One USB HD = Time Mach backup + NAS drive?
Greetings -
I have scoured the Apple forums and the net. My brain is full. May I ask a Yes/No question?
I have an iMac running the latest OSX. I have an AEBS (it runs 802.11/n, so I assume it is one of the latest available, but don't hold me to that) running 7.5.2 (a horrible firmware version, BTW - I need to downgrade it to 7.4.2 any time I want to make just about any configuration changes to it..).
I also just got an AirLink101 AICN777W wireless security camera. This camera has a web-server built-in, and I have successfully joined it to my wireless network (by MAC address only).
One of the features of the camera is it's ability to record video to a NAS drive. To set up a NAS drive, it wants to know:
Samba address: (Enter IP address here)
Share name: (Enter volumne name?)
Path:
Username:
Password:
So, I have a single external USB/FW WD disk drive. I want to partition and use this drive for both Time Machine backups for my Mac and my wife's Mac laptop (which currently works dandy), AND as a "NAS" drive for the security cameras. Obviously, I'll need to set up that NAS drive to the same logon data as above.
So, assuming my iMac is always given an IP of 10.0.1.2, is it possible for me to use that external USB/FW WD drive as a NAS drive for the cameras?
Oh - and how would I go about doing that, if it is possible?
Thanks -
Mike
Well, I'll tell you what could go wrong.
I repartitioned the drive to allocate a small 50G partition to the NAS. Drive was connected to the Mac via FW, and disconnected from the AEBS.
I started a Time Machine backup via FW to a different, non-NAS-to-be partition.
The moment I plugged in the USB to the AEBS, the drive became dismounted from the Mac, I got the helpful "you didn't eject the drive" finger-wag, and Time Machine (duh..) stopped cold.
So it looks like there might be circuitry in the external Seagate (I was calling it WD above, because I'm an idiot) to favor the USB connection should the user be stoopid enough to plug more than one interface cable into it.
Fair enough. Next is to hang both a USB and FW cable from the back of the external drive, use it primarily at night/weekends as the NAS for the security cameras (USB physically plugged into the AEBS), and during the day as a Time Machine drive (FW physically plugged into the Mac).
In the meanwhile, any suggestions on a nice, cheap, reliable, Mac compatible 1G+ external HD?
Mike
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