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AndrewvB
Jan 15, 2020Aspirant
Nighthawk M2 (MR2100) preventing Synology NAS from connecting?
I recently moved to the country. In the city we had cable broadband, but at our new house there is no hardwired internet, so we need to use mobile broadband, and got a Netgear Nighthawk M2 router/wif...
tenchy
May 19, 2020Aspirant
Did you ever have any luck finding a solution to connecting your NAS to the Nighthawk M2.
I'm having issues today connecting a friends qnap nas to the Nighthawk M2. It can be seen in the qnap finder utility, but it just won't connect to the device. Keeps telling me server can't be found via the utility. Even if I try to connect via the NAS IP address, it just won't give me the login screen.
I brought the NAS box back to my place and connected it to my modem/router and it immediately connected. What is up with the Nighthawk M2 ethernet connection?
- AndrewvBMay 19, 2020Aspirant
Hi - no I couldn't sort it out using the Netgear M2. I ended up connecting another wifi device (Airport Extreme) to the M2, and I used that for the wifi connection - it worked flawlessly then.
Cheers, Andrew
- tenchyMay 19, 2020Aspirant
Hi Andrew,
Was it a fairly straight forward process to connect another device/router to the M2 Nighthawk. I haven't really done that before and not sure whats involved. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Tenchy
- AndrewvBMay 19, 2020Aspirant
Hi, When I had the problem I posted on the Whirlpool forum, and an extremely nice bloke called Ray (Revs per Min) helped me out. It was pretty straightforward, but Ray guided me through it. There were a few settings I had to check and change on the airport settings, but it wasn't hard. Both of my wifi networks are working and active, but I have to use the airport one for the NAS. Maybe send a PM to him via Whirlpool, and see if he's able to help you.
Cheers,
Andrew