The My book will go into sleep mode after a couple of minutes of inactivity, so it doesn’t really matter where you connect it.

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