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Ready NAS Duo v2 -- Installation problems
Hello, everyone.
I have a specific use for my trusty old Ready NAS Duo v2 which was last used about 9 years ago. It ran very well for years with no issues at all before 'retiring' it. I did the original setup to admin the NAS it using a windows 7 laptop. The problem for me now is that I can't find the original an installation disk to get it up and running again. Physically, the unit is fine and does the power-up sequence then settles down as it did before. I have two matched HDD's (completely blanked) for this new repurposing of the NAS. I've looked at https://www.netgear.com/support/download/?model=RND2000v2 and downloaded the latest versions of RAIDar / RAIDiator, and the manuals, and, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to do the install from the instructions given. There's no .exe file to initiate a windows installation. It was such a simple task originally using the installation CD which came with the unit. I'm a bit puzzled as to why there seems to be 'ARM' versions and not 'windows' versions of the software (it would seem). In any case, I'm getting nowhere fast and would appreciate some advice from the community, please.
Kind regards,
Rob.
Thanks once again for all your help, Steven.
I think I'll manage from here.
Kind regards,
Rob.
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Rob_M wrote:
I've looked at https://www.netgear.com/support/download/?model=RND2000v2 and downloaded the latest versions of RAIDar / RAIDiator, and the manuals, and, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to do the install from the instructions given. There's no .exe file to initiate a windows installation.
There is no installation needed on Windows (and no need for the installation disk).
The NAS should do a fresh factory install when you power it up with the two blank disks installed. If you've already done that, then you should check the status with RAIDar.
There are two potential issues that you will need to resolve.
One is that Microsoft is deprecating SMB 1.0 - so it is likely disabled on your PC. You'll need to enable the SMB 1 client in Windows using "turn windows features on or off" before you can access the shares with SMB.
The second is that TLS 1.0 is no longer supported in most browsers. IE still does support it, so you'll need to use that to access the NAS web ui. If you don't recall how to do that, you need to browse to https://nas-ip-address/admin (using the actual IP address of the NAS of course). The default admin password for the v2 ReadyNAS is password.
Thank you, Steven.
Just an update on my progress (so-far)....
I 'reset' the NAS to factory defaults using the small (almost hidden) reset aperture on the back of the unit and installed the two 2GB HDD's whic were used originally. Of course, the drives were 'blanked' before installing. On power-up the NAS went through it's bulid routine on drive 1, and once that settled, moved over to drive two to do a build duplicate of drive 1 (presumably). The drive 1 green LED has settled to steady-green eventually, then drive 2 LED started blinking - presuming drive 2 is still being 'prepared'?
Do I need to wait until both drives are in a 'ready' [with both drive LED's in a steady state] state before I can attempt a login as admin using admin/password ? I did attempt to do this while drive 2 was getting itself ready and managed to reach the admin login screen, but when I put the correct credentials in, I kept being returned to the admin login screen. This was actually done using Linux Mint via Firefox.
I even went as far as to put windows XP on an old laptop to get closer to the original O/S used at the time, but I did worse there than on Linux - which reported back "This web site might not support the TLS 1.2 protocol, which is the minimum version supported by Firefox" - which is basically one of the things you suspected.
If my memory serves me correctly, does the admin login need to happen within 15 minutes if initiating the NAS build for some reason? I've probably confused this with something else, but thought I'd be as well mentioning it.
HDD number 2 is still flashing away doing it's 'thing' as I type this information, Steven.
If there's anything you'd like to add at this point, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thank you again,
Rob.
Rob_M wrote:
I even went as far as to put windows XP on an old laptop to get closer to the original O/S used at the time, but I did worse there than on Linux - which reported back "This web site might not support the TLS 1.2 protocol, which is the minimum version supported by Firefox" - which is basically one of the things you suspected.
Yes. More information on dealing with this is here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/New-ReadyNAS-Users-General/Workaround-for-ERR-SSL-VERSION-OR-CIPHER-MISMATCH-problem-for/m-p/2198243
Initially you'll either need to download on old browser (FireFox has an archive which is referenced in the above link), or use IE.
Rob_M wrote:
Do I need to wait until both drives are in a 'ready' [with both drive LED's in a steady state] state before I can attempt a login as admin using admin/password ? I did attempt to do this while drive 2 was getting itself ready and managed to reach the admin login screen, but when I put the correct credentials in, I kept being returned to the admin login screen. This was actually done using Linux Mint via Firefox.
You mention that you have a Duo v2 - but many users actually don't correctly identify whether their NAS is the original Duo (v1) or a v2. That's on Netgear - the labeling is very confusing. If your Duo says "ReadyNAS Duo v2" on the front panel, then it is a Duo v2 - and the default admin password is password. If it just says "ReadyNAS Duo" then it's the original, and the default admin password is netgear1.
You don't need to wait for the RAID to resync, but the system will be sluggish until it does resync.
Rob_M wrote:
If my memory serves me correctly, does the admin login need to happen within 15 minutes if initiating the NAS build for some reason? I've probably confused this with something else, but thought I'd be as well mentioning it.
The system defaults to XRAID (which amounts to RAID-1 with the Duo). If you don't want XRAID, then you do need to use RAIDar to set the RAID mode within a 10 minute time window. If you actually need to do that, you will need RAIDar 4.3.8 - the newer RAIDar 6.x doesn't have that function.
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