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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 perform as it should.
I have given the Duo a fixed IP. It is acting as a WINS server and all the desktop adapters have been given the Duo's IP as the WINS server. The Duo has been given my router/firewall's IP as the default gateway. The Duo set not to be a DHCP server because the router/firewall is. I have not given the Duo DNS entries as it should inherit these from my router/firewall, which is inheriting them from my ISP. I am running Windows 7 on all my desktops. Sharing and network discovery work perfectly among all the desktops and they can all see and access shares on the Duo perfectly. So,
Why is the Duo only able to resolve the name of one of my desktops (the one I use the most)?
Why is the Duo unable to access the netgear server to get firmware images?
Why does the Duo complain about getting a bad IP when I try to make it get a dynamic IP (and, for that matter, why don't I see it asking the router/firewall DHCP server for an IP)?
I am grateful for any advice.
I have given the Duo a fixed IP. It is acting as a WINS server and all the desktop adapters have been given the Duo's IP as the WINS server. The Duo has been given my router/firewall's IP as the default gateway. The Duo set not to be a DHCP server because the router/firewall is. I have not given the Duo DNS entries as it should inherit these from my router/firewall, which is inheriting them from my ISP. I am running Windows 7 on all my desktops. Sharing and network discovery work perfectly among all the desktops and they can all see and access shares on the Duo perfectly. So,
Why is the Duo only able to resolve the name of one of my desktops (the one I use the most)?
Why is the Duo unable to access the netgear server to get firmware images?
Why does the Duo complain about getting a bad IP when I try to make it get a dynamic IP (and, for that matter, why don't I see it asking the router/firewall DHCP server for an IP)?
I am grateful for any advice.
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- 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?
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