Connecting ethernet disk

I have a small network in my home consisting of an ADSL-modem (-> internet) to which I have an airport Xpress connected (ie the ethernet port of that unit is occupied). I have set the network to DHCP and PW-protected thru WAP. I have extended the NW w one more Airport X. 3 computers communicate wireless w these. I'd like to integrate a LaCie Ethernet disk mini to this but I can't get it to work. Do I need more hardware or how should I go about doing it?

With your current configuration the only place that you could connect the LaCie Ethernet disk is the "one more AirPort X". You need to use WDS to wirelessly connect the two AirPort Express and then you will be able to use the Ethernet port on the remote AirPort Express for the LaCie disk.
See KB 107454, AirPort Extreme and Express: Using WDS to create a network from multiple base stations.

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Add Ethernet connected external disk

I have removed an internal disk from my old G4 Tower, put it in an enclosure so that I can use it as an external disk. The enclosure comes with a USB 2 or Ethernet connection and I wanted to try and use the Ethernet port.
When I connect the device to the laptop, the ethernet activity LEDs on the disk drive start to flash but the disk is not mounted on my desktop. The status of the Ethernet port in Network shows thatr the port is connected but it doesn't have an IP address and is not connected to the internet. I think this last part is a red herring because I am connected to the internet via Airport.
If I connect the disk via USB, then it mounts immediately. I have a feeling that the problem with the ethernet connection might have something to do with IP addresses but I am out of my depth with this.
Can anyone help please?
Many thanks,
Cliff
Brighton, UK

I am marking this as answered although in reality it isn't. With no replies or suggestions I thought it best to close and ask it in another forum.

LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini Gigabit/USB not recognized by Leopard

I have successfully setup the disk on USB using OS X Tiger 10.4.10 but I cannot get the Network Preferences Pane to recognise the disk as an ethernet device under OS X Leopard 10.5 during initial installation and configuration. Under Leopard the disk seems to appear as a modem device (telephone icon instead of ethernet <---> icon).
I am running a PowerBook G4 1.25Ghz with 2Gb RAM. Before I fully commit to Leopard I am running Tiger on the PowerBook's internal hard drive and I have Leopard running from a partition on a triple interface (Firewire 800/400USB2) 250Mb Lacie external drive (connected using FW800).
Under Leopard's System Profiler, the ethernet mini disk appears (under network>locations) with the following info:
Ethernet Disk mini:
Type: PPP
IPv4:
Configuration Method: PPP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
PPP:
ACSP Enabled: No
Display Terminal Window: No
Redial Count: 1
Redial Enabled: Yes
Redial Interval: 5
Use Terminal Script: No
Dial On Demand: No
Disconnect On Fast User Switch: Yes
Disconnect On Idle: Yes
Disconnect On Idle Time: 600
Disconnect On Logout: Yes
Disconnect On Sleep: Yes
Idle Reminder: No
Idle Reminder Time: 1800
IPCP Compression VJ: Yes
LCP Echo Enabled: Yes
LCP Echo Failure: 4
LCP Echo Interval: 10
Log File: /var/log/ppp.log
Verbose Logging: No
I have updated the disk's driver to version 1.1.1 from http://www.lacie.com/uk/support/drivers/driver.htm?id=10105 and have tried both the IP Configurator that came on the CD and the latest version from http://www.lacie.com/uk/support/drivers/driver.htm?id=10096
Has anyone else managed to get a similar disk running ok under Leopard? I've opened a ticket with LaCie support but thought I'd throw this open to a wider audience. I'll post any feedback I get from LaCie that leads to a positive result.

OK, I'm getting desparate here, and the only way to start a new thread is to reply to a previous thread I have (Apple, please fix the forums! No searching currently either!)
I have a Lacie drive that died on me - not showing up on the network, and making odd clicking noises. As a last ditch attempt I bought an external USB drive enclosure and took the HD out of the Lacie enclosure. Miraculously, the drive spins up much better and without any noise. I see the drive and all it's partitions in Disk Utility however none would mount. From what I've read, Lacie has an embedded Linux OS, so the partitions are formatted that way.
dk-kridan-consulting:~ dwayne$ ls -al /dev/disk1*
brw-r----- 1 dwayne operator 14, 3 Jul 17 15:39 /dev/disk1
brw-r----- 1 dwayne operator 14, 4 Jul 17 15:39 /dev/disk1s2
brw-r----- 1 dwayne operator 14, 5 Jul 17 15:39 /dev/disk1s5
brw-r----- 1 dwayne operator 14, 6 Jul 17 15:39 /dev/disk1s6
brw-r----- 1 dwayne operator 14, 7 Jul 17 15:39 /dev/disk1s7
brw-r----- 1 dwayne operator 14, 8 Jul 17 15:39 /dev/disk1s8
brw-r----- 1 dwayne operator 14, 9 Jul 17 15:39 /dev/disk1s9
So I tried installing ExtFSManager from sourceforge, and I now two of the partitions mount and I can see the data (YAY!) However (of course) the partition I really need is not one of the ones that mount.
Does anyone know what I could be missing, and how I can possibly get these other partitions mounted? From the listing below, it looks like the two that mounted OK are of type ext2
dk-kridan-consulting:~ dwayne$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
fdesc on /dev (fdesc, union)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, automounted)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted)
/dev/disk1s7 on /Volumes/UNTITLED (ext2, local, nodev, nosuid)
/dev/disk1s8 on /Volumes/UNTITLED 1 (ext2, local, nodev, nosuid)
http://idisk.mac.com/dwaynekking/ on /Volumes/dwaynekking (webdav, nodev, noexec, nosuid, mounted by dwayne)
I have tried something like:
dk-kridan-consulting:~ dwayne$ mount -t ext2 /dev/disk1s2 /tmp/dktest
/mount_ext2: device '/dev/disk1s2' appears not to contain a valid filesystem
mount_ext2: /dev/disk1s2 on /private/tmp/dktest: Invalid argument
Not sure why the others won't mount.
I would be SO grateful to anyone who can help me out.
Dwayne

Does a Gbit ethernet disk work with FCE

I am new to video editing and now looking for an external harddisk.
What I have read here a Firewire drive is better than USB-2.
I could not find any information if FCE 4 will work with a network drive, such as the LaCie Ethernet Disk 500GB - with Gigabit Ethernet,
In theory the Gbit connection is faster than FW or USB2.
Anyone experience?
thanks, 1000Zen

Network Attached Storage drives (NAS) are better suited to non-realtime file-sharing systems.
If you really, really want to head down this path then things get much more tricky (assuming you have more than one network device, i.e. not NAS directly connected to your MAC via ethernet cable) if you wish to record/play directly to NAS as the network traffic needs to properly prioritised and configured to prevent web browsers, email, software downloads, itunes, etc from interfering.
Not to mention networks are far more painful to diagnose technical issues, particularly at the protocol levels.
As Tom says go with Firewire, much less work is required and much easier to diagnose issues.
My $1.45 worth.

LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition

I'm considering buying a "LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition" http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10994 . The specs for this device says that it has iTunes Server support.
Can I use this to stream content to my Apple TV without my computer being on. Thanks...

I have an Lacie Ethernet gigabit mini disk 500GB. Software 1.1.2.1 and Apple TV.
In apple Tv appears the itunes library shared EDmini (the lacie ethernet disk) but when a i try to connect it, apple tv tell me to introduce the passcode into the ITUNES....
And that it's the problem!!! It's not possible to introduce any code.
Do anybody know the answer for this problem?
It's possible to configure apple TV for not be necesary PASSCODE before connect to a itunes library?

Lacie Ethernet Disk

Hi
I've got a new LAcie Ethernet BIG disk. Im gonna use it to transfer some data from my MacPRO to Laptop via FTP server on it.
Im useing a big files (footage=big *avi files), and i've noticed it's very slow when i'm copying files from MAC > Lacie HDD (local network). Network should be 1000Mbit, but copying 300GB files took me about 24hrs, I think it's much to slow. Do u have any idea what could happend, or it's just like it is. Or Maybe u got some other ideas how to sort it out. (im not bothered about FTP site speed coz i know the limits of my connection.

Hi maretsky :
Lacie Network disks are usually formated using FAT 32, (Older Windows format). This often can slow things down, especially with large files, although 24hrs for a 300GB seems excessive.
I have an older 100Mbit 400 GB lacie ethernet disk and I have experienced some very slow transfers especially with large files, in fact files larger than about 50GB refuse to transfer properly! I did some resarch and found that the FAT 32 was the problem.
If you just want to transfer the files then you can do this using firewire target disk mode on your macpro.
FROM APPLE:
Transferring files between two computers using FireWire
You can use a FireWire cable to connect your computer to another Mac and have one of the computers appear as an external hard disk on the other computer. This is sometimes called Target Disk Mode.
To transfer files using FireWire:
Shut down the computer to be used as a disk. Leave the other computer on.
Connect the two computers with a FireWire cable.
Start up the computer to be used as a disk, then open System Preferences, click Startup Disk, and click Target Disk Mode. (Or, start it up while holding down the T key.)
A disk icon appears on the desktop of the other computer.
Transfer files by dragging them to and from the disk.
Eject the disk by dragging its icon to the Trash. (While you drag, the Trash icon changes to an Eject icon.)
On the computer you used as a disk, push the power button to shut it down, and then disconnect the FireWire cable.
-Robert

LaCie Ethernet Disk mini compatibility

Hello,
I have a couple of Macs in the family, and I recently bought a LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini to use a NAS drive for my house. I set it up on one of the PC's in my house, now when I try and connect to it from my iMac, MacBook and Mac Mini I get an error message saying that I don't have permission to access this drive.
Does anyone know how to solve this or have had the same problem?
Thanks in advance.

Hi
I had the same issue with ethernet mini. After contacting Lacie support they suggested a reset of the drive. This worked for a while but then would fail again. In the end I sold the drive!
Sorry that's not that helpful but Lacie didn't have any answers either

LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini

I want to buy a NAS server to both back up my macs and share music and iphoto files. I have come accross the LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini. It got awfull reviews on CNet but ok reviews on Tom's hardware guide. Has aonyone on the forum got experience with setting it up? I would hook it to a switch which is connected to my aiport express so that all macs can access it remotely. thanks for any input.
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I have found the Ether Disk Mini to be reliable and quiet; I guess my only complaint is that the data transfer is slow. By default the disk is formated FAT32, which has some limitations if you are an all Mac network. It gets slightly better transfer rates when formated EXT3, which is an option.
Overall I would say its OK, or par with Tom's Hardware review.

I am connected to time capsule via wi-fi but air port says not connected and disk utility does not see it

I am connected to time capsule via wi-fi but air port says not connected and disk utility does not see it. I had it connected via ethernet and it still did not see it. Then i disconncectd it from ethernet and did the Wi-fi connection and am able to post this message but air port still does not see it.

Disk Utility will not "see" the Time Capsule, so no need to waste any more time on that issue.
but air port still does not see it.
Not sure what you mean by "air port" here.

Ethernet disk for video capture

Is it possible to connect/mount an external network disk (LaCie's Ethernet Disk) directly to the ethernet port of an Intel iMac, without the use of an actual network/router? and if so, would this act as a reasonable drive for capturing DV and HDV video?
My plan is to use a 24" iMac as a completely stand alone, budget video editing station that only accessing the internet (via Airport) when requiring updates.

Whilst the theoretical speed of the Gigabit (1000Mbps) Ethernet port on the iMac is about that of the FW800 port I am sure that you will get better performance from a FW800 drive for video transfer due to the overheads involved in packetizing data to transfer over the 'network' to the disk.
FW800 can be had for a very reasonable price.
mrtotes

Location Specific Automount SMB: LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini

Hey all
I recently purchased a LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini. I purchased it to use with .Mac backup at the house. I have an Airport network. I reformatted the drive to Mac OS X extended using Disk Utility and it seems to be working perfectly. I have been able to successfully back up via USB and Ethernet. In order to mount the drive I have to connect using command + k and then type in the assigned static ip address. It then mounts the drive on the desktop.
I then experimented with automounting the drive at login using an application called AutomountMaker. It writes a short executable script and then I added the script at login. This works also.
I would like to take this a little further and have the drive mounted only when I connect to a specific wireless network, and then dismount when not connected to that network. I am not sure how to do this. I have read numerous articles and googled the heck out of this topic with no avail. I came across the application NetInfo Manager, but I'm not sure if this is what I should be using or not. Above all, I don't know how to use Netinfo Manager.
Could someone please point me in the right direction or provide me with some suggestions? I do not know how to write applescripts nor do I know if applescripts are what I need. I am at a loss, but I would think that people have encountered this question before.
Thanks to any that can help.
LM

I would love to know the exact same thing. I just received the same drive, and it seems wierd that you can't just add the Volume to the Login items and have it connect for you are log in, I would have expected to be able to do this.
Of course this is totally a fault with OS X not the lacie drive itself.

Lacie ethernet disk mini as a network backup

I am not a real techie. I have an airport extreme network with an airport express to extend the reception range in the house. I bought a Lacie ethernet disk mini drive. I hooked it up via ethernet cable to the airport express and use it as a wireless backup for the 3 laptops in our family. I put it in the startup for all the laptops so that it shows right up on the desktop when the computer boots. I have been using it about a year or so and it works well. It can be a little slow when I try and back up my sons 47 gigs of photos. I do not know if I even have it hooked up correctly or the best way. Any suggestions? Anyone with similar setups?

I may not be the expert but it seems to work. I manually connected to the drive by using the "GO" menu, "Connect to Server", hit the "Browse" button, select "Network", then select the drive, authenticate with password, etc. and it should show up on your desketop.
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I am a little compulsive about backing these things up. I do not know what amount of data you have. I also use mediamax.com. THey give you 25 gigs of free backup space. It is slow and prone to errors but eventually I got most of my stuff on there also.
I am still looking if someone more techie than I knows if the way I am using my network drive it the best way...
steve
That's exactly what I want to do. I don't like having
to manually connect to the server every time I
startup the computer.
Can you tell me how to do it? What did you put in
"startup" and where is "startup"? Thanks!

Lacie RECON Ethernet Disk Home Edition

Looking for reviews on Lacie's reconditioned ( RECON ) products they sell on their web site. The warranty is only 180 days. If I buy one of their 500GB Ethernet DIsks, Home Edition, will it crap out?
So far, my Lacie 160GB FireWire Drive and FireWire DVD/RW DL burner hasn't given me any problems for several years. They seem like a good company. Just worried about the reconditioned stuff becaise they sell it pretty cheap.

I do have a 160GB FireWire drive. I noticed there are problems when it's connected to two awake machines simultaneously … namely the drive directory can get corrupt. It would seem that modifications from one machine are not recognized on the other machine until after remount.
A network drive would ease the sharing between my three machines. Not that I really need it though. I thought it would be nice to have all my movies and TV shows in one place.
ok, one scare story already. Do you have a link to this problem? Is this a serious problem or what? Is there another brand I should consider then?

Disk Utitlity has "Lost Connection" with Disk Management tool"

[ Edited by Apple Discussions Moderator; please start a new topic about your technical issue. ]
Running OSX10.3.8
I installed:
"iTunes" (6.0.2)
"iPod Updater 2005-11-17" ((null))
"iChat Update" (2.1)
Went to repair disk permissions
I get this error:
Disk Utitlity has "Lost Connection" with Disk Management tool" Please quit Disk Utility.
then it says quitting Disk Utility may render the disk useless. Stopping the scan just gives a "stopped by User" red text message in the DU screen.
Had to Quit. No other way out.
Now it will not repair "or" verify Disk permissions at all.
What to do?
Powermac G4 1.25ghz, OS9/OSX Mac OS X (10.3.8)

Getting the same results booting off of the install CD. I even ran fsck -y after a soft boot(command S). Note I also installed the iPod updater and iChat update.
I'm getting a crash log that has to do with DiskManagement
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I tossed the pref file for Disk utility and tried to locate a pref for the Disk Management but nada...
Is there a prefs file that needs to be tossed?
Anyone do a recent Onyx Maintainence cleaning?
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Powermac G4 1.25ghz, OS9/OSX Mac OS X (10.3.8)
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Failed while creating virtual Ethernet switch. Failed to connect Ethernet switch port

Hello Folks
I am completely stuck with the configuration of my virtual networks. I have one logical switch left to add to one of my Hyper-V 2012 R2 hosts when I started getting the error below when I try to add logical switches to either Hyper-V Host. I have been using
the document. 'Hybrid Cloud with NVGRE (Cloud OS)' to implement the virtual networking. Basically using the exact configuration that is in the document. I have added the PA Logical Network and the Network adapters and added the logical switch for it to my
hyper-v 2012 R2 host and everything was fine. I am now trying to add my ISCSI Logical Switch to the host and this is the error I get. My other Hyper-V host I get this error for any logical switch I am trying to add. Can someone help me with this error. I haven't
been able to find any information about it.
Also a some quick info on tracing an error like this so I can figure out what is causing it.
Thsi is my configuration so far
So as far as I know everything is peachy untill the error below. Dead stop now
Error (12700)
VMM cannot complete the host operation on the 08-NY-VHOST01.accounts.ccac-ont.ca server because of the error: Failed while creating virtual Ethernet switch.
Failed to connect Ethernet switch port (switch name = '******', port name = '88C16766-ED02-4AC0-8CD7-660AC9D424DD', adapter GUID = '{FAF431D8-0124-4E40-BB3B-9234BAA02973}'): The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002).
Unknown error (0x800b)
Thank you for your time
Christopher
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notice your GUID? you may want to consider ensuring that is the same GUID associated in your database. Sometimes during data corruption theres a smidge of a chance your sql database kind of either pulls old guids esp if this was reverted to snapshot
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