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  #51  
Old September 8th 05, 08:32 PM
jonas.astrom
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Hi guys!

I'm using the newest (?) firmware, but it doesn't seem to make any
difference.

1) The drive is EXTREMLY slow. Copy 3 Mbyte takes 30- 40 seconds,
sometimes more.

2) Every now and then it looses connection and I get the error "The
specified network name is no longer available"

When I went to the store where I bought the device, they did test run
it without problems. I can't understand this.

I'm running firmware NetHDD006-0804.

Do you guys have any clue?

Cheers,

Jonas

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Old September 8th 05, 09:38 PM
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mintcakewrote:
I'm using the HD363N with a Mac (with two Macs to be precise)

I just purchased this NAS for my home network (4 Macs running 10.3.4
and 10.4.2) and have been unable to even address the drive to
configure it. I have a LAN using a Belkin wired/wireless router w/
static IPs but when I tried w/ that setup, I couldn't see the drive.
I then did a direct connect but have also been unable to see it
either. Any suggestions? TIA

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Old September 9th 05, 04:32 PM
winux
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hoogie69:

What kind of error are you getting when you try to configure the
unit?

When you connect it directly, don't forget to change your IP address
to 169.254.0.x because the unit defaults to 169.254.0.1.

[b:f1fd7e26e6]Jonas[/b:f1fd7e26e6]:

Are you running any anti-virus software? There is a known issue with
older Norton products. And is this on a wireless connection?

  #54  
Old September 9th 05, 08:32 PM
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i'm sorry for hijacking this thread but i have the bytecc nas and i
just can't seem to get my pc to see the drive, yet i can access the
web interface. if i use the run command " \\landisk" it will not see
the drive if i type "\\landisk\public" i task me for an id and
password but i can't log in (i've already used the admin as id and
admin as password and it doesn't work).

what am i doing wrong? obviously the drive is ther since i can access
the nas with the web browser. what am i doing wrong? any and all help
would be greatly appreciated.

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Old September 9th 05, 10:32 PM
winux
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lrmat:

I think it best to start a new thread since the NAS units are
definitely different. I do bet, however, your NAS is not asking for
the admin interface password. Probably guest with no password would
work, but that's a question for bytecc.

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Old September 10th 05, 05:35 AM
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I'm not sure KB297019 answers the question with .pst files though.

Sure, it suggests this can be inefficient. Yes, it says they can
suffer corruption if the network fails or degrades. I'd go further
and suggest another problem is having the application or client
machine fail while the .pst is being updated - but that's a problem
even with a local .pst file.

This is an issue with any file over a LAN that is thrashed on a lot
though. The problems are very similar to those suffered by Jet
database users, perhaps without the extra source of problems
resulting from concurrent updates by multiple clients.

I'm having good luck with the late beta firmware and Jet databases but
I haven't had the time to try extensive operations on large ones yet,
or anything with a lot of concurrency. Right now mine are in the
500KB to 4MB range with 2 to 3 very low activity clients.

I may get around to trying some large .pst files too though that isn't
something I need myself. For local email I'm using a "shimserver"
concept. The mailstore is a Jet MDB, and users "connect" to it via a
local instance of a compact SMTP/POP3 server they fire up on their
workstation and then run their email client. The server accepts
client requests and hits the shared mailstore on the NAS device to
satisfy them. Mailstore backups are easy because even if users leave
the server running it only opens the MDB when performing a requested
action. Latency isn't bad except when the drive has timed out and
been put to sleep - and so far even this is acceptable. Heavier
testing will determine the ultimate viability of the concept though.

Since Microsoft explicitly states that .pst files over a network are
Bad Thing though, there may be little effort within Outlook to do its
updating with much recoverability. Jet on the other hand, despite its
limitations, was sold to customers to be used in this manner. Maybe
that's one reason I'm not seeing trouble yet.

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Old September 10th 05, 03:32 PM
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If someone come up with a solution to the "xbox media center"-problem
please let me know!

I get into the folders, but can't see the files.

/M

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Old September 10th 05, 08:32 PM
eds
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Maximus1234wrote:
If someone come up with a solution to the "xbox media center"-problem
please let me know!

I get into the folders, but can't see the files.

/M


This is a problem for a lot of us here. Not sure if it will ever be
solved and Tritton does not seem to care (according to GAPotter's
post) the NAS does not support XBMC.

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Old September 10th 05, 09:32 PM
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Another bug, NetHDD006-0804 beta version.

Reproduce the error:

Copy a good sized text file to the NAS device (19 K bytes in my
test).

Open with NotePad, etc.

Add a few lines in the middle of the file. Save, exit the editor.

Reopen the file, all is ok.

Delete those news lines, save, exit.

Reopen the file. Text at the end of the file appears "duplicated."

[b:02a8f4bac0]What's going on?[/b:02a8f4bac0]

I don't know for sure. It seems likely that NotePad saves over a file
by simply rewriting into the original file. If there is more to
write, the file gets extended. If there is less to write on "save"
then the new text is written and the file's EOF pointer is set.

This EOF pointer doesn't seem to be getting set right on the NAS
device.

[b:02a8f4bac0]Workaround[/b:02a8f4bac0]

Edit the file, "save as" some new name, close the editor. Then delete
the old file, rename the new open as the old one.

[b:02a8f4bac0]Theory[/b:02a8f4bac0]

This might be one source of the Outlook .pst file woes (among others)
people have been running into.

[b:02a8f4bac0]Status[/b:02a8f4bac0]

Reported to Argosy via email 10-Sep-2005.

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Old September 12th 05, 03:34 AM
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Irmat,
Welcome. Even though you have the LANDISK, I'd still encourage you to
post your questions here (at least as a starting point). As best I
can tell, the LANDISK is very similar to the Tritton and Argosy
products (as I discussed in an Aug. 4 post). If you could, next time
you open the device, could you look at the chips on the board and see
if one has the markings R2881, and post back here? I'd be very
curious.
After reading the manuals for the LANDISK, I noticed it has some
unique features though. As I understand it you must first make a
folder and then you have to tell the LANDISK to share it. Because
you can't get to the PUBLIC folder, why don't you try making another
folder under your control so you can set the sharing and password.
Also, I'd also so suggest trying to setup the FTP access and see if
you can get in that way too. Testing these two methods may help.
If you continue to have problems, instead of entering \\LANDISK\ you
could see if using the IP address directly helps \\169.254.0.1\.

[b:f1554a3066]Kane81,[/b:f1554a3066]
Thanks for the knowledge base reference ... in all my searching I
hadn't come across that one. While I understand what the article
suggests about the capabilities of Outlook, I do find storing the PST
files on another PC with file sharing works okay. I just run into the
corruption when I move the same files onto the NAS. So, I think in
the article is clarifying that Outlook was not intended for that
particular useage, but I agree with
[b:f1554a3066]dilettante[/b:f1554a3066] in that it may not be
efficient, but it appears it possible ... at least at my house. I've
run 40 MB and 300 MB PST files over our LAN from PC to PC and it
works. At times, there are some slow downs, but nothing that really
hinders usage. Again, thanks for the article reference.

[b:f1554a3066]dilettante,[/b:f1554a3066]
Interesting file corruption you captured. I can repeat it with a 29
kB text file running both Argosy's and Tritton's 06-0804 firmwares.
Odd thing though, if I use a different text editing tool (an older
program called Programmer's File Editor) I cannot reproduce the
problem. But, with Notepad ... every time! I've forwarded the
information onto Tritton as well.
I think (and hope) this is in good agreement with the Outlook PST file
corruption I've seen. Everytime I repair the PST file, the log
records that the end of file is not where it was expected, for
example:
!!End-of-file less than actual (read=2C18000, actual=2C14000).
However, this seems backwards from what you demonstrated with the text
file, where the file is longer, not shorter. Well, we'll just have to
see if they (Argosy, Tritton) can find the root cause ... it may fix
both. Thanks for the find.

[b:f1554a3066]FTP Port Number[/b:f1554a3066]
In the most recent firmwares, the use is supposed to be able to change
the FTP port number. I have not been able to change it from 21. Last
week, Argosy replied back an noted that you can change the FTP port
from 21 to anything between 1025-34463. I asked if this was by
design and if it would be changed to allow any port ... I haven't
heard back yet.

 




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