I have a DNS-323 that I've been using for about a year with minimal issues, recently I relocated it to a different part of my house (same LAN) and since then it will not obtain a DHCP lease from my DHCP server.
All other machines operate normally and I'm 99.999% sure that this is a problem with the DNS-323. I've tested cables, used known good machines on the segment and even moved the NAS back to it's original location/cable and it exhibits the same behavior, requests a dhcp lease, dhcp server sends a reply and the NAS just ignores it (I've sniffed the connection and watched the transaction).
I can get into the NAS with the default IP of 192.168.0.32 if I configure a machine onto that subnet, but I'm unable to assign a static IP (the NAS takes it and then just resets to 192.168.0.32/24 after I apply). I've also tried resetting to default, downgrading from 1.09 to 1.08, resetting 1.08 to default and even running fun_plug to get a shell.
Once I have a shell on the box I can manually ifconfig the address I want, but after a short time it reverts to the 192.168.0.32/24 address again.
Has anyone seen this bizarre behavior before? Are there any ways to repair it? I've done everything I can think of short of hacking the rc files to use my address instead of the default 192.168.0.32/24, which I'd rather not do since this seems indicative of a larget problem.
TIA,
nb
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