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ReadyNAS 102 NIC Not Activating on Isolated Private LAN
Workhorse RN102 was recently moved to a new network with a new subnet. RN102 had been previously configured with static IP b/c, at the time, the (antique) router fw wasn't supporting assigning IPs t...
You could of course change the subnet on the new router to match the old one - either temporarily or permanently.
emopausal wrote:
Would a system reset (OS Reinstall option) restore the network setting back to DHCP? (Doc just says "resets some settings on your storage system, such as Internet protocol settings".) How "safe" is this in terms of guaranteed to work?
The OS-reinstall will
- reset the network back to default - which is DHCP.
- reset the NAS admin password back to password
- disable volume quota (on the volume settings wheel).
Other settings are not changed, and it is generally safe (meaning non-destructive).
I have no idea why the NIC wasn't lit on the other linksys router.
Yes, I can't change the subnet of the router to match the RN b/c the ISP router grabbed that subnet and has but a single port and no wifi.
I'll try the reset - I figured that would probably be the outcome - but I was hesitant to try the reset and risk the data.
Side question - preparing for a worse-case scenario, does the RN write to disk using a proprietary format?Thanks!
--mike
If the LinkSys is a "green" router (which adjusts signal strength according to perceived cable length and interference), that may be the issue. BUT, it typically indicates that the NIC in the NAS has also been damaged in some way, just not completely dead yet.
The file format on the ReadyNAS is not proprietary, but it is atypical. It uses the BTRFS file system on top of MDADM RAID. These can be added to any Linux system. There are also experimental drivers available for Windows.
Thank you for the info - which proc'd one more question:
Assuming the nic is going out - which is entirely possible given the age of the device and the number of physical moves it's been subjected to in it's lifetime (seriously, this thing is just a tank!), and I'm looking to replace it via the easiest possible way by just plugging the drives into a new host device, what device would that be that would recognize the format of the 102?
I'll try a different cable - but the cable hooked to the 192.168.1 subnet is a 6' cat 5e and the 192.168.2 net uses a 100' cat 6 - and the RN was lighting up on the latter. Also noticed that the nic appears to be a 10/100 mbps card and not gigabit. (Not that that should matter.)
Again, thank you for the help!--mike
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