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[Temujin]

New to the DNS323, liking it, but as many have said, did not expect the slow transfer speeds.
I put a 2TB Caviar Green...I know I know I didn't come here till after I got both for crazy cheap.

ANYWAYS, I managed to also scoop a nice Dlink 1008TL 8 port gigabit switch.
I'm able to plug my other devices into it and all is well, but I plugged the 323 into it and am not able to get anything.
Can't login to the url home page, doesn't show up on the network, ran the search util, nothing.

I set it to static, shut it down and rebooted it, plugged into the switch and nothing.

What did I miss? This should work should it not?

[OlegMZ]

Do port lights come up on switch and NAS when you plug the NAS into switch?
Do you use straight cable for this connection (if lights are off)?
Do you see ON button on NAS blinking at least from time to time when it is plugged into switch (it means that NAS sees network)?
Check IP settings (address and mask) carefully (although utility should search by by MAC anyway).

[Temujin]

Do port lights come up on switch and NAS when you plug the NAS into switch? Yes, switch actually recognizes gigabit connection, 323 is solid blue after blinking for about a minute
Do you use straight cable for this connection (if lights are off)?Yes
Do you see ON button on NAS blinking at least from time to time when it is plugged into switch (it means that NAS sees network)?Yes
Check IP settings (address and mask) carefully (although utility should search by by MAC anyway).
Well, I'm not sure what to look for as the Search Utility isn't finding it all.

[Alcatraz001]

Goto your router and see if you see that it issued an ip to it. It will display something like this :

LAN COMPUTERS

IP Address            Name (if any)           MAC
192.168.0.103   Robert-PC7           00:1f:c6:72:04:ef
192.168.0.199   dlink-0CEB8D   00:24:01:0c:eb:8d

[Temujin]

Ok thanks, good idea, I'll check that when i get home, thank you

[Temujin]

I removed a device from the switch so that only the router and 323 were plugged in and that's solved it. I think my ISP was only giving out 2 public ips, that may have been the issue, thanks for the input guys

[fordem]

I removed a device from the switch so that only the router and 323 were plugged in and that's solved it. I think my ISP was only giving out 2 public ips, that may have been the issue, thanks for the input guys

It sounds like you might have the switch connected to the WAN side of your router, this would not be the normal way to do it

[OlegMZ]

It looks like there is no router at all in this equation. Switch only, ant that is a core of the problem.
In usual setup there is a router with WAN connection and built it LAN switch which acts as a DHCP server for devices on LAN giving them private (non-public) IP addresses and performs NAT translation from LAN to single WAN IP address obtained from ISP. In this case all devices on the internal LAN are protected from the malicious internet traffic. Besides amout of internal IP addresses may be quite big.
If all home office devices located directly to public internet... well I would not put any sensitive data on them and would not expect them to live long and healthy life :-)

[fordem]

It looks like there is no router at all in this equation. Switch only, ant that is a core of the problem.

I would agree with you if the original poster had not said ...

I removed a device from the switch so that only the router and 323 were plugged in and that's solved it. I think my ISP was only giving out 2 public ips, that may have been the issue, thanks for the input guys

So there would appear to be a router in there somewhere.

[gunrunnerjohn]

If it only supports two devices, it must not be much of a router.