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Can't install RAIDar in OS X
Hi, all! Just purchased a ReadyNAS Duo v2 and equipped it with a Western Digital WD20EARX approved drive. I am running OS X 10.5.8 on an Intel 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac with 4 GB of memory. The NAS is a...
rostarn
Is the NAS on the same network as the machines with RAIDar? If the NAS is not on the same network, RAIDar will not be able to discover the ReadyNAS. I have tried discovering a ReadyNAS over a VPN tunnel, and this will not work either. It has to be on the same layer 2 network as the machine running the RAIDar program. Is it on the same layer 2 network?
@jtwohy
Installing the utility should as simple as you have explained. I can only imagine that there are either issues with the Macintosh that you are attempting to install this on, or that there is some sort of third party application that is interfering with it. Can you find it by searching through spotlight? If not, try the download from the website here: http://www.readynas.com/download/RAIDar/RAIDar_Mac.dmg
Let me know if it works.
Is the NAS on the same network as the machines with RAIDar? If the NAS is not on the same network, RAIDar will not be able to discover the ReadyNAS. I have tried discovering a ReadyNAS over a VPN tunnel, and this will not work either. It has to be on the same layer 2 network as the machine running the RAIDar program. Is it on the same layer 2 network?
@jtwohy
Installing the utility should as simple as you have explained. I can only imagine that there are either issues with the Macintosh that you are attempting to install this on, or that there is some sort of third party application that is interfering with it. Can you find it by searching through spotlight? If not, try the download from the website here: http://www.readynas.com/download/RAIDar/RAIDar_Mac.dmg
Let me know if it works.
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