Has anyone used Mountain Lion with Time Machine for the WD MyBook Live Duo

This NAS is working with OSX Lion. But since I had trouble moving up to Lion with my previous WD NAS drive, I want to make sure that it works.
Thanks

Upgraded to Mavericks yesterday. Seems to have gone well except for one thing. My computer will not recognized my WD MyBook Live 3T and thus Time Machine will not work with it. My wife's MacBook Pro is still running 10.6.8 and her computer is still working properly and doing back ups. Called Western Digital Tech support and Apple Tech Support. Not much helpl there. I attempted to download and use the newest sofware (during Mavericks installation I did get a warning that the old WD software was not supported). However, one of the first steps is getting the software to scan for the backup drive. No dice. The computer is not recognizing its existence at all in any place you might look. So I am stuck and frustrated at this point. I have plugged and unplugged things. The MyBook Live is hooked up directly by ethernet cable to an Airport Extreme router. My computer is hooked up by ethernet cable to the router and my wife's laptop uses the WiFi connection. Apple Tech suggested a direct hookup to my computer. My computer still would not recognize it.

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Standard problem in ML.. apple do not seem to want to recognise.
Reboot the TC .. if that fails restart the whole network in correct order.. modem.. router/TC... clients.. with 2min gap.
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Read C12.. most quoted Q in pondini website history. This is asked 10 times a day.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
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http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
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