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meridian180
Dec 14, 2020Aspirant
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, ...
StephenB
Dec 15, 2020Guru - Experienced User
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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