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ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 - RAIDar not detecting device on simple network
First time connecting the device into another laptop. The device is connected directly using a network cable. When running the RAIDar utility, it does not detect the device even after rescanning a fe...
EricTheEagle wrote:
I do not have a router. It is therefore connected directly to the laptop.
You might consider getting a gigabit router - you don't need to connect it to the internet if you don't want to.
EricTheEagle wrote:
How do we troubleshoot or run a network diagnostics to test and eliminate the potential issues?
You'll need to know the IP address that the NAS uses - if you don't know it already, then you can find it out by connecting it to the other laptop.
Next you will need to check that the LAN connection on the failing laptop is set to "private" (or "work" or "home").
Check the ethernet status LEDs on the back of the NAS. If your laptop NIC is gigabit, you should see a green led (perhaps blinking). If it is fast ethernet, you should see an amber led (perhaps blinking).
If the ethernet status looks good, then configure the PC NIC to use the same static IP address, subnet mask, and gateway that you are using on the laptop that works.
Then try pinging the NAS IP address and see if it responds.
It still works on the original laptop?
BTW, why not connect it to the router?
Yes, it still works with the other laptop. I need to transfer tens of gigabytes of data from the device to this laptop.
I do not have a router. It is therefore connected directly to the laptop.
How do we troubleshoot or run a network diagnostics to test and eliminate the potential issues?
EricTheEagle wrote:
I do not have a router. It is therefore connected directly to the laptop.
You might consider getting a gigabit router - you don't need to connect it to the internet if you don't want to.
EricTheEagle wrote:
How do we troubleshoot or run a network diagnostics to test and eliminate the potential issues?
You'll need to know the IP address that the NAS uses - if you don't know it already, then you can find it out by connecting it to the other laptop.
Next you will need to check that the LAN connection on the failing laptop is set to "private" (or "work" or "home").
Check the ethernet status LEDs on the back of the NAS. If your laptop NIC is gigabit, you should see a green led (perhaps blinking). If it is fast ethernet, you should see an amber led (perhaps blinking).
If the ethernet status looks good, then configure the PC NIC to use the same static IP address, subnet mask, and gateway that you are using on the laptop that works.
Then try pinging the NAS IP address and see if it responds.
I purchased a new ethernet cable and changed the basic network settings (IP, subnet, workgroup) and it worked out well.
I have not had to do any of this for almost 6 years and have almost forgotten how it all works.
Thanks for reminding me about checking the fundamentals.
By the way, it is unrelated, but wanted to know how to change RAID modes so that I can utilise both disks.
It has been setup on X-RAID with two 1TB disks mirrored, but I want to now increase the total usable capacity of the NAS to 2TB.
Will formatting of both disks required or just with one of them?
Many thanks.
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