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Duo-v2 upgrade HELP
OK, I have unpacked my old Duo-v2 (rnd2000-200NAS) again to set it up to go live with my Brother on his LAN. I have upgraded its' f/w to v5.3.8, host name, and modified/added some shares. I chose to u...
@Vandermerwe,
First, I agree that this NAS is NOT getting an IP addy from a DHCP operating on my LAN. Simple answer is that I do not use a DHCP at all anywhere on my LAN. Never have, and, I do not intend to start now. The DHCP server of the router is disabled. I have never used a DHCP server. On my LAN I statically assign ip addy's in the private class A series of 10.0.0.x series, but, I use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. I have been maintaining my private home LAN this way for the past 25 years.
My PC ip address is 10.0.0.x; as in my router's ip addy. All works very well. The Duo displays an ip addy of 192.168.168.168. This is its' default addy. I know this, so, I admin my PC's ip addy to 192.168.168.x to speak with the NAS via my LAN. And, I can speak with the NAS, login, and get to the f/w's Dashboard. All as expected so far. Back in FEB 2012 when I bought this Duo-v2 new, I was able to use its' RAIDiator v5.3.3 to change all the network settings using a ghastly Dashboard. I also upgraded its' f/w to v5.3.5. After two weeks of trial and error, I decided to put the Duo back in the box and retire it. I now wish to give it to my Brother.
Yes, when I view the DUO's Dashboard under System/Network I do see that it is set to "Get IPv4 address from DHCP." I change this to "...use this IPv4 address" and then I click Apply. Then, I click the black X to the right of the current ip addy. The box goes blank; so I click the box and enter the IPv4 addy i wish to use, 192.168.0.x. I also change the sub-net mask to 255.255.255.0, and, the gateway address to 192.168.1.x (which is the ip addy of my brother's router (and gateway) and click Apply again. No, I am not entering any addresses for my Brothers DNS servers simply because I do not know what they are yet.
I do understand that you say I can not change this Netgear assigned static address without mucking about in my router to 'play DHCP.' I find this counter to my ReadNAS experience since I started using a Duo-v1 in 2008. Since then I have added an Untra 2 and an Ultra 2+. On all three of these current ReadyNAS I have manually assigned network specs using RAIDar Frontview/setup.
The answers to your 3d paragraph are all NO! I do not use/allow a DHCP server on my home LAN. I statically assign all ip addresses, subnet masks, gateway addresses, and DNS server addresses.
Lastly, why do you ask me for my chosen ip addresses in your closing paragraph? I consider this private information and not germain to my question. Please explain why you wish to know all this data.
First, I agree that this NAS is NOT getting an IP addy from a DHCP operating on my LAN. Simple answer is that I do not use a DHCP at all anywhere on my LAN. Never have, and, I do not intend to start now. The DHCP server of the router is disabled. I have never used a DHCP server. On my LAN I statically assign ip addy's in the private class A series of 10.0.0.x series, but, I use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. I have been maintaining my private home LAN this way for the past 25 years.
My PC ip address is 10.0.0.x; as in my router's ip addy. All works very well. The Duo displays an ip addy of 192.168.168.168. This is its' default addy. I know this, so, I admin my PC's ip addy to 192.168.168.x to speak with the NAS via my LAN. And, I can speak with the NAS, login, and get to the f/w's Dashboard. All as expected so far. Back in FEB 2012 when I bought this Duo-v2 new, I was able to use its' RAIDiator v5.3.3 to change all the network settings using a ghastly Dashboard. I also upgraded its' f/w to v5.3.5. After two weeks of trial and error, I decided to put the Duo back in the box and retire it. I now wish to give it to my Brother.
Yes, when I view the DUO's Dashboard under System/Network I do see that it is set to "Get IPv4 address from DHCP." I change this to "...use this IPv4 address" and then I click Apply. Then, I click the black X to the right of the current ip addy. The box goes blank; so I click the box and enter the IPv4 addy i wish to use, 192.168.0.x. I also change the sub-net mask to 255.255.255.0, and, the gateway address to 192.168.1.x (which is the ip addy of my brother's router (and gateway) and click Apply again. No, I am not entering any addresses for my Brothers DNS servers simply because I do not know what they are yet.
I do understand that you say I can not change this Netgear assigned static address without mucking about in my router to 'play DHCP.' I find this counter to my ReadNAS experience since I started using a Duo-v1 in 2008. Since then I have added an Untra 2 and an Ultra 2+. On all three of these current ReadyNAS I have manually assigned network specs using RAIDar Frontview/setup.
The answers to your 3d paragraph are all NO! I do not use/allow a DHCP server on my home LAN. I statically assign all ip addresses, subnet masks, gateway addresses, and DNS server addresses.
Lastly, why do you ask me for my chosen ip addresses in your closing paragraph? I consider this private information and not germain to my question. Please explain why you wish to know all this data.
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