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Title: Configuration Button is Grayed Out (Disabled)
Post by: MikeLee360 on February 17, 2009, 10:30:37 PM

Hooking up the drive for the first time.  Running the Easy Search Utility 4.4.0.0 and can see the DNS-321, but once I select the drive in the list, the Configuration Button becomes disabled.

Trying to connect to the NAS from a laptop connected directly to its ethernet port.  Firewall is down.  Running on Windows XP SP3.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!
-Mike

Title: Re: Configuration Button is Grayed Out (Disabled)
Post by: fordem on February 18, 2009, 06:08:08 AM

The NAS is really not intended to be used connected directly to a single system, as if it were an external drive.

If you're not going to connect it to a network with a DHCP server that will issue both the NAS and the laptop with ip addresses, you will need to set static addresses - the NAS will default to 192.168.0.32 and the laptop will probably get an APIPA address in the 169.254.x.x range, and will be unable to connect to the NAS - EasySearch will find it because of the broadcast technology used, but after that, it's not going to work.

Either connect them both to a network with a DHCP server - or set a static address on the laptop - 192.168.0.2 should work.

Title: Re: Configuration Button is Grayed Out (Disabled)
Post by: MikeLee360 on February 18, 2009, 11:00:59 AM

Thanks for the reply.  You are exactly right.  I was able to connect, once I changed the IP on my laptop to one with a similar prefix to the NAS.

I was worried I had a brick, but the thing is working now and running like a champ.

Thanks again!
Mike

Title: Re: Configuration Button is Grayed Out (Disabled)
Post by: fordem on February 18, 2009, 11:06:27 AM

You're welcome