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Network path not found
Here is my issue. Everything was working fine, Ive been using my ReadyNAS for about 2 years. Minor issues happen but they tend to fix with a restart. I access my ReadyNAS on a Mac and a PC running Win...
Did you get a name when you did the ping -a????
For instance when I ping -a 10.0.0.10, I get
PRO is the name of my NAS.
Also, are the NAS and the PC in the same workgroup? You can see the NAS workgroup on the security->security mode page. USER should be your selected security mode, and the workgroup name is right below it. You can see the PC workgroup by right-clicking "computer" and selecting properties. It is shown under the computer name and description. The two names should match.
Assuming they do match, you could try enabling the WINS server in your NAS and see if that helps. That is on the network->WINS menu in Frontview, the option is "Make this device a WINS Server" While you are in the network configuration, select the "global settings" tab and make sure the hostname is still set to NAS-C1-DE-8A. After setting it, reboot the NAS and the PC. If it doesn't help, turn the WINS server off again.
One work-around is to remove the existing network drives and map them again using the IP address. However, that IP address can change, so we'd also want to adjust your IP configuration to prevent that. The best way is to reserve the IP address in the router. What router model do you have?
For instance when I ping -a 10.0.0.10, I get
Pinging PRO [10.0.0.10] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.0.0.10: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.0.0.10: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.0.0.10: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
PRO is the name of my NAS.
Also, are the NAS and the PC in the same workgroup? You can see the NAS workgroup on the security->security mode page. USER should be your selected security mode, and the workgroup name is right below it. You can see the PC workgroup by right-clicking "computer" and selecting properties. It is shown under the computer name and description. The two names should match.
Assuming they do match, you could try enabling the WINS server in your NAS and see if that helps. That is on the network->WINS menu in Frontview, the option is "Make this device a WINS Server" While you are in the network configuration, select the "global settings" tab and make sure the hostname is still set to NAS-C1-DE-8A. After setting it, reboot the NAS and the PC. If it doesn't help, turn the WINS server off again.
One work-around is to remove the existing network drives and map them again using the IP address. However, that IP address can change, so we'd also want to adjust your IP configuration to prevent that. The best way is to reserve the IP address in the router. What router model do you have?
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