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[gunrunnerjohn]

I'm thinking it's the NAS, but that's just a guess based on what has been posted.

[Wiggs]

What if you disable "Power Management" and change the "Idle Time"?

Wiggs

[manuelohere]

What if you disable "Power Management" and change the "Idle Time"?

Wiggs

Won't disabling power management cause the drive to spin all the time?  Causing reduced drive life?

I'll give that a shot and report back.  Thanks to everyone reading and contributing! 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, a hard disk can spin many years as a rule without dying, so the big risk here is added power consumption and heat inside the case.

[manuelohere]

Yeah, don't want to decrease my drive life but its moot, as that didn't help.  I disabled Power Management and I can hear the drive spinning but I can no longer map to the drive. 
Took about 15 minutes before it lost connection.

So what else on the NAS can I look at?  Should I step up to FW 1.08?  I'm at 1.06. 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, 1.08 has made improvements, but this is not something that should happen with 1.06 either.  I ran 1.06 for some time with no issues like that.

[alexwalkey]

Hi, finally I found another occurrence of the same problem! I have scoured these forums and, as gunnerrunnerjohn says, no one else seems to have had the same issues...

Symptoms:

• only have access to DNS 323 SAMBA shares from laptop (or xbox) for a max of 15 mins after restarting everything (laptop, xbox, NAS and router - as per previous post re Master Browsing issue).
  
• If I try to bring up the 323's shares list (by typing in \\ipaddress\ or double-clicking the mapped drive) from a pc I get the message:
  \\ipaddress\Share is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
  The specified network name is no longer available.
  
• I can fully access the web admin panel and edit/save settings.
• I can see the firefly iTunes server add-on listed in my iTunes.
• I can access the NAS via FTP.

Setup:

• I have a Netgear modem/router giving my network internet access and issuing network ips (DHCP server).
• I have a Linksys router wirelessly bridging with that router to connect my XBOX1 in another room to the LAN. (But have since disconnected that part of my network for troubleshooting purposes.)
• I have a laptop which is connected to the LAN either wirelessly or cabelled (tried both for troubleshooting).
• And then I have the DLink DNS 323 NAS connected up.
• (I also connect my iPhone up to the LAN sometimes - I notice manuelohere mentions he has one too...

NAS Settings:

• Firmware 1.08
• Jumbo Frames Disabled.
• 100Mbps LAN only.
• Firefly add-on installed.
• Workgroup changed to match LAN devices (laptop and xbox - routers and iPhone don't have that option to specify).
• Have changed Windows (7) hosts file to include ip address and name of NAS.
• Used to share root of (RAID) drive, but have since set up shares of sub-folders to see if that helped with troubleshooting this issue (no luck there).

So, it looks as though I have the same issues as manuelohere... at least I hope so. Otherwise I really am (apparently) the only person in the world with this exact issue.

If anyone has any ideas at all please let me know...

[gunrunnerjohn]

I wonder if it's the installed applications or their configurations that are the issue.