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ReadyNas Ultra 2 Plus Unable to connect
Good day to you all. I bought from a second hand store a some years ago my ReadyNas Ultra 2 Plus since I always wanted a NAS system. There were no disks or anything that came with the NAS, only ...
stonemask wrote:
I have come to the conclusion that I need the setup disk for the NAS
No, that's not it.
stonemask wrote:
I look into my Router and find it´s IP address. 192.168.1.183.
I type that in chrome and use admin and netgear 1 as per manual and the only thing I see is Shares [No shares currently accessible] and Password to change the Password.
Log in as https://192.168.1.183/admin
If you leave off the admin bit, you end up redirected to https://192.168.1.183/shares. That will only let you browse shares that have http access enabled. It isn't enable by default, so you are seeing an empty share list.
You will get a security warning from chrome (and other browsers) because the NAS uses a self-signed certficate. There's no easy way to avoid that, so I just click through it when the warning pops up.
As far as RAIDar goes, that should be seeing the NAS. I am thinking that there might be internet security software running on the PC that is blocking the discovery protocol it uses.
stonemask wrote:
Running on Windows 10 Home 20H2
In order to access the shares with file explorer, you will have to enable the SMB 1 client on the PC. You do that by going into "turn windows features on or off". There are security implications - Windows will discourage you from turning it on. IMO it is safe to enable SMB 1 on a home network, but this is an area where people do disagree.
One option you have is to convert the Ultra to run OS 6 firmware - which supports SMB 3, and has a much newer linux kernel and more features. We can give you information here on how to do that. Though if you go forward, I also suggest that you upgrade the NAS stock memory from 1 GB to 2 GB.
stonemask wrote:
I have come to the conclusion that I need the setup disk for the NAS
No, that's not it.
stonemask wrote:
I look into my Router and find it´s IP address. 192.168.1.183.
I type that in chrome and use admin and netgear 1 as per manual and the only thing I see is Shares [No shares currently accessible] and Password to change the Password.
Log in as https://192.168.1.183/admin
If you leave off the admin bit, you end up redirected to https://192.168.1.183/shares. That will only let you browse shares that have http access enabled. It isn't enable by default, so you are seeing an empty share list.
You will get a security warning from chrome (and other browsers) because the NAS uses a self-signed certficate. There's no easy way to avoid that, so I just click through it when the warning pops up.
As far as RAIDar goes, that should be seeing the NAS. I am thinking that there might be internet security software running on the PC that is blocking the discovery protocol it uses.
stonemask wrote:
Running on Windows 10 Home 20H2
In order to access the shares with file explorer, you will have to enable the SMB 1 client on the PC. You do that by going into "turn windows features on or off". There are security implications - Windows will discourage you from turning it on. IMO it is safe to enable SMB 1 on a home network, but this is an area where people do disagree.
One option you have is to convert the Ultra to run OS 6 firmware - which supports SMB 3, and has a much newer linux kernel and more features. We can give you information here on how to do that. Though if you go forward, I also suggest that you upgrade the NAS stock memory from 1 GB to 2 GB.
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