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kkothamasu
Dec 22, 2018Aspirant
Raidar 6.4.0 not locating NAS
I have my Readynas 104 connected to my network but Raidar doesn't seem to be able to locate it, I get the following message: "RAIDar could not find any NETGEAR storage on your network. Check that you...
StephenB
Dec 23, 2018Guru - Experienced User
RAIDar uses a broadcast protocol to discover the NAS, and it is possible that the Google wifi mesh isn't carrying it. Another possibility is that internet security software (or firewall) on the PC is blocking the traffic.
Try disabling any internet security or firewall software first. Then try RAIDar when the PC is connected via ethernet to rule out the mesh.
Note that if you can access the NAS web ui using https://nas-ip-address/admin and you can access the shares with file explorer or finder, then the NAS is fine.
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