OK, this is probably gonna make me look silly but I think I kinda screwed up while trying to assign a static IP to my NAS.
First, on my Buffalo CloudStation CS-X2.0 NAS I assigned a fixed IP of 192.168.1.65 for it thru the local access device settings. After that, I couldn't access my NAS either thru a web browser nor from Windows anymore. I then realize that I had assigned an IP that is within the DHCP range of my router as a fixed IP. To make things worse, I am not able to change the DHCP range of my router, which is set as 192.168.1.64 to 192.168.1.253. Though I am able to specify 192.168.1.65 as a static IP on my router, this did not solve the problem, I am still unable to access my NAS.
I can see from my router admin page showing connected devices that my NAS is connected using the IP 192.168.1.65, but I can't access it thru the web browser nor Windows. I'm quite sure that I've left the subnet mask as the default 255.255.255.0 and that seems to be confirmed by NAS Navigator2. Also, my CloudStation is being shown as under EM mode in NAS Navigator2, as my device name was changed from CS-XLB51 (when it was working) to CS-XL-EMB51.
My CloudStation was working previously on DHCP. What should I do to rectify this situation? Or worst case scenario, how do I perform a factory reset on my CloudStation?
I'm using Win7 Pro SP1, CloudStation CS-X2.0 2TB, Thomson TG784n wireless router from my ISP
Do I need to force update the firmware? I cannot find a procedure on the forum to force update the firmware on a CloudStation CS-X model. Can somebody provide this?