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IP Address Stuck
I have a ReadyNAS Ultra 4 that has served me well over the years. I recently moved into a new apartment and had to change Internet Service Providersd as a result (From Cablevision/Optimum to Comcast/Xfinity). The new Xfinity Internet/Wireless Router. Unfortunately, I am now locked out of the ReadyNAS because the IP Address seems to be stuck at 192.168.0.100. I tried the OS Install option from the LCD Boot Menu and have tried connecting to it with laptop connected to LAN port 1 with regular and cross Ethernet cables and the IP set to 192.168.0.1 manually on the laptop's Ethernet adaptor--but I can't get into Frontview to make the changes to the NAS so it will be seen on the new network.
The NAS was set to pull the IP address, Gateway and DNS entries from the router automatically, which is why I'm puzzled that this happened.
I don't want to erase the drives just to reset it. Is there any way I can remote into it to get it fixed?
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Why don't you just shut the readynas unit off, plug it into a router that has DHCP enabled on it, let it assign it an IP and then connect your computer up to that same router (let it assign an IP on the computer) and then log into the unit based on the IP address it was given from the router.
Then I would assign it an IP address outside of the dhcp range and leave it static. I'm not sure what kind of network gear you have (perhaps you're using comcast's router) but I've always found it's better to use your own equipment than pay a monthly charge for the stuff that these big ISP's dole out.
That'd be my suggestion...
Already tried that. The Comcast router does have DHCP enabled and has assigned IPs to all the the devices on my network except the Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 4 (and yes, it is configured to automatically obtain its network settings from DHCP).
And as much as I would like to use my own router, that's not an option with Comcast.
Do you have a different router you can temporarily use for this purpose?
Sounds like something isn't right with the comcast one. If you didn't care about what was on it then it'd be a different story but I'd try a different router. Some routers behave badly. I know with my router I can't get to my motorola modem stats page and it's a common problem for a certain model cisco router.
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