I have moved house and currently have no router near my ReadyNAS duov1. I have good wifi signal(after using Ethernet over power line and a spare router) to a Mac mini OSX10.7 which is next to my duo. Is it possible to have my mac act as router and share the duos data across the network? I guess the Mac mini could creates it own wifi network (albeit with limited wifi strength) on a different SSID? Second question - if that isn't a workable solution - can I get another router to join the existing network and connect it to the duo and Mac mini? Is this bridge mode? Thanks for any advice

What router do you use at the moment?

neo737 wrote:I have moved house and currently have no router near my ReadyNAS duov1. I have good wifi signal(after using Ethernet over power line and a spare router) to a Mac mini OSX10.7 which is next to my duo. Is it possible to have my mac act as router and share the duos data across the network? I guess the Mac mini could creates it own wifi network (albeit with limited wifi strength) on a different SSID? Second question - if that isn't a workable solution - can I get another router to join the existing network and connect it to the duo and Mac mini? Is this bridge mode? Thanks for any adviceSince you have ethernet to the Mac Mini, the best answer is to get a gigabit switch, not a router. Then just connect the Mac and the Duo to the switch (and the switch to the router). Inexpensive 5-port switches can be found for about $25 US. Check out the datasheet though, and make sure you get one with 802.3x (flow control).

I have a billion 7404VNOX. Then a netcomm 500 Ethernet over powerline to a old netgear DG834GSPv3. So with a switch I can have the duo available over the entire network not just the Mac mini?What I was wondering if I got a router would I get better wifi reception for the mini and duo(and other devices such an airport express which I find struggles with wifi as it's located on ground behind lots of metal gadgets). Thanks for heads up regarding flow control and any other ideas.

neo737 wrote:So with a switch I can have the duo available over the entire network not just the Mac mini?Yes. And with a router, you might not have access to the duo over the entire network. neo737 wrote:What I was wondering if I got a router would I get better wifi reception for the mini and duo(and other devices such an airport express which I find struggles with wifi as it's located on ground behind lots of metal gadgets).Well, the duo can't receive WiFi anyway.You could possibly get a router and deploy it as an Access Point (not as a router). If you do that, you can connect the mac mini and the duo to the ethernet ports of the AP. Most newer netgear routers support that configuration. That would also let you access the duo over the full network.

Yep well aware the duo doesn't have wifi. So now I guess what I'm really looking for is a gigabit router with ac wifi(future proofing) that provides AP mode? Any recommendations?

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Luminary

Mar 16, 2015

neo737 wrote:
The ip address of the duo when launching raidar lists it as being 10.1.1.4 - when selecting "setup" from raidar it attempts to launch a browser with 10.1.1.4 and it fails to load a page. How do I get the duo to have a ip address that will function. I guess it needs to be 192.168.1.xx?

neo737 wrote:
The ip address of the duo when launching raidar lists it as being 10.1.1.4 - when selecting "setup" from raidar it attempts to launch a browser with 10.1.1.4 and it fails to load a page. How do I get the duo to have a ip address that will function. I guess it needs to be 192.168.1.xx?

You were right that your Duo v1 should be within the 192.168.1.xx range. It seems to me that your Duo has a static IP address set on it. I suggest you to perform OS reinstall. OS reinstall will set the password back to its default which is "netgear1" without the quotation marks. Also, the NAS will be set back as being a DHCP client and this will not delete any data saved in the NAS.

Here is the link as reference guide to perform OS reinstall on your Duo v1: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detai ... RobQ%3D%3D

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 16, 2015
neo737 - the default password for your duo v1 is "netgear1", not "password". So if you do an OS reinstall, that's what it will be reset to.

If you find it tricky to do the OS reinstall (w/o a front panel it can be a bit daunting), you can also do a "direct connect". That is, connect an ethernet cable directly between the PC and the NAS. Then configure the IP address of the PC to 10.1.1.3 temporarily. That will let you browse to https://10.1.1.4/admin and reset the IP configuration to automatic.
neo737
Aspirant
Mar 16, 2015
Hi everyone. Thanks for your help. I changed the ip addresss of the router to 10.1.1.1 and got access to duo that way. Finally this thing is useful again after many lost hours. Thanks

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