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Title: [SOLVED] DNS not showing up - need help configuring
Post by: bakkhai42 on March 23, 2010, 05:30:11 AM
Lets see how badly I can complicate this install...


Mac Pro
Bootcamp
Windows 7
2x WD Green (2TB drives)
Direct Ethernet cable


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Nothing comes up when I start the Easy Search Utility. No sign of drive, except that my LAN said I'm connected to an "unidentified network."




Any help would be appreciated  ;D




Title: Re: DNS not showing up - need help configuring
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on March 23, 2010, 05:44:13 AM
Are you connected to a router with the NAS or directly to it from the Ethernet port on your Mac?  If you don't have a DHCP server in the mix, the NAS comes up with a default IP address, I recall it's 192.168.0.32, you won't find it at 192.168.0.20.
Title: Re: DNS not showing up - need help configuring
Post by: bakkhai42 on March 23, 2010, 08:25:59 AM
Are you connected to a router with the NAS or directly to it from the Ethernet port on your Mac?  If you don't have a DHCP server in the mix, the NAS comes up with a default IP address, I recall it's 192.168.0.32, you won't find it at 192.168.0.20.

thanks for the quick reply -

I tried both, with a time capsule in the mix, and then directly to the power mac. same result.  I just tried the alternative 192.168.0.32 with no success.

more info.

Title: Re: DNS not showing up - need help configuring
Post by: fordem on March 23, 2010, 09:05:37 AM
If you're going to use a direct connection you'll need to configure a static address on the power mac.
Title: Re: DNS not showing up - need help configuring
Post by: bakkhai42 on March 27, 2010, 01:06:53 PM
SOLVED:

The 323 I bought was from Fry's and they repackage a lot of returns. Therefore I had to RESET the DNS before anything at all would work.  There's a little hole in the back and a paper-clip did the trick.  I guess this is because someone set it up for their machine and then returned it without resetting it.

Thanks for the help.