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Title: Connecting directly from 323 to computer?
Post by: gaikokujinkyofusho on May 31, 2008, 06:56:07 AM

Hi i just got a DNS-323 and was trying to set it up with a straight cable and without using a router (i belive the ethernet chipset in the 323  supports auto MDIX and it's gigabit so i figure that should work) but it doesn't seem to be cooperating. Has anyone out there setup an xp pro sp2 computer with a regular ethernet cable directly to a dns323? Any thoughts on how to set this up would really be appriciated.

Cheers

-Gaiko

Title: Re: Connecting directly from 323 to computer?
Post by: fordem on May 31, 2008, 10:43:01 AM

I haven't done it with XP, but I've done it with Server 2K3 and I see no reason why it shouldn't work with XP.

How are you handling ip addressing in this direct connect scenario?

Title: Re: Connecting directly from 323 to computer?
Post by: Banshee1971 on May 31, 2008, 11:43:06 AM

First, connect the NAS using a "CROSS-OVER" ethernet cable. You cannot use a direct cable.
second, configure you're NAS first with a fixed IP adress (ie : 192.168.2.2) and after, you're computer with a fixed IP adress (ie: 192.168.2.3).
connect them toghether with the CROSS-OVER ethernet cable.

Dont forget that in the NIC card, you have some pin that are "Transmiter" and some "Receiver". If you connect the TRANSMITER pin to another TRANSMITER pin, something can be broken.
some NIC card can auto switch from strait cable to cross-over cable, this prevent damage when wrong cabling are used. But not all NIC card are capable to do this.

Title: Re: Connecting directly from 323 to computer?
Post by: fordem on June 06, 2008, 05:12:24 AM

Actually - there is no need to use a cross-over cable and no danger of damage if you cross-connect the ethernet receive & transmit pairs - which is why I didn't bother to mention it.

10/100 mbit ethernet uses two pairs of wire, one for transmit and the other for receive and in most, but not all, cases, it is necessery to use a cross-over cable when connecting "like" devices - a host to another host or a switch to another switch - it is becoming increasingly common on switches to support "auto-MDIX" where the equipment senses the connection and configures it self appropriately.

1000 mbit (gigabit) ethernet uses all four pairs and supports auto-MDIX and so the DNS-323, with it's gigabit port, does not require a cross-over cable, but does require, if you are using gigabit, all four pairs to be wired.