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davidk1952
May 27, 2026Luminary
Netgear RN204 NAS set up and firmware.
I have 2ea RN204 units up and running now and they have been work horse machines... Recently my son in law gave me a unit with out drives he is not using but, no drives... I happen to have 4 WD...
Sandshark
May 28, 2026Sensei
You need to do a factory default on the unit. If the unit thinks it's the same as one of your others, then at least one of the drives must have been used (even if just for a test) on that unit. A factory default will fully erase the drives. No user-unique data is stored in the NAS flash. Once you've done that, you can check the OS version and do a normal update, if needed.
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