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My ReadyNAS is 8 years old and working fine. It has 4*2TB hot swappable drives at about 50% capacity
I need to access the unit, but can only see the shares. I sent a password change (the original set in 2009 did not work) request but had no response. All I need to do is reset th admin PW so I can work on it.
When it completes the NAS admin password will be reset to netgear1. It will also reset the network configuration to use DHCP (which is the default configuration).
You might want to try logging into http://nas-ip-address/admin using admin as the username and netgear1 as the password before you do the OS reinstall (just in case you never changed it). Use the real ip address of course.
You need to do an OS reinstall from the boot menu. That will reset the password, and also reset the network configuration to use DHCP. Data and other settings shouldn't be affected.
The details on how to do this depends on exactly what platform you have. The original NV+ was sold until Nov 2011, the NV+ v2 was sold after that. The labels are confusing, so please do use the details below to confirm your model.
An NV+ v1
runs 4.1.x firmware
has NV+ on the front panel
might have v2 or v3 labels on the rear or bottom of the chassis.
When it completes the NAS admin password will be reset to netgear1. It will also reset the network configuration to use DHCP (which is the default configuration).
You might want to try logging into http://nas-ip-address/admin using admin as the username and netgear1 as the password before you do the OS reinstall (just in case you never changed it). Use the real ip address of course.
