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[cultivate]

I lost the ip address to my DNS323 and can't seem to connect to it. Its been years since I've made any config changes and a while since I've used it. I believe its setup with a static ip and its running a version of fun_plug.

I no longer have the router for the network this was last working on, or really any other info. I really don't want to do a reset (not sure what would happen with fun_plug). Is there anyway I can connect this directly to my mac via ethernet and find/connect to it?

[FurryNutz]

Do you know what the IP address you setup on the DNS?
If so, you could set a static IP address on a PC and directly connect to the DNS if you know the IP address of the DNS with out having a router installed.

[cultivate]

That's the problem I don't know the ip.

[FurryNutz]

Ya, a reset may need to be performed... 

[ivan]

If you can remember what your old router was that should give you what the subnet was and help with finding the IP address.  You could also try the default 192.168.0.32 and if that doesn't work then it is a case of using the reset button and resetting to factory defaults.

As an afterthought and just in case you didn't give it a fixed IP and assuming you are using windows.  Download a free copy of SoftPerfect Netscan and run it with the IP range of your DHCP server and see if the DNS-323 shows up.  If it does you are up and running.

[fordem]

There are a couple of different tricks you can do BEFORE trying a reset, which by the way, will not affect fun_plug...

First - download the setup utility from D-Link's website and run it on a PC connected to the same network as the DNS-323 - the utility includes a discovery tool that should, using a network broadcast, locate the DNS-323 regardless of what address has been set.

Second - use a network scanner - for example Fing (from Overlook Soft) - install and run it, again on a PC connected to the same network as the DNS-323 - if the DNS-323 has an ip address within the same network range as the PC, Fing will discover it and display it.

Third - set a static arp entry - look under your DNS-323 and get the MAC address, next, choose an ip address that you know is unused, and on your PC set a static arp entry pairing that ip with the MAC address, and then put that ip address in your browser - don't forget to remove the static arp entry after re-configuring the DNS-323.  If you're not familiar with the arp command just open a command prompt, type arp & hit enter - Windows will spit out the help file with examples - look for arp -a

[cultivate]

Thanks for the input everyone.

Is there a setup utility available for Mac?

I believe I've tracked down the static IP of my DNS-323. I've tried connecting my MBP directly to the nas box, I've tried the ip in a browser and connect to server in Mac Finder but it doesn't seem to work... Is there some other settings I need to configure on my Mac to connect this way? or should I attempt to connect to the NAS using a router instead?

[cultivate]

Finally got this working. Set a static IP and Subnet Mask on my MBP to the same range of the static IP of my NAS and I was able to see and connect to it (thought I tried this before, but worked this time!).

Thanks for the help.