Connecting WD MyBook (WhiteLight) TB drive via Router

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 01:42:47PM -0500, Jay Ridgley wrote:
> On 07/22/2018 07:17 AM, Chris Green wrote:
> > 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, Colin and Gene Thanks,
> 
> The MyBook was indeed assigned a static IP on my old network and that
> address is not now a part of my current network.
> 
Well that would explain why it isn't connecting.

> I wonder if resetting the MyBook to factory defaults would cause it to
> respond to DHCP...
> 
It probably will, it depends whether it defaults to a dynamic IP or
not.  The documentation should tell you.

-- 
Chris Green