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PeteCresswell
Jul 02, 2025Follower
My ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Replecement?
My ReadyNAS Ultra 6 has gone offline - as in unavailable on the LAN - hopefully just because of a LAN board malfunction. Assuming all 6 drives are intact, is there another box I could buy and have the array come up?
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PeteCresswell wrote:
My ReadyNAS Ultra 6 has gone offline - as in unavailable on the LAN - hopefully just because of a LAN board malfunction. Assuming all 6 drives are intact, is there another box I could buy and have the array come up?
Is it powering up? (responsive on the LCD display). If the screen is not lit (or is stuck on ReadyNAS) then it might be the power supply - which can be replaced.
Also, is the NAS running 4.2.x firmware, or have you converted it to run OS-6? Your replacement options depend on the answer.
Note that Netgear hasn't produced ReadyNAS systems for some years now, so any compatible chassis you get will be used. It is possible to offload the files by getting a suitable enclosure and connecting the drives to a linux system (or to a Windows PC if you are willing to pay for RAID recovery software that supports BTRFS).
- SandsharkSensei
There is no "LAN board".
Does the display show an IP address? Is the network activity LED lit? Can you ping it's IP? Does RAIDar show it? Have you tried another cable and other ports on the NAS and Router/switch?
Does the Ultra have dual ethernet ports? Might try the other one (can't hurt to try). Also IF you had recently adjusted settings in the network tab you MAY be able to recover by doing a OS re-install from the boot menu which will reset network settings to defaults (will also reset the password just FYI). Probably safest to do that after removing all your data disks and installing a blank/new or wiped scratch disc.
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