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bhague01
Aspirant
Feb 08, 2022
Solved

readyNAS 312 firmware problem

Hi I have been trying to upgrade the firmware using the 6.10.5 hotfix 1 link from the admin page but I get this error message: "Can't resolve host name.  Communication error.  Check internet connec...
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Feb 08, 2022
    bhague01 wrote:

    But I do notice that the IP address is now 169.254.43.26, although the MAC address is correct!

     

    Looks like something went a bit wrong with dhcp.

     

    Try rebooting the router, then reboot the NAS as well.

bhague01's avatar
bhague01
Aspirant
Feb 08, 2022

No help from rebooting.  Still "healthy".

But I do notice that the IP address is now 169.254.43.26, although the MAC address is correct!

Cheers

 

StephenB's avatar
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 08, 2022
bhague01 wrote:

But I do notice that the IP address is now 169.254.43.26, although the MAC address is correct!

 

Looks like something went a bit wrong with dhcp.

 

Try rebooting the router, then reboot the NAS as well.

  • bhague01's avatar
    bhague01
    Aspirant
    Feb 10, 2022

    Hi again

    I had to restore my router to factory settings before it would all work properly!

    But now it does!

    Thanks for the support

    Cheers!

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