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Can't ping ReadyNAS
I was messing around with my network today and have run into a strange problem. I was looking through the DHCP table on my router and noticed my ReadyNAS Ultra 4 was not in there so I launched Frontvi...
Okay so I connect the second router to the second LAN port on the ReadyNAS and Raidar then confirms it can be accessed using 192.168.1.11 or 192.168.1.1 (both routers have 192.168.1.254 as the gateway IP) but my PC still cannot connect to either IP or ping it when connected via cable to each router.
Thinking the cache may be the issue I fired up my laptop and connected to the original router over wireless, for some reason straight away I was able to access Frontview so I changed the second LAN IP to fixed 192.168.1.200 (this was not changing the IP I was using to connect) and then my connection started to behave like my PC. I connected the laptop to the second router via cable which restored Frontview access and changed the IP of LAN 1 to a fixed address of 192.168.1.100 and then my PC was able to connect using this IP, but not using the hostname like I always have done before. Rebooting everything seems to have restored access via. hostname so all looking good now. I am intrigued at what could have caused the problem, the log on the NAS didn't report any problems.
Thinking the cache may be the issue I fired up my laptop and connected to the original router over wireless, for some reason straight away I was able to access Frontview so I changed the second LAN IP to fixed 192.168.1.200 (this was not changing the IP I was using to connect) and then my connection started to behave like my PC. I connected the laptop to the second router via cable which restored Frontview access and changed the IP of LAN 1 to a fixed address of 192.168.1.100 and then my PC was able to connect using this IP, but not using the hostname like I always have done before. Rebooting everything seems to have restored access via. hostname so all looking good now. I am intrigued at what could have caused the problem, the log on the NAS didn't report any problems.
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