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Geoff2005
Aspirant
Jan 20, 2023
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2 ReadyNAS on same network - some issues.

I have an RN104 (6.10.8) and have recently pulled an Ultra 2+ out of mothballs and loaded 6.10.8 and put on same network. That have static ip's, one is .099 and the other is .098. I did remove a jbod...
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    StephenB
    Jan 20, 2023
    Geoff2005 wrote:

    Does the disk carry a Hostname somewhere that needs to be edited?

    All the settings are on the disk.

     

    So check the hostname and the current static IP address config on the Ultra, and make sure they are correct (not duplicating the RN104).

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 20, 2023

Did you change the hostname when you migrated the disks to the U2?

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Geoff2005
Aspirant
Jan 20, 2023

I had assigned the U2 a hostname in initial setup with a couple of relatively small disks. When I then transferred a disk from 104 to U2 it overwrote the U2 host name to same as 104, which I then changed back via U2 admin page. Does the disk carry a Hostname somewhere that needs to be edited?

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