My RAIDar does not seem to work well at my Windows 7. Approximately 1-3% of the time the Netgear Readynas DUO is found by RAIDar. The rest of the time I only se a help screen. However, the fact that the unit is visible for approximately 60 seconds every hour, is weird...
The 192.168.10.101/admin seems to work fine. I have updated the firmware and the squeezebox software via the web browser.
When I ping the unit, I always get through.
The Netgear Readynas duo is found by my Windows Explorer. However, I don't know how to move data onto the unit via the Windows Explorer...
My Windows Firewall is turned off.
Maybe my Anti Virus (NORMAN) software prevents the RAIDar to work well most of the time?
Do I need RAIDar at all? I want to put music on my Netgear Readynas DUO and use the unit to stream music to Logitech Squeezebox units. May I do without RAIDar?
Best regards, Vidar Should I resign and try to buy a Mac?
You do not need Raidar really at all, it is however useful when you do not know the IP address of the ReadyNAS. When using Windows Explorer, it is the same as if you were on the actual computer. So you can copy and paste or drag and drop files into the window and it will be saved. You do not need a Mac to use your ReadyNAS, you should have no issues with using Windows. Also keep in mind with all new Netgear products (including the ReadyNAS Duo), you have the first 90 days after purchase to receive free phone support.
Vidar, I can confirm RAIDar works fine on Win7. I have 3 Win7 units at home, and RAIDar runs fine on all of them.
You can download the latest version here. http://www.readynas.com/?p=1158 If you are using the latest version already, perhaps try uninstalling it, and reinstall v4.3.1 again.
You could check if Norman is interfering by temporarily disabling it, of perhaps it has an option in it somewhere to add "safe programs" or similar? I know on a clean install, Comodo (firewall) blocks it from running as a PUP, until you tell it to ignore it in future.
You definitely do not need a MAC!
As for moving/copying data to the Duo, I would FTP it across personally, either via a Frontview Backup Job, or manually with an FTP client. (FileZilla is good, and free.) I've found copying data over with Windows Explorer, especially if it's quite a large amount, to be painfully slow most of the time. Drag and drop does work, it's just slower. So you do have options. And as said, RAIDar isn't needed at all for any data transfer if you already know the Hostname or ip of the Duo.
