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Cannot access admin page...ReadyNAS "Admin Page" is offline

sovero
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Cannot access admin page...ReadyNAS "Admin Page" is offline

Hello,

I need some help. I cannot access the admin page -> Netgear ReadyNAS 314 (RNC31400) running FW 6.10.2.  Every time I try to access the administration page I get prompted for the user ID and password. I enter the correct information and then the browser displays "Connecting to the ReadyNAS Admin Page...." and after about 45-50 secs I get the message "ReadyNAS Admin Page is offline".

I have searched Google for solutions to this problem (including this forum) and I have gone thru many of the solutions posted here:

  • Cleared cache and tried again
  • Tried Chrome, Firefox, Edge and IE
  • SSH is disabled so can't access it that way
  • Pressed the power button 3 times to power down unit. Waited few minutes and restarted unit. Once booted I waited 10-15 min and tried to access via web browser.
  • Tried access directly https://ip_address/ (got Connecting to the ReadyNAS Admin Page....)
  • Tried access https://ip_address/admin (got 423 Locked The requested resource is currently locked. The lock must be released or proper identification given before the method can be applied.
  • Tried access https://ip_address/fwbroker (got 423 Locked The requested resource is currently locked. The lock must be released or proper identification given before the method can be applied.
  • Tried connecting via Netgear's ReadyCloud service: http://readycloud.netgear.com/client/index.html#page=discoverdevices. (got Connecting to the ReadyNAS Admin Page....)

The ReadyNAS is currently working and serving the shares. I can access the shares via the network and access all the files. The problem is that I cannot access the administration page. I normally do backups from the administration page so I cannot do any more backups.

Could this problem have been caused by a bad Hotfix push from Netgear? The ReadyNAS has been running FW 6.10.2 since October 2019 without any trouble. I last accessed the system mid December 2019 so something has happened since then.

Any suggestions to overcome this problem? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jose

Model: RN31400|ReadyNAS 300 Series 4- Bay (Diskless)
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sovero
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Re: Cannot access admin page...ReadyNAS "Admin Page" is offline

Yes, login in as admin.  I did try to use RAIDar but without any luck.  I considered an OS reinstall from the boot menu but I wanted to leave that option last until I tried everything else.

 

Yesterday I got distracted with other projects and I left the browser window open where the system displayed "ReadyNAS Admin Page is offline" along with some suggestions.   I left the browser window open for about 7 hours.   When I came back to it I reloaded the screen and it prompted me to login back again.   I figure I would try again before turning off the computer.  This time it took the credentials and successfully logged me in.  Now it works normally again.  I don't know what the problem is/was since I had tried to clear the browser cache (all browsers) many times, I rebooted the ReadyNAS several times too.  The only thing I can think of is that maybe it was a routing issue since the ReadyNAS is connected directly to my router and I was connecting to it from a wireless access point.  The ReadyNAS has a static IP address but perhaps the wireless access point had a glitch.  

 

So far I have been able to log back into the ReadyNAS several times so it seems all is working again.

 

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

Jose

 

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StephenB
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Re: Cannot access admin page...ReadyNAS "Admin Page" is offline


@sovero wrote:

I need some help. I cannot access the admin page -> Netgear ReadyNAS 314 (RNC31400) running FW 6.10.2.  Every time I try to access the administration page I get prompted for the user ID and password. I enter the correct information

 You are logging in as admin?

 

Have you tried downloading the log zip file using RAIDar?  https://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads#raidar

 

One option is to try doing an OS reinstall from the boot menu, using the instructions on pages 74-75 here: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_%20OS6_Desktop_HM_EN.pdf

 

That will

  • reset the admin password to password
  • reset the network configuration (DHCP, no bonding)
  • disable volume quota (can be turned on again from the settings wheel on the volume page).

But it would be best to check the log zip file first - in particular, it would be helpful to know if the system's root partition is full.  You can see this in volume.log.  Scroll down to the === df -h === section, and look at /dev/md0 - which is the OS partition of the NAS.  Normally it is about 25% full.

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Sandshark
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Re: Cannot access admin page...ReadyNAS "Admin Page" is offline

It sounds like something on your network is repeatedly attempting to log in with a cached wrong password, locking you out.  It could be the same computer you are using.  Are you using some kind of password management software that works across the multiple browsers?

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sovero
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Re: Cannot access admin page...ReadyNAS "Admin Page" is offline

Yes, login in as admin.  I did try to use RAIDar but without any luck.  I considered an OS reinstall from the boot menu but I wanted to leave that option last until I tried everything else.

 

Yesterday I got distracted with other projects and I left the browser window open where the system displayed "ReadyNAS Admin Page is offline" along with some suggestions.   I left the browser window open for about 7 hours.   When I came back to it I reloaded the screen and it prompted me to login back again.   I figure I would try again before turning off the computer.  This time it took the credentials and successfully logged me in.  Now it works normally again.  I don't know what the problem is/was since I had tried to clear the browser cache (all browsers) many times, I rebooted the ReadyNAS several times too.  The only thing I can think of is that maybe it was a routing issue since the ReadyNAS is connected directly to my router and I was connecting to it from a wireless access point.  The ReadyNAS has a static IP address but perhaps the wireless access point had a glitch.  

 

So far I have been able to log back into the ReadyNAS several times so it seems all is working again.

 

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

Jose

 

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sovero
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Re: Cannot access admin page...ReadyNAS "Admin Page" is offline

No password management software.  I was trying to login typing the admin account and correct password each time.  I used Chrome, Firefox, Edge and IE.  I tried one browser at the time and cleared the cache every time after waiting a reasonable amount of time to account for timeouts after each attempt.

 

It works now.  Please see my reply to the previous suggestion.

 

Thanks,

 

Jose

 

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