Direct connection between MyBook Live and Mac

[jkmaster]

Hi all.

Do you know a reliable way to establish a direct connection between a MyBook Live and a Mac? I had it working once earlier this week, but didn’t succeed again since then.

Here are a few details about my setup:

• MyBook Live 3TB p/n WDBACG0030HCH-00

• DIsk connected to computer using the ethernet cable that came with the disk

• Macbook Pro running OSX 10.6.8

• Ethernet port is the network device with first priority, static network address (manually assigned) is 192.168.3.1.

• WLAN (AirPort) enabled and connected to internet router

Things I’ve tried, none of which did work:

• Set the ethernet port to DHCP, turn the disk off and on

• Set the ethernet port to DHCP with manual address, turn the disk off and on

• Set a static network address manually, turn off WLAN and reboot the computer

• Reset the disk using its reset button while connected.

Any helpful suggestions are very welcome!

Kind regards

John

[jkmaster]

Thanks to the 26 who took the time to read my question so far.

Here’s what I did a few minutes ago to get it working.

In System Preferences > Network, remove the Ethernet entry

Reboot the Mac

In System Preferences > Network, the ethernet device is found again. Manually assign an IP address (mine is now 192.168.4.1).

After a few seconds, an Ethernet connection is established and MyBook shows up.

I hope there won’t be any further problems …

John

[theburgh64]

Did you use a specific IP address or did you create your own?

[tween80]

I wanted to do the same one. What I did is I just connected MBL and MacBook directly, Router and Internet via WLAN. I did nothing else. MBL popped up in finder and everything worked. I did not use a static IP. I just let the MacBook do, the IP my Mac assigned to the MBL automatically started the with 169…

Worked like a charm, full 300 GB Backup in 3-4 hours!

Regards