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Cannot access USB disk; nwk password required
I have had a possible disk failure on a hard disk attached to the Netgear Readynas server. After having swapped the possibly failing HD with a new one I can no longer access the USB drive. If I try...
Running RAIDiator 4.1.13 [1.00a043]
Security mode: Share, with Workgroup defined as "WORKGROUP". Which is the same workgroup as My Computer has.
More oddities:
I thought that maybe there was a problem with the docking station. So instead of having the drive in a dual-slot USB docking station I put the inaccessible drive first in a separate, single-slot, dock and then I tried with a classic hard drive enclosure that I had available. I tried attaching it to the back-side USB port (normal) and to the front USB port. All gave the same thing. Not accessible. (or rather, requiring the not existing network password)
I then tried attaching the inaccessible USB drive to something else than the ReadyNas NV+:
To a Windows XP machine (that can read EXT drives): drive is accessible.
To another NAS that I have, a ReadyNas NV+ V2: drive is accessible. No password required. This other NAS is attached to the network in the same way as the one that is giving me problems, over the LAN.
But on the Netgear ReadyNas NV+ it is still not accessible... :-O
Security mode: Share, with Workgroup defined as "WORKGROUP". Which is the same workgroup as My Computer has.
More oddities:
I thought that maybe there was a problem with the docking station. So instead of having the drive in a dual-slot USB docking station I put the inaccessible drive first in a separate, single-slot, dock and then I tried with a classic hard drive enclosure that I had available. I tried attaching it to the back-side USB port (normal) and to the front USB port. All gave the same thing. Not accessible. (or rather, requiring the not existing network password)
I then tried attaching the inaccessible USB drive to something else than the ReadyNas NV+:
To a Windows XP machine (that can read EXT drives): drive is accessible.
To another NAS that I have, a ReadyNas NV+ V2: drive is accessible. No password required. This other NAS is attached to the network in the same way as the one that is giving me problems, over the LAN.
But on the Netgear ReadyNas NV+ it is still not accessible... :-O
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