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jvansanten1
Jul 10, 2018Aspirant
ReadyNAS NV+ RND4000 connection issues -- Wired XP fine, WIn 7 & WIn 10 wireless no go
Firmware 3.0.0, Sparc This 1st gen NAS has worked reliably for years. I've not taken steps to update firmware. I've also reset the system by reloading firmware from ROM, so I'm still at Firmware ve...
- Jul 11, 2018
That is extremely old firmware (well over 10 years old). You definitely should update the firmware.
Is your backup to date? If not, I would do that first.
Then I would update the firmware. Perhaps first to RAIDiator 3.01c1-p6 (not sure if that's necessary). There is an option in the web admin interface to select a local firmware image to upload.then to RAIDiator 4 firmware. The latest firmware is 4.1.16. See the RAIDiator 4.1.16 Release Notes
If you can't update the firmware try a different web browser or an older version of it.
Once you've verified it's up and running on the new firmware I'd do a factory reset (wipes all data, settings, everything) and restore your data from backup. This will mean that you can expand your volume later to use 2TB disks (i.e. up to 4x 2TB disks).
RAIDiator 3 was limited to a 2TB volume capacity, if I recall correctly.
There have been numerous other changes including updates to the samba package used by the NAS for SMB server/client.
Microsoft has disabled SMB1/CIFS via a Windows 10 update, so you'd need to manually re-enable that on your PC to fix compatibility.
mdgm-ntgr
Jul 11, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
That is extremely old firmware (well over 10 years old). You definitely should update the firmware.
Is your backup to date? If not, I would do that first.
Then I would update the firmware. Perhaps first to RAIDiator 3.01c1-p6 (not sure if that's necessary). There is an option in the web admin interface to select a local firmware image to upload.
then to RAIDiator 4 firmware. The latest firmware is 4.1.16. See the RAIDiator 4.1.16 Release Notes
If you can't update the firmware try a different web browser or an older version of it.
Once you've verified it's up and running on the new firmware I'd do a factory reset (wipes all data, settings, everything) and restore your data from backup. This will mean that you can expand your volume later to use 2TB disks (i.e. up to 4x 2TB disks).
RAIDiator 3 was limited to a 2TB volume capacity, if I recall correctly.
There have been numerous other changes including updates to the samba package used by the NAS for SMB server/client.
Microsoft has disabled SMB1/CIFS via a Windows 10 update, so you'd need to manually re-enable that on your PC to fix compatibility.
jvansanten1
Jul 11, 2018Aspirant
Thank you for your analysis and response. At some point I'll need to upgrade, but for the time being, it has been working well.
All the best,
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