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Title: Drive does not show up on network/as a shared drive
Post by: areiser on June 06, 2009, 09:41:16 PM

I am on a Mac with the latest os

I have a DriveStation Flexnet

It is plugged in via ethernet to the wireless router

If plugged in via USB it will mount and function properly

Any ideas?

Thanks,

areiser

Title: Re: Drive does not show up on network/as a shared drive
Post by: PCPiranha on June 08, 2009, 07:40:12 PM

Do you know the IP of the drivestation? If not find it in your routers DHCP table. Then you can connect to it by going to smb://IP.

Title: Re: Drive does not show up on network/as a shared drive
Post by: areiser on June 08, 2009, 09:23:25 PM

Ok, I got past the first issue and now it is asking me for a username and password. I made sure the unit was set to factory settings. I tried the default admin/password. No luck.

This seems like a similar problem to this thread, which was not resolved...

http://forums.buffalotech.com/buffalo/board/message?board.id=0101&message.id=10680&query.id=23807#M10680

Title: Re: Drive does not show up on network/as a shared drive
Post by: areiser on June 08, 2009, 09:26:26 PM

...oh, and I tried the 5-10 sec reset.

Title: Re: Drive does not show up on network/as a shared drive
Post by: PCPiranha on June 08, 2009, 09:43:52 PM

The Flexnet shouldnt have a default username and password. That problem is only with that particular unit as far as I know.

When is it giving you the prompt for username/password? If it's after you do Connect to server, smb://ip_address, then you can choose guest for the username and leave the password blank

Message Edited by PCPiranha on 06-08-2009 09:45 PM

Message Edited by PCPiranha on 06-08-2009 09:47 PM

Title: Re: Drive does not show up on network/as a shared drive
Post by: areiser on June 08, 2009, 10:13:33 PM

Ok, so I found a thread about re-formatting to FAT. I used Apple Disk Utility to do this. I can now connect to the drive, however. It only shows up under the IP address name and provides a share folder. Everything seems to be locked down. I am not able to change the server name, or create new directories. I am signed in as the admin.

Thoughts?

Title: Re: Drive does not show up on network/as a shared drive
Post by: areiser on June 08, 2009, 10:40:13 PM

Problem after problem after problem... This thing is going back to the store!

Title: Re: Drive does not show up on network/as a shared drive
Post by: PCPiranha on June 08, 2009, 10:45:43 PM

To make configuration changes log in by typing the IP address into a web browser (safari)

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