All computers can access NAS, NAS can't access anything.

4.1.7 is the latest RAIDiator.

I would try using a sharename that doesn't have a dollar sign in Windows.

I would try using the ip address as an alternative to the computername for the host (ah, I see you've already done that). The host should be e.g. "ip.address.of.nas" (no quotes) or the "computername" (no quotes)

The Unix type slashes would go in the path field e.g. "sharename/foldername/foldername" (no quotes)

Though I haven't got any NAS units apart from NetGear NAS units, I've read in reviews that NetGear is a leader when it comes to a GUI for doing backups.

The "Test Connection" option works for the backups I do (I typically do NAS to NAS though). I've found the "Test Connection" option doesn't like non-escaped spaces in paths.

Like most NAS units, the ReadyNAS is a Linux box. It's a highly efficient well-written OS. Very suitable to getting the best out of limited resources. The NV+ is an older ReadyNAS model and does have some limitations when working with Windows Vista and Windows 7, I believe. There are some things you should do like change the NTLM authentication settings in the registry.

I believe the key may be slightly different on Windows 7 but here are the settings on Vista:

NetGear wrote:

» Why am I not able to access ReadyNAS share that is password protected with Vista? When accessing a file share on a remote computer or device, Windows Vista will refuse to send your password using older encryption methods. Unfortunately, many NAS devices as well as older versions of linux do not understand the newer encryption methods. This keeps you from being able to access these devices. The solution is to force Windows Vista to use the older encryption methods. To do that, follow these steps: Users of Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium Click start Type: regedit Press enter In the left, expand these folders: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ In the left, click on the folder named: Lsa In the right, double-click "LmCompatibilityLevel" Type the number 1 and press enter Restart your computer. Users of Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate Click Start Click Control Panel Click System and Maintenance Click Administrative Tools Double-Click Local Security Policy In the left pane, click the triangle next to Local Policy In the left pane, click Security Options In the right pane near the bottom, double-click "Network security: LAN manager authentication level" Click the drop-down box, and click "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated" Click OK.

As for backing up your Macs, use Time Machine: http://www.readynas.com/TimeMachine

Really is a bad idea in my view to try to backup the entire boot hard disk of a PC using Frontview backup. Far better to install software on the PC designed for this purpose and push a backup to the NAS.

Frontview backup is great, but it's not designed to backup the OS drive of a remote machine (well if you took a snapshot on the remote machine, then it could be feasible I guess, but that would still require software or some work done on the PC side in which case you may as well do it all from that side and push to the NAS).

The documentation covers a limited amount of information and is not exhaustive. Unfortunately it seems the new ReadyNAS FAQ is missing some info from the old one (new FAQ is still a work in progress).

I would suggest opening a tech support case and posting your case number here (edit the thread title i.e. title of first post in this thread).