I've just brought a 2nd hand ReadyNas 2100. I've done a factory reset, not sure how long this takes btw, its been 10min ish, atm HDD light 2 & 4 is flashing and 1&3 is permanently lit.
My Unifi Router has assigned it a IP address. Ive tried logging into it from a few different browsers using the IP address, and also IP address/admin. And nothing comes up. I can Ping it and my Mac gets a reply.
How do I get into this NAS to see what Version it is and to set it up?
EDIT: Rebootd the NAS, and I can access the login page, but Username: admin and Pass: netgear1 doesn't work. Are there other default passwords?
Did a OS Reinstall and now I can get in :). Looks like the factory reset I did didn't work, as I can see the original hostname is somebody else's. So ordered a factory reset from the menu and its now doing its thing.
Good news, it's a V2 2100! How do I update to the latest software?
I recommend increasing the RAM before you begin. Shipping OS-6 NAS have at least 2 GB of RAM, your ReadyNAS only has 1 GB. It might work, but there have been folks who have run into out-of-memory issues after converting. The upgrade is inexpensive, and is simple to do. If you aren't sure what to purchase, you can open the chassis and examine the RAM that's already installed in order to find something compatible. (I believe some RN2100v2 systems have ECC memory, others do not).
Also, if you have the skills, you should probably back up the VPD before conversion. More information on this is here:
Upload PREPR4TOR6_0.1-x86.bin as an add-on using the ReadyNAS web gui, but do not reboot afterwards (avoids the need to do manual factory resets)
Upload R4toR6_6.9.5.bin using the ReadyNAS web gui firmware update
After you upload the addon+firmware and reboot, it will update the firmware and start a factory default.
Go through the setup process on the converted NAS
Update the NAS to the current OS 6 (check for updates will work).
Restore files from the backup.
There is a small risk that the process could fail, and if that were to happen it might not be possible to get the NAS running again.
Note that if you ever need to do a USB recovery later on, you will need to use the procedure for 4.2 systems - substituting an OS-6 image for the 4.2.31 one.
