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RAIDar cant see ReadyNas
Running Windows 10.
Just got used RN204.
Connected directly to computer.
IPscan show it is on ip 192.168.1.1
Tried to log into with firefox 45.0.2, wont connect.
RAIDar says no netgearnas found.
Not using cloud. This is for home use.
Unit powers on, power buttone blue, disk1 light green, etherent light green. Get welcome message in LCD then LCD display goes to just boxes.
Will go into boot menu. Selected factory reset, and disk test. Does something not sure, then back to LCD with boxes.
Tried ReadyNAS OS 6: USB Recovery Tool. Unit powered off. Powered on, got welcome screen, then all boxes.
Tried boot menu-os reinstall. Same.
Had 4 2TB OEM 7200 drives. Took out 3 of them. Same issue. Like the unit, would like to get it working.
All help appreciated.
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Hi old1mike,
192.168.1.1 is most likely your router, not the ReadyNAS, though it sounds weird that your home router doesn't have a web admin.
After the welcome message, the LCD turns off. Could you press the power button only once? It should turn on the LCD again and display some info about F/W and IP address.
old1mike wrote:
Had 4 2TB OEM 7200 drives. Took out 3 of them. Same issue. Like the unit, would like to get it working.
Are you saying that you had these drives in the NAS, and you just removed them? That will destroy the raid volume.
Why did you remove the drives?
old1mike wrote:
Running Windows 10..
Connected directly to computer.
IPscan show it is on ip 192.168.1.1
Normally the NAS is connected to your router, not the computer. Is there a reason you can't do that?
In addition to confirming the NAS IP address (using jak0lantash's suggestion) can you tell us what IP address the Windows PC is using?
Did have it hooked to router. Router did see and assigned IP. RAIDar could not find it. Tried putting IP in firefox. Would not connect. Did have Buffalo NAS - broken- and had hooked straight to computer to config. Thought I would try same. 192.168.1.1 is NETGEAR nas. Have IPscanner, shows it as netgear. The lan have hooked to is 192.168.2.1 subnet 255/255/0/0 with no dhcp.
With unit powerd up the power button is blue, drive1 on (only 1 hd in unit at this time), lan light green, LCD panel at bottom all boxes, nothing displayed.
If I press power button once (not holding it) unit powers off.
when you directly connected it to your PC, did you set the PC to a 192.168.1.x address?
For instance, 192.168.1.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.100
Appreciate all responses. Am waiting for usb to serial converter to see what it is doing.
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