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johnnutting47
Jun 08, 2022Follower
ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 v1 connection problems
I have a ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 v1 with two 500gig drives connected to a Dell Vostro 360 PC via a Virgin Media rpouter. They were bought new in 2012. Everything was running fine until two weeks ago wh...
StephenB
Jun 08, 2022Guru - Experienced User
johnnutting47 wrote:
I can see the NAS drive on the Windows network but cannot now get in using the default user name and password after resetting.
The default user name is admin, the default password is netgear1.
If you are trying to get into frontview (the web ui), then you will need to download an old version of firefox as described here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/New-ReadyNAS-Users-General/Workaround-for-ERR-SSL-VERSION-OR-CIPHER-MISMATCH-problem-for/m-p/2198243
johnnutting47 wrote:
I've been backing up the drive to a USB drive regularly but failed to do so a monh or so ago, meaning I can't access recent material.
Help!
If you can connect the first disk to a Windows PC (either with SATA or USB adapter/dock), then you could use rlinux for windows to recover the files.https://www.r-studio.com/free-linux-recovery/ Power down the NAS before you remove the drive (and power it up afterwards).
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