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readyornot
Apr 24, 2012Aspirant
Proper Duo Network Config
I use my Duo v1 to run Backup on several desktops at home. Name resolution has been hit-or-miss over the years, and before I upgrade to a x86 product I would like to see if I can make this old box per...
StephenB
May 18, 2012Guru - Experienced User
Yes, I ran into the IP address thing a few weeks ago myself. My old Actiontec allowed me to add the NAS names into into its DNS proxy, which allowed the NASes to find each other by name. My current Netgear router doesn't have that feature, so I had to switch to using IP addressed. The addresses are reserved in the router, so they won't change. But I would rather use names than IP addresses.
My NASes don't need to resolve the computer names though (I don't use frontview backup for the PCs, instead I use Acronis on the PCs, which push to the NAS).
Expanding the RAID array shouldn't break backups though - that sounds like a different issue. Maybe the IP address of the NAS changed?
My NASes don't need to resolve the computer names though (I don't use frontview backup for the PCs, instead I use Acronis on the PCs, which push to the NAS).
Expanding the RAID array shouldn't break backups though - that sounds like a different issue. Maybe the IP address of the NAS changed?
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