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I bought the DNS-323 today with two Seagate 500GB drives. No problem setting up the hardware, but when accessing the software and using the easy search utility, it could see the dlink, but when I try to click on configuration the button blanks out and it won't work and nothing happens.
Now, after researching for the last few hours and trying a few things, I finally disabled the DHCP and typed my own IP, Netmask and Gateway. (Don't ask why, I was desperate..). Now the dlink won't even show up on the list of network storage devices on the Easy Search Utility.
So, trying to solve one problem created another.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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1) Reset the DNS-323 using the back panel reset button.
2) Disable any popup blockers you mat have running.
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Hey thanks. The reset button worked so I can see the dlink in the Easy Search Utility window.
I made sure I had no pop up blocker on. When I highlight the dlink in the Easy Search Utility Window, the Configuration button still blanks out and I am unable to click on it. So, my Laptop can see the Dlink, but I can't configure the darn thing...
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Forget the EasySearch utility for now. You really only need it if you need to change the language.
Assuming that you have a conventional network with a router doing DHCP duties, check the router's attached devices list to see what ip address the DNS-323 is at - point your web browser to the ip address and go from there - what you'll see is exactly the same as if you had clicked on the config button.
If you're going to set a static ip address, make sure it's in the same subnet as the rest of your stuff, and that it's outside of the range that the router will hand out.
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I actually just have it hooked right into my laptop and only want to use it for extra storage for my photography. I have a wireless router but that is the extent of my network.
fordem wrote:
Forget the EasySearch utility for now. You really only need it if you need to change the language.
Assuming that you have a conventional network with a router doing DHCP duties, check the router's attached devices list to see what ip address the DNS-323 is at - point your web browser to the ip address and go from there - what you'll see is exactly the same as if you had clicked on the config button.
If you're going to set a static ip address, make sure it's in the same subnet as the rest of your stuff, and that it's outside of the range that the router will hand out.
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Hooking it "right into your laptop" could well be the source of your problem - the unit is designed for a conventional network and you have an un-conventional network, so your configuration would be different.
You have a couple of options here - the first, and easiest, being to set it up like a conventional network - simply connect the DNS-323 to the router instead of the laptop. The advantage of doing it this way is that if you get another computer at a later date, you can use the DNS-323 with that also, the disadvantage is that you're transferring data via wireless, which tends to slow things down some.
Your second option is to leave the DNS-323 connected directly to the laptop and configure a "mini" network with static ip addresses. If you go this route you have to manually configure ip address settings on both the laptop and the DNS-323 - VERY IMPORTANT - these ip addresses CANNOT be in the same subnet as your wireless router uses.
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Thank you very much!! I plugged it into the router and had no problems. I knew I had to be missing something. It took about 14 hours to back up my current external 250 GB HD to the dlink over the wireless, but I just let it run overnight.
Thanks again....
fordem wrote:
Hooking it "right into your laptop" could well be the source of your problem - the unit is designed for a conventional network and you have an un-conventional network, so your configuration would be different.
You have a couple of options here - the first, and easiest, being to set it up like a conventional network - simply connect the DNS-323 to the router instead of the laptop. The advantage of doing it this way is that if you get another computer at a later date, you can use the DNS-323 with that also, the disadvantage is that you're transferring data via wireless, which tends to slow things down some.
Your second option is to leave the DNS-323 connected directly to the laptop and configure a "mini" network with static ip addresses. If you go this route you have to manually configure ip address settings on both the laptop and the DNS-323 - VERY IMPORTANT - these ip addresses CANNOT be in the same subnet as your wireless router uses.
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