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Can't access NAS - password fail - and not showing up on TV
Hi all, Firstly, thanks for any help you might be able to give me. Mods - please move this if it needs to be in a different forum, I looked, but I couldn't work out which it needed to be in, it d...
Current firmware is 4.2.26 - you are not that far behind! There are some security patches in 4.2.26, so I do suggest you upgrade. Resolve the data access problem first though.
Back to the main issue...
You should be seeing the folders when you browse the NAS. The fact that you can log into the web interface means that the network itself is ok. A couple of things to try:
(a) If you are running Wndows (Vista, Win 7, or Win 8 ) make sure that their network connection is either "home", "work", or "private".
(b) Go into the windows credential manager and remove any credentials that may be stored there for the NAS.
(c) try enabling http for your shares (if not enabled already), and then enter http://nasname/shares in your browser window, and make sure you can see the files from there.
It is true that with jbod you cannot map multiple volumes to the same drive letter. However, you can create a desktop shortcut to the NAS that has a similar effect (\\nasname will still show you all the shares).
I believe there is a problem going above 4 data volumes though - which would be a problem for you since you have 6 bays. One workaround is to use RAID-1 or RAID-5 protection for a couple of volumes. Or if some of your data is truly discardable (backups for instance) you could create a multi-drive RAID-0 volume just for those files. Either way, if you span multiple drives with flexraid you want those drives to be of equal size.
As you probably know, you will need to do a factory reset to switch to flexraid (which will require you to rebuild the NAS from scratch and reload your data from backup).
Selecting the full post, and copying it to the clipboard every now and then is another approach. Though that is another thing that I usually wish I had done after the fact... :slap:
Back to the main issue...
You should be seeing the folders when you browse the NAS. The fact that you can log into the web interface means that the network itself is ok. A couple of things to try:
(a) If you are running Wndows (Vista, Win 7, or Win 8 ) make sure that their network connection is either "home", "work", or "private".
(b) Go into the windows credential manager and remove any credentials that may be stored there for the NAS.
(c) try enabling http for your shares (if not enabled already), and then enter http://nasname/shares in your browser window, and make sure you can see the files from there.
That is true. Another issue is that RAID-0 cannot be expanded - which is what you want to do. So multiple volumes are in your future anyway.
boolean_chants wrote: ...I am, however, wondering whether I should have them as JBOD because I’m concerned that, as I understand it, if they are RAID-0 and one of the drives drops dead, they are all unusable...
It is true that with jbod you cannot map multiple volumes to the same drive letter. However, you can create a desktop shortcut to the NAS that has a similar effect (\\nasname will still show you all the shares).
I believe there is a problem going above 4 data volumes though - which would be a problem for you since you have 6 bays. One workaround is to use RAID-1 or RAID-5 protection for a couple of volumes. Or if some of your data is truly discardable (backups for instance) you could create a multi-drive RAID-0 volume just for those files. Either way, if you span multiple drives with flexraid you want those drives to be of equal size.
As you probably know, you will need to do a factory reset to switch to flexraid (which will require you to rebuild the NAS from scratch and reload your data from backup).
Been there, done that. :D
boolean_chants wrote: Geez, you’d think by now I’d know to write long replies in word in case I lose them, but no…
Selecting the full post, and copying it to the clipboard every now and then is another approach. Though that is another thing that I usually wish I had done after the fact... :slap:
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