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GrahamCrafter
Jul 06, 2016Aspirant
Setting up my NAS for cloud access
I bought my NAS a while ago but did not populate it with disks or start to use it until recently (hence out of Netgear support). It is connected to my router and hence my PC and I have transferred fi...
StephenB
Jul 06, 2016Guru - Experienced User
What firmware are you running? It needs to be 6.5.1 to use ReadyCloud
Do you have a static IP address or are you using dhcp?
- GrahamCrafterJul 06, 2016Aspirant
Raidar states I am using 6.5.0. I would have thought that I should have been told that I had to upgrade. If I upgrade, how is it done and will it affect my stored data?
As for your other question, I would not know. I have the device plugged in to my router and both the device and router are on 24/7.
- GrahamCrafterJul 06, 2016Aspirant
- StephenBJul 06, 2016Guru - Experienced User
There is a check-for-updates link next to the NAS firmware on https://192.168.1.191/admin Try clicking on that. The upgrade prompt appears as a popup, so if you have a popup blocker enabled in the browser, you should disable that for the NAS admin site,
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