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Readynas NV+ ultimate setup frustration
I am installing a readynas NV+ RND4000 for a friend who purchased it over a year ago. Unfortunately his wife was ill and only got around to it now so I no longer have tech support and need all the he...
You normally can't daisy chain network devices like that, that why it doesn't work.
You have 2 network interfaces on the mac on the same subnet, but only one is actually going out to the router, the other is plugged in to the nas.
Since the connection going out the router (the default gateway), it tries to out that connection, but that connection does not know about the nas.
Before you manually set the ips on the nas/mac, it was probably auto-configuring the ips to a different subnet (probably 169.254.x.x).
The correct solution is to connect the nas to the router, not the mac.
If there are no ports on the router, or too long to run another cable, then buy another cheap gbit switch, and daisy chain the switch off the router, then the mac and nas into the switch.
[edit]I guess your mac is only connected to wifi, so there is no cable connection to the router. Essentially, the router must be the center of the network, you can not daisy chain devices off the mac and expect those devices to also be usable by the rest of the network. I would suggest you move the nas next to the router and plug in there.[/edit]
If you disconnect the wifi, you should be able to get access back to frontview.
You can then change the nas and network connection to a different subnet (ie 10.2.x.x), then the mac can connect to frontview and wifi, but only the mac can access the nas (because the other network does not know about it).
You have 2 network interfaces on the mac on the same subnet, but only one is actually going out to the router, the other is plugged in to the nas.
Since the connection going out the router (the default gateway), it tries to out that connection, but that connection does not know about the nas.
Before you manually set the ips on the nas/mac, it was probably auto-configuring the ips to a different subnet (probably 169.254.x.x).
The correct solution is to connect the nas to the router, not the mac.
If there are no ports on the router, or too long to run another cable, then buy another cheap gbit switch, and daisy chain the switch off the router, then the mac and nas into the switch.
[edit]I guess your mac is only connected to wifi, so there is no cable connection to the router. Essentially, the router must be the center of the network, you can not daisy chain devices off the mac and expect those devices to also be usable by the rest of the network. I would suggest you move the nas next to the router and plug in there.[/edit]
If you disconnect the wifi, you should be able to get access back to frontview.
You can then change the nas and network connection to a different subnet (ie 10.2.x.x), then the mac can connect to frontview and wifi, but only the mac can access the nas (because the other network does not know about it).
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