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Title: NAS Not Recognised By Router
Post by: wizbit © on November 24, 2006, 13:12:15 PM
Hi All, :)

I recently bought a 3.5" HDD Network Enclosure as recommended by the good Knighty.

Ive recently put in my Samsung 400GB FAT32 hdd and plugged it into the network.

If I plug it into either my mac or my pc via the USB cable then it comes up and I can put things on it.

However if I plug the network cable into my router, as I want to do - it doesnt see it.

(My router is a linksys wireless-g)

Ive run out of ideas, can anyone suggest what may be the problem?
Title: Re:NAS Not Recognised By Router
Post by: Serious on November 24, 2006, 18:00:17 PM
If you have tried lots of stuff then you might have done this already.

Disconnect you router from the phone line/internet and shut down the firewall on the PC. See if that allows you access.

Really there are a few things that can go wrong, have you signed into your router and checked if it has recognised the drive?
Title: Re:NAS Not Recognised By Router
Post by: Sweenster on November 24, 2006, 18:07:16 PM
Quote from: SeriousIf you have tried lots of stuff then you might have done this already.

Disconnect you router from the phone line/internet and shut down the firewall on the PC. See if that allows you access.

Really there are a few things that can go wrong, have you signed into your router and checked if it has recognised the drive?

Is dhcp turned on on the router, i am guessing the nas isnt a fixed ip and if the router aint giving it one then it wont appear on the network
Title: Re:NAS Not Recognised By Router
Post by: soopahfly on November 24, 2006, 20:19:58 PM
Hard drive needs to be formatted by the box itself i found.
Also takes a minute or two to actually settle on the network.

Also you can get the latest firmware from here.
http://www.aroundmyroom.com/landisk/
Title: Re:NAS Not Recognised By Router
Post by: knighty on November 24, 2006, 23:32:05 PM
yep, needs formating once youve connected it up via lan

.... tho if its already fat32 you might be ok...?

anyway

go into explorer and stick   http:\\Storage   in the address line

and thatll get you access to the config page and let you set it all up
(change ip address etc...)



p.s. my extra ones were a pain in the ass for some reason... but i had to go out... when i came back theyd changed there ip addresses and were working ! :)