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Jan 29, 2021

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Newbie Networking Problem

I was using my RN202 just fine, including access through ReadyCloud, inside a network where it had an IP address of 192.168.0.x. Our lease terminated and I had to move it to a new network that was a...

schumaku
Jan 30, 2021
jbuchal wrote:
Thanks for these responses. I will try RAIDar and post my luck with that.
Safe your time: Open a Windows command line (Start -> cmd) and enter

ping readynas
... wonders of decades old CIFS NetBIOS name resolution technology 8-)

schumaku

Guru - Experienced User

Jan 29, 2021

jbuchal wrote:
Inside the network, I can still access the files on it just fine (Windows explorer sees it on the network just fine, and the mapped drives on the computers that also moved to the new network see it),

Looks like your ReadyNAS interface was configured to DHCP, and the DHCP server on the new network has assigned an appropriate address in that network and new LAN subnet.

I would suggest to talk to the network admin to make a reservation for the RN202 MAC<->IP pair, so it will keep the same IP address on the new network.

jbuchal wrote:
...but I can't get into the admin portion of it anymore to try and change the IP address (e.g., by typing the 192.168.0.x address into Chrome),

Of course - the administration does run on the same network interface, so use the IP address on the new subnet for the administration, too.

You could enable the display of UPnP SSDP and other discovered devices on the network - the ReadyNAS will nicely show up, a clicking the Storage Device will open the admin interface, no need to remember an IP address. Can't be easier.