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jbuchal
Tutor
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's avatar
    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-)

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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
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-)

jbuchal's avatar
jbuchal
Tutor
Jan 30, 2021

Thanks again.  I can't get back into the network until Monday, but that's the first thing I'll try.

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    jbuchal
    Tutor
    Feb 04, 2021

    RAIDar worked great; pinging READYNAS just produced the MAC address, when what I wanted was the IP address.  Thanks to all for the quick feedback.  

    jbuchal wrote:

    Thanks again.  I can't get back into the network until Monday, but that's the first thing I'll try.

     

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