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ReadyNAS Ultra 2 - Not discoverable with Raidar 6.4 via network or direct ethernet connection
Purchased a used (but in new/seemingly unused state) ReadyNAS Ultra 2 w/o drives. Installed an old drive (does the drive have to be "good"?), put in the power cords, ethernet cord to the router, ...
The NAS is discoverable via RAIDar without drives, but not by other processes. It uses a special broadcast method. The OS and all settings run from the drives, so it does not matter if somebody else set it up previously, that set-up was removed with the drive(s). For a NAS of that generation, you should use RAIDar 4.3.8, as it has a setup provision that is not in newer versions because newer NAS don't use it.
Yes, the drive has to work for the OS to be installed to it and run. And if the drive is used, there are some types of partitions that your older OS can't deal with, so you may need to remove them with a PC before the NAS can use the drive.
Your NAS can be converted to running the current OS6, but you lose Netgear support (including paid) if you do so. While OS6 updates are currently slow coming, OS4.2.x on your NAS has not been updated in about 3 years and will have no more updates.
Sandshark wrote:
For a NAS of that generation, you should use RAIDar 4.3.8, as it has a setup provision that is not in newer versions because newer NAS don't use it.
The 4.3.8 version is needed if you want to use FlexRAID. But RAIDar 6.5 will work for everything else (including discovery).
The protocol uses ethernet broadcast packets. If the Windows PC was using wifi, you might try again with an ethernet connection. Also disable any internet security software on the PC. But it should be getting a DHCP address from your router, even if it is booted diskless.
If you haven't already tried this, you might want to try a different ethernet cable, and maybe also try connecting the NAS to a different switch/router and see if that makes a difference.
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