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ReadyNAS 3138 Loses Network Connectivity
I have a rack mounted ReadyNAS 3138 with LAN ports 1 and 2 connected to a UniFi switch via LAG. Today, the NAS lost network connectivity. I tried power cycling, changing the ports, and changing cab...
rekent wrote:
I then tried doing a OS reinstall on the NAS, still with no resolution.
FYI, that will remove the LAG from the config (and reset the password back to password). It also removes volume quota from the config.
I think the next step is to figure out if the issue is related to DHCP.
RAIDar should be able to find the NAS even if the IP address has failed over to something not on the subnet. So I'd try that.
You can also power down, and remove the disks (labeling by slot). Then power up diskless, and see if you get a persistent network connection.
Other steps would be to reboot the router and the switch.
Have you installed anything that would need to change/add network configuration files? If you have, and a file associate with it has become corrupt, that could cause the Ethernet mounting to fail to complete. Those files would not be touched by an OS re-install. See also if you get a connection in Support mode (see How-do-I-access-the-boot-menu-on-my-ReadyNAS-2304-3130-or-3138-storage-system ). If you get a connection, then try to telnet in as user root and password infr8ntdebug. If that works, it's your gateway for debugging, but exactly where to look for the problem I don't know.
Sandshark wrote:Have you installed anything that would need to change/add network configuration files?
No, there had been no changes whatsoever to the NAS.
OK, my response got marked as a solution, but it's obviously not one. But did you get it to go into support mode and get into it via Telnet?
I really don't know what in a USB recovery would fix it, but it might be worth a try.
I tried marking it as "Not a Solution" but it won't let me for some reason.
I can boot into the support mode, but unfortunately Mac no longer supports telnet. Though, not knowing the IP of the NAS (if it is even being assigned one), how could I hit it with telnet?
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