Why wont it work?

[zmaster]

hi guys,
just a quick one

i have a wireless router and a new PC with a nas directly connected to it via cat6 (i have 2 nics on my mobo).
i assigned the IP in the same range to the NAS and set the gateway the same as the router.
however i can't see the nas from any other point in the house, cant ping it etc.
any ideas?

 

[smitbret]

#1 - The NAS needs to be connected to the router, not the PC.

#2 - If you are going to assign a Static IP Address or DHCP Address Reservation then it needs to be done on the router side with an IP Address that is outside of the DHCP range but still inside the subnet.

For example, if the router currently has a DHCP range of 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.255 then you will want to assign an IP address of 192.168.1.50 (or something less than 100) to the NAS.

I am not sure what you mean that you have "set the gateway the same as the router".

 

[zmaster]

thanks will try that out.
the default gateway on the nas configuration page. I set that as to be the same as the auto gateway iP my PC gets assigned.

 

[kevnich2]

Connect your NAS to your network, not directly to the computer's second NIC. You don't need the second NIC in your computer at all for this. Once you do this, you'll instantly be able to ping the NAS IP from your computer.

 

[zmaster]

hi
didn't work.
i can't connect the nas directly to the home network as the network point is in the living room and prone to getting knocked over

 

[Fardringle]

The NAS can be pretty much anywhere physically as long as it can have an ethernet cord connected directly to the network either directly to the router, or to a switch that is connected to the router. So it doesn't have to be in the 'unsafe' spot in your living room, but it does need to connect directly to the network and not to the computer.

 

[kevnich2]

Buy a 5 port switch, plug this 5 port switch into the cable connecting your computer to the wall/network and then plug a short network cable from the switch to the computer and another network cable from the same switch to the NAS. Done!

 

[azazel1024]

Buy a 5 port switch, plug this 5 port switch into the cable connecting your computer to the wall/network and then plug a short network cable from the switch to the computer and another network cable from the same switch to the NAS. Done!

Agreed.

Otherwise you'll have to bridge the adapters on your desktop to connect the NAS to the rest of the network, and your desktop will always have to be on for anything else to connect to the NAS.

A $15 5 port gigabit switch is your solution (just don't connect both NICs of your desktop to it, just one!!!)