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Stuck in "Connecting to the ReadyNAS Admin Page" after upgrade to 6.9.3
Never had any issues with this NAS (bought in December, 2013). Today I upgraded from 6.8.1 to 6.9.3 (through 6.9.0). Since that, it keeps looping in "Connecting to the ReadyNAS Admin Page". I still c...
Well it was the issue that connecting it to the internet and rebooting it and waiting at least 10 minutes would have resolved.
Glad that it's now fixed.
CraftWorks wrote:
Even if I wanted to do so I can't do it because I can't alter NIC configuration (for doing this I shoud have access to the bloody admin page, which I don't...).
An OS reinstall from the boot menu will reset the IP configuration to use DHCP and also reset the admin password to password.
CraftWorks wrote:
Tell me, please (for my own technical knowledge): why might this be a solution?
There often are hotfixes that are pushed from Netgear (and perhaps also apt-get updates for installed apps). A working internet configuration is required to get those (and the 10 minute delay gives some time for them to be applied).
CraftWorks wrote:
In my first post I asked a question, and, with all due respect, I must ask it again: Is there a way to install FW by _not_ using the web interface? Maybe I should add that, unfortunately for me (in these circumstances), I didn't activate the SSH access to my NAS.
Not without linux shell access (ssh).
CraftWorks wrote:
In the section "New Features & Enhancements" the second item is "Add Session Timeout to Admin Page".
That just auto-logs out of the web admin ui if there is no activity.
Hello again,
I'm at a critical point. I"ve taken out the four disks of my NAS and I've booted it again; as expected, it booted in "Safe Mode" (it seems that version 6.9.3 _does have_ a good feature after all...). And...surprise: I can load my Admin Page!!! First thing I did was to activate the SSH access (ouch... just in case).
Now... the question of a million bucks: if I revert to an older FW, say 6.9.0 (it seems that the system would let me do that), what will happen when I put my disks back? You might say that I'm over-cautious, but I wouldn't like to screw-up my data (files). Will the system (NAS) recognise them as valid, actual disks or the older FW will screw them? Say what you will, but I don't want to lose my projects at this point...
Again, thanks and best regards.
CraftWorks
This is a question for all the Netgear gurus out there: how comes that I'm able to get to the bloody "Admin Page" with all the disks out of the system (I mean the NAS has booted in "Safe Mode" with FW v6.9.3), while having them _in_ (running in the NAS, I mean) I'm not able to do it? This baffles me...
Best regards,
CraftWorks
CraftWorks wrote:
Now... the question of a million bucks: if I revert to an older FW, say 6.9.0 (it seems that the system would let me do that), what will happen when I put my disks back?What should happen is that the system will detect that the disks are running newer firmware than what is on the drives, and then it should update the flash from the disks - reinstalling 6.9.3 into the flash memory.
However, safe mode is brand new, and it is possible that Netgear has made some changes to allow it to downgrade.
Safe mode is entered automatically; your situation makes a case that Netgear should add it to the boot menu.
- Did you get my PM? It gave another suggestion to try with the NAS booted normally with the disks installed.
Safe mode is designed for problems where the system won’t boot not for problems simply accessing the web admin page.
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