Can't connect to admin page

[MrLondon]

Hello 

unable to connect to my admin page, tried 3 different browers and restarting, i get as far as the login page. any ideas?

[StephenB]

Do you know what firmware you are running?  Was there something that triggered this?

[MrLondon]

6.7.5

cant think of any reason, just went to login and found i couldnt, 

can still see the contents of the drive vis the finder.

[StephenB]

Does https://nas-ip-address/fwbroker respond?  Use the real NAS IP address of course.

[MrLondon]

could connect and posted image of result.

[StephenB]

Good. 

Usually this problem is related to an app incompatibility - do you know what apps you had installed?

There are some fixes to get the admin ui back in 6.8.1, but there are some additional fixes in 6.9.0-RC1. 

I suggest trying to manually install 6.9.0-RC1 using this interface, but if you are uncomfortable with beta firmware you can try 6.8.1 instead.

[MrLondon]

only app installed and running is Transmission.

now installing 6.8.1

will post results

[MrLondon]

that seems to be successful, how can i install 6.9.0-RC1 ?

also im currently running 4 x 1TB and need more space, 

is there a list of compatible drives?

[StephenB]

You probably don't need to install it if you have admin access again.  However, if you want to, you get download the firmware from here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/ReadyNAS-Beta-Release/ReadyNASOS-6-9-0-RC1/m-p/1365775#M9752, and then manually install it from system->settings.

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@MrLondon wrote:

also im currently running 4 x 1TB and need more space, 

is there a list of compatible drives?

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There is, but the simple answer is to use WDC Red or Seagate Ironwolf models.  These are NAS-purposed drives - enterprise class are faster, but your entry-level NAS can't take advantage of that speed anyway.  I use WD60EFRX and WD80EFZX in my two RN52x NAS.  I've tried the 1 TB Ironwolf in my RN102, and it works well also.

If you are looking at very large drives (5 TB and larger), than check the mounting specs.  Ideally you'll have something with side center holes.  You can work around that, but it's simplest to avoid it.

The full HCL is here: https://kb.netgear.com/20641/ReadyNAS-Hard-Disk-Compatibility-List