Connecting WD MyBook (WhiteLight) TB drive via Router

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 06:56:03AM -0500, Jay Ridgley wrote:
> Good morning,
> 
> I have recently moved from a system based firewall/server to a router.
> 
> Router is a Belkin N600DB wireless router. I have been able to get
> everything up with the exception of my MyBook (worked before as a dedicated
> host using NFS to access it). The router fails to find it when I plug the
> network cable directly into the router.
> 
> What am I missing...
> 
> Belkin claims no support for Linux. Suggested I try one of the other two
> popular OS. Problem is I have access to neither of them...
> 
> I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with a Cinnamon desktop and am up to date with
> all updates.
> 
It sounds as if you might have set a static IP for the MyBook which
isn't on the same subnet as the network set up by the router.

Or, was the MyBook set up to provide DHCP before?

-- 
Chris Green