Software installed in this guide: busybox Provides various linix system tools drobo-utils Drobo management for linux dbus Allows applications to talk to eachother in a standard way avahi Enables zeroconf, allowing your router to advertise services to your macs in a way they can understand (Bonjour). Only the Step 4 is specific to using a Drobo, so technically this is just a guide to turning your router into a Time Capsule. It turned out to not be the best idea in the world, but guides I could find on doing this were thin and full of holes, so I decided to write my own for anyone who doesn’t mind that it’s really slow and could shorten the life of your router. It runs/can run linux-based firmware and most of the necessary tools are available through entware.
Attaching a disk array to my home server seemed redundant, I’d rather that thing focus on streaming, and I want my macs to be able to sleep, so I figured I’d try out my ASUS RT-N16 router as a Time Capsule.
I acquired an old Drobo Gen2, but it’s a pretty slow device so I’d like to try using it as a networked Time Machine drive.
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