Networked hard drive

[John Wendel]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> I've bought a drive with usb and network connection.  I used the usb to 
> quickly transfer a large quantity of data, but intended putting it onto the 
> network after that.  The blurb on the box said it would just pick an ip by 
> dhcp.  However, it seems to me that I need to know something about it in 
> order to mount it, and I've got a total blank on where to go next.  Nothing 
> appears in /var/log/messages.
> 
> I've told the router to reserve an address for it and made an entry 
> in /etc/hosts.  Since I can't see any sign of it being recognised I haven't a 
> clue how to mount it.  Any ideas?
> 
> Anne
> 

Could you tell us the brand/model of the disk? At least we'll know 
what to avoid buying.

Thanks,

John