Direct hook up to PC won't map. Says bad IP

WD Legacy Products My Book Live
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I was getting only 3 MB on transfer through my router so I’d like to try direct to PC and see what speed I get. I see Mybooklive under network/storage but don’t know what to do. I right clicked computer map netwok drive but  I get- Can’t access //MyBookLive. I clicked diagnose and I get:  error message- Local Area invalid IP config… Not Fixed  X 

Help please!! 

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If you direct connect the MyBook Live to your PC I believe you need a crossed over network cable and the MyBook Live to have a static IP as well as your PC having a static IP address on the same sub-net.

The normal connection is that there is a router between your computer and MyBook Live and the router sells your PC and MyBook Live what IP addresses they are to use.

There are a few issues what can affect data throughput.  Maybe the router’s processor can’t cope?  Copying over a lot of small files will have a performance impact as the MyBook Live and PC have a lot of house-keeping to do between files being copied.

Now, if you have large files then there is a lot more simple copying of data more of the time and then the file-system updates and stuff in-between.

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Are you sure I need a special cable? I can access dashboard when connecting direct to PC but that’s all. How do I setup static IP for mybook?

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Okay I changed my PC to static IP went into dashboard and put the ip address of mybook as same as pc with last digit being one # higher and used same subnet mask. Left gateway and dns server blank. Applied changes to my book but now I can’t access mybook through web browser anymore after putting in the new mybook ip address in the browser

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Well i finally tried putting in the cd. Should have tried that first! It was able to discover mybooklive and now i’ts working direct hook-up to PC. Unfortunantly I’m getting the same speeds as was over network. 3MB moving to mybook/ 10 MB ps moving from mybook. Doing full factory restore now

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Good. I waited for you to try the CD.  LOL  :smiley:

Could it be the configuration of your laptop?  How fast is your laptop’s network port?  Is it a lot of small files or large files? Have you got any processes on your laptop what examine your files before they leave your laptop?  etc…

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Acer aspire 1410 laptop. Don’t know speed. I seem to recall getting at least usb 2 speed over ethernet network in the past. 30 MB ps. I tried many differnt movie transferes. Each time just one movie at a time.  Each time just 11 MB ps. I brought mybook to my moms and over her network with her PC I was also only getting 10 MB ps. Her PC is old E- machine Pentium 4. One of the first PC’s with sata hard drive ports.

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What speed is the network card on your computer? What type of cable are you using?

The speeds you are seeing are correct for a 100mbps setup. Network speeds are rated in Mega Bits Per Second, but in the OS speeds are rated in Mega Bytes Per Second. There are 8 Bits in a Byte, then add some error correction overhead and your throughput will be about 10-12.