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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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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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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? |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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