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Digital999
Jan 29, 2025Luminary
System not recognized in Windows connection
Perfectly operational ReadyNAS 626 system as of one week ago. Installed and recognized for the past three years. Connected and operational on five different Windows workstations. RAIDar can...
StephenB
Jan 29, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Digital999 wrote:
The format of the addition to the hosts file is not known.
Easily found if you google for it.
192.168.0.239 ReadyNAS_Name
Did you confirm that you can access the NAS by putting \\192.168.0.239 into the file explorer address bar? (make sure you use the correct slash).
Digital999
Jan 30, 2025Luminary
I apologize for asking about the hosts entry format. You were correct -- a simple Google.
Added info to hosts and it did not respond.
Entry of \\192.168.0.239 in FileExplorer does not work --
Similar entry into browser of http:\\192.168.0.239 also fails
RAIDar works fine
This issue presented on five different workstations all within a couple of days. Easy to blame Windows but the common focal point is the ReadyNAS system.
Obviously we are puzzled.
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