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rhob
Jan 15, 2025Aspirant
Upgrading from OS6.1.8
Hi all. I have a ReadyNAS 312 that I bought un-used. It looks like it's on it's original OS, which is V6.1.8. Because of this I cannot access the admin page, as it displays "refused to connect". I've...
- Jan 16, 2025
I'm not sure why I didn't think of this before. A USB recovery to a higher version should work. Getting access to the GUI and doing a normal upgrade is still the better way, especially since I'm not convinced your problem isn't outside the NAS and an OS update won't fix it.
StephenB
Jan 15, 2025Guru - Experienced User
rhob wrote:
Hi all. I have a ReadyNAS 312 that I bought un-used. It looks like it's on it's original OS, which is V6.1.8. Because of this I cannot access the admin page, as it displays "refused to connect".
"refused to connect"? Are you also seeing an SSL-Version or Cipher Mismatch error?
Can you post a screenshot of what you see on RAIDar?
- rhobJan 15, 2025Aspirant
Hi. Refused to connect is the error displayed in Chrome/Firefox/Edge when trying to connect to the admin webpage.
Screenshot attached of what's displaying in RAIDar and and WinSCP
- StephenBJan 15, 2025Guru - Experienced User
rhob wrote:
Screenshot attached of what's displaying in RAIDar and and WinSCP
Do you have disks in the NAS?
- rhobJan 15, 2025Aspirant
Yeah, 2 X 2TB disks that came with it. I've taken them out and connected via a separate caddy to my PC to confirm they're ok and reading correctly etc.
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