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Aprado's avatar
Aprado
Aspirant
Jun 15, 2017

RN204 and Windows XP

Hi - Im new a network guy - but am trying to help a friend out    windows X machine, cant see the NAS (RN204)... other machines in his office can (win7 and win10)... so, i think RN204 is set ...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 16, 2017
ilneill wrote:

 

I notice that one IP addresses is 192.168.168.110, and the other is 192.168.1.7. ...

Can you ping the NAS from the XP machine?

 

Good catch, somehow I missed that.

 

These machines are on the same local network???    If so, can you let us know what the subnet masks are on PC and the NAS?

 

I agree that trying ping is a good step.  

Aprado's avatar
Aprado
Aspirant
Jun 16, 2017

Thank you -

 

I figured it out - it wasnt a NAS issue at all - 

well, it was a router setup issue -

 

I didnt mention that my friend changed internet providers - from DSL to cable - and I needed to re-setup the router...

Kept pinging machines and came to that realization

 

Thank you

 

Al

 

 

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