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Pacemaker65
Aug 17, 2023Aspirant
RND2150/2 drivers
Hi does any one know where to get drivers for the RND2150/2 , I have been trying for a long time to connect to it but my old pc went bang and now there does not appear to be drivers on the Netgear si...
- Aug 25, 2023
Get the appropriate Java from https://www.java.com/en/ - note a reboot might be required to become active.
RAIDar 6.5 download is available from https://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads?article=20684#raidar - the challenge required might be on how to download the .exe file ...
schumaku
Aug 17, 2023Guru - Experienced User
RND2150/2 reads like a ReadyNAS RND2150 v2. No driers required, as this is a network attached storage device (NAS). You access this from Windows (or any other computer able to access SMB 1.0*) computer using the SMB protocol. Sure, you might have to enable SMB 1.0 (CIFS) support on your newer Windows 10/11. Smarter (but requiring some more effort) would be to migrate this to a ReadyNAS OS 6 system. Yes, this isn't really supported - but this applies to your outdated NAS anyway.
- Pacemaker65Aug 17, 2023Aspirant
Thank you for the assistance but I am not that compute savy
- schumakuAug 17, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Pacemaker65 wrote:
Thank you for the assistance but I am not that compute savy
While the process is not difficult: Most active users here never had to convert an r4 to an OS6 system. Doing it requires a full backup (independent of the the ReadyNAS), inherits the need for a factors reset including erasing all existing volumes. Take it as a not so-smart advise from my side.
- StephenBAug 17, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Start by installing RAIDar 6.5 on the new PC from here:
Let us know if it finds the NAS on your network. If it does, then give us the IP address and any status.
If you know how to take a Windows screen shot, then try posting the RAIDar screen that way.
- Pacemaker65Aug 25, 2023Aspirant
thank you for the information but I do not have Java loaded there for Raidar 6.0 will not down load. I have tried loading Java and no go
- schumakuAug 25, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Get the appropriate Java from https://www.java.com/en/ - note a reboot might be required to become active.
RAIDar 6.5 download is available from https://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads?article=20684#raidar - the challenge required might be on how to download the .exe file ...
- StephenBAug 26, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Pacemaker65 wrote:
thank you for the information but I do not have Java loaded there for Raidar 6.0 will not down load. I have tried loading Java and no go
The newest version of Java I got to work was Java 8. In particular, this binary worked correctly:
No idea if you'll neet to remove the existing JVM before you install this or not.
- Pacemaker65Aug 26, 2023Aspirant
Thank you for the help.
Loaded Java and Raidar 6.0 but still can not find the NAS
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