Thecus N5200B Help Please

Hi,

I have a Thecus N5200B and am trying to map the network drive. However, when I type the IP address, it says that it cannot find it.

Any suggestions? Thanks very much!

Matt. Ireland

 

Can you connect to it? once connected rt click then map. Make sure your fw will allow local traffic. If you are using the wizard use the http://ipaddress/share. It works best if your ids are the same pc & nas.

 

Ummm I can sort of connect to it to do things like set up RAID and the wizard but nothing much else. When I typed in:

http://192.168.1.101/share/

nothing happened. Is the My Sharing Folders in My Computer something to do with it? Nothing else comes up?

Thanks very, very much for the reply!

 

Have you installed the latest firmware on to the NAS?
Once you make a changes to the NAS, try rebooting the server.
Did you enter your correct share name?
If you have FTP setup, see if you can connect to it using a ftp client software.


You only need a FW rule to allow local subnet traffic. I suspect your using Vista which i'm not using. But like XP, if you can run the wizard to map the drive it will work.

Sharing has nothing to do with a NAS.

www.smallnetbuilder.com did a story on them and walked through the setup, but did not cover the pc side.

 

Sorry I couldn't find the article on small net builder - I probably was in the wrong section.

I've done the setup so I can access it and log in and everything but haven't yet done FTP. Is there any other way that I can get it working in Windows Explorer?

Thanks again!

Matt. I

 

Are you loading SMB on the thecus? req if you want MS OS to see it.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/29616/75/

 

Sorry - I'm a real noob. At the moment, I haven't done anything that isn't in the instructions or that article. Thanks again very much for the reply!

 

The nas is running on linux, with native file structure. All of these boxes run SAMBA for other enviroments to see them. SMB is a setting that allow users to see, read and write to the NAS.

You may need to put 1 file over on the NAS for it to show up. Right now it is empty, so there is nothing to show. Have you built the RAID5 array? Created a share, and user folder along with user rights?

 

Thanks very, very much for the detailed reply!

I've set up the RAID 5 array with 5 hard disks (one of which spare). I've used the web disk to upload 2 files into a folder and have set up a user with permissions. That's pretty much it

I just wondered if I'd done the cabling correctly:

At the moment I've got the ethernet coming into the room from the router downstairs. This is plugged into a switch - one going to the NAS and the other going to my desktop. I then have another ethernet cable going from the server into my desktop's other ethernet port. Is this OK?

Thanks again for the reply!

Matt. I

 

That will work, but you will get better traffic flow using a GigE switch. The switch will allow you to bypass the router when going only to your local hardware. If the NAS is for all users, you will have better/faster data flow it it was connected directly to the router. But if your the main user keep it where its at.

My setup is similar, I have a 8 port SMB wired router, that I have a 16 port GigE switch connected to. All my pc's with GigE ports connects to the switch along with my Snap4500 /S10 NAS servers. My network printer is directly connected to the router. I have 2 additional routers connected to my main router, 1 is acting as a AP. The other is what my FIOS service uses for its on screen guide and VOD. It is setting in VLAN for isolation and security reasons.

 

Great! Thanks again for the reply! Your setup sounds really good!

So if my wiring will work I'm still not qutie sure with what's up with mapping the network drive... do you know?

Also, when I'm at work will I be able to use the webdisk on the NAS even with my NAS still at home?

Thanks again very, very much!

Matt. I

 

Also, just having a few FTP problems...... Can I set it so login is the same as my web interface username and password?

 

yes, I have mine the same. I also use DynDNS to connect when away form home.

 

Thanks once again! and sorry to be such a pain.....

This DynDNS thing looks really good! So far, though, I've only been able to hook it up to my desktop. Is there anyway of getting it on my NAS?

My NAS says that it's LAN IP address is 192.168.2.254, however when I type this in, it gives me a 404 page cannot be displayed. Do you know what could be wrong here?

Just one last thing: I don't like the homepage of the NAS when accessed via the WAN. Is there any way of changing this to a more appealing page?

Thanks again very, very much,

Matt. I

 

Use http://192.168.2.254 other wise you may be be looking on the www for a private IP. I always turn off searching from address bar.

Now is you home network running on the 192.168.2 subnet. Verify that your gateway is 192.168.2.1 . If your subnet is not 192.168.2 you will need to change the IP on the NAS to work with your network. If your subnet is correct do some testing using a ftp client software like FileZilla. Setup a location 192.168.2.254 user & password and see if you can access the NAS. If not you have something wrong.

To access from outside your local enviroment, you need to do a port forward (21) to your NAS. Then you can use DynDNS to locate your router/FTP server. But if you do this you must have very strong passwords, because hacker (mainly from china) will try to break in 24/7. I recommend once you know every things is working, is to remap the port to something above 1024.

As far as web interface, what you have is what you get. That is part of the nexus firmware. Some firmware allow you to send a welcome message (ftp). Admin pages are coded by the mfg.

 

One other thing, when your outside coming in you need to be in passive mode. All internal should be active mode when your setting up a ftpclinet.

 

Just had a breakthrough - I've managed to get 192.168.1.101 up in Windows explorer by opening it from a IP scanning application.

However, if I enable both ethernet ports on my computer so I can access the internet at the same time as file managing, it does not work

All the devices connected to my network are 192.168.1. something so I assume that this is my subnet is 192.168.1 ??? Is that correct? When I try to change the IP address it says that "Other Network Interface Device is in the same segment." I assume that I need to disable something but not sure what? I've deleted all the devices on my network except my desktop and my NAS isn't showing up. Is there some way I can manually add a device?


Again, many, many thanks!

Matt. I

 

Again, sorry to be a noob but I've now set up DynDNS so it accesses my router management page using the default IP address. What do I need to do now to get it to access my NAS?

Thanks!!!

Matt. I

EDIT: This is getting really, really annoying! I've set the IP on the NAS using the LCD because it won't let me do it in web management mode. So I press enter once I've done it and then it just reverts back to the old one. I'm still assuming that my subnet is 192.168.1 Thanks again!

 

You now need to use port forwarding in your router and point port21 to it. But like I said earlier, use strong passwords 10+chr number and letters. And not in a dictionary.

When you away from home (or home) you can use a FTP Client (passive mode) and access it using the Domain Name you setup. DynDNS will point you to your IP, you should then be prompted for ID and PW. DO NOT USE ADMIN, USE NORMAL USER ACCESS. DO NOT ALLOW anonymous access. You can test to see if your router opened the port up correctly but using any port scanner and http://www.g6ftpserver.com/en/ftptest

I even use FTP Client software locally to test users setup.

As far as not access the admin page, you may need to temp change the subnet of your network to gain access then change it back you your normal. I prefer to run NAS & Printers on Static IP's outside of my normal DHCP ranges. I run nothing on def IP's that routers def to. It just helps keeps all of the network settings straight as I move around.