Haven’t seen anything definative on this other than talk about the WD Live(+) .
So can the WDTV HD Gen2 and Sharespace be used together?
I was using the MyBook Mirror but the USB port decided to take a ■■■■ and break and is unfixable.
No. The ShareSpace is a LAN-based NAS.
Since the Gen2 isn’t Network-based, you can’t use it.
That’s too bad, I really don’t feel like spending another $130 for a box that works just fine for me.
So just connecting them via USB won’t work? Has anyone actually tried this? Just asking because there are 3 USB ports on the Sharespace.
I really like my WD Hard drives but I am beginning to think all WD cares about with the rest of their products is to make their customers continuously update their hardware.
Danger wrote:
So just connecting them via USB won’t work? Has anyone actually tried this? Just asking because there are 3 USB ports on the Sharespace.
The Sharespace’s interface is Ethernet. The USB ports are for connecting devices TO it, not for connecting it as a USB device to something else.
The same thing (i.e. it won’t work) would happen if you tried to connect the USB ports of 2 PCs (or of a PC and your Gen2). The PCs and the WDTV (and the Sharespace) are all expecting devices to be connected TO them – they don’t behave like devices themselves, and can’t be connected to something else.
(Yes, you can network 2 PCs over USB, but you need special software to do it – it won’t happen automatically.)
Aside from buying a Live/Live Plus/Live Hub, or buying a different USB drive, one other option would be to look into third-party firmware for your Gen2 which would allow you to connect a USB ethernet dongle to it. You’d still have to buy a compatible dongle, but it’d cost you less.
Ok, that’s kind of what I thought but needed confirmation. The 3rd party firmware is something for me to think about.
Thanks for the patient explantions 
You’re welcome.
I’ve never tried to network my Gen1. But, from what I’ve read, many others have done it with B-Rad’s firmware, for both the Gen1 and Gen2.
But I believe you have to be even more selective what USB dongle you choose… even more so than the somewhat limited choice available to the Live/Live Plus/Live Hub.
If you do decide to go down that road, I’d strongly suggest visiting their forums and looking at what adaptors others are successfully using with a Gen2, before going out and buying one yourself. If you just grab the first one you see, if it’s not an exact model/version that someone else is successfully using, the odds of it working for you aren’t very good – like essentially zero.
