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Failed to set NTP settings. NTP server is unreachable
Two days ago I set up a new ReadyNAS 214, running firmware 6.9.1 and had set the time and date correctly using Readycloud from a Windows 7 laptop running Chrome browser. This evening after installin...
bhr1439 wrote:
Seems something is awry here... thoughts?
If you are using a static IP address in the NAS, then you likely neglected to configure a DNS server.
If that's the case, you can add 8.8.8.8 (google's public DNS server) to the DNS server list in the NAS. Or change your setup to use DHCP, and reserve the NAS IP address in the router.
Generally I recommend the latter approach, as it can save trouble later on (if you switch to a new router that uses a different address range).
The ReadyNAS is configured for DHCP (at least, it supposedly is configured that way out of the box, will check it tonight), but this does suggest I ought to check what DNS servers are on the DNS server list on the NAS.
I was also going to try a static IP address tonight (remembering to add the static IP address to the list of DNS servers).
You can add 8.8.8.8 to the DNS list even if the NAS is using DHCP.
FWIW, DHCP is the default setup.
I use 0.us.pool.ntp.org and 1.us.pool.ntp.org as NTP servers.
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