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mgshn123
Aspirant
Apr 07, 2016
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ReadyNAS responds to ping but nothing else

I have a 2-bay ReadyNas network drive that was working fine up until a couple days ago. Now the shares don't show up on the network and enjoy the "Site can't be reached" error page when I try to acce...
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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Apr 07, 2016

    I suggest reserving the IP address for the NAS in your router.

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mgshn123
Aspirant
Apr 07, 2016

Wow, RAIDar did the trick.  For some reason, my RN changed IP addresses and RAIDar was able to find it.  It also reenabled snapshots and accumulated about 500 GB of them.  Once I got that squared away I'm back in business.

 

I have to wonder what's sitting at its old IP address and responding to a ping?  Nah, things are working so there's no need to dig further.

 

Thanks for the help!

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 07, 2016

I suggest reserving the IP address for the NAS in your router.

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    mgshn123
    Aspirant
    Apr 07, 2016

    Ha... You think?

     

    I thought it was, turns out it wasn't.  The device had been working for a while without it being set and it is now.

     

    Thanks again,

     

    Bob

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