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MacBook no longer seeing NAS

  • 19-05-2013 05:27PM
    #1
    Cerbera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭


    I have a 2008 model MacBook (one of the white ones) and it no longer sees my NAS.

    I've tried both using wi-fi and plugging in a cable but it doesn't work either way.

    It always worked fine up to recently and I have no idea why it stopped and I can't see any boxes ticked that would cause this.

    The software on it says it's Mac OS X version 10.6.8

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,548 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Any idea what the NAS unit's IP address or the hostname is? You can usually find it form your router's list of connected devices.

    Nornally to connect to a NAS you can do the following.
    In Finder, Select Go>Connect to Server (or press CMD-K)
    Then type smb://NAS where 'NAS' is the hostname or IP address of your NAS. A hostname is preferable to an IP as your router can reassign IPs dynamically using DHCP.


  • #3
    Cerbera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭Cerbera


    Oh fu(k ... :D

    That's beyond my techhie knowledge.

    I'll see if I can get that info off a windows machine and go from there. :)


  • #4
    Cerbera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭Cerbera


    Actually when I do that and click 'browse' it searches and comes up '0 items'


  • #5
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,548 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Cerbera wrote: »
    Oh fu(k ... :D

    That's beyond my techhie knowledge.

    I'll see if I can get that info off a windows machine and go from there. :)

    Okay... lets take a step back. Before I go into more detail try this. In Finder click Go>Network
    254532.png
    Does your NAS appear here?

    Both your Mac and your NAS are connected to your home network via your router. You router assigns identification numbers to them called IP addresses. This is normally done automatically by the router with a service called DHCP. Your router will also have it's own IP - or default gateway. You can use this IP to connect to your router and view or edit it's settings.

    Open System Preferences on your Mac and select the Network icon. If you're connected via wifi you should see something like this:
    254530.png
    This tells you the name of your Network and your Mac's IP address on that network (note this is not your IP on the internet, just on your home network).

    Now we need to find your router's IP. In that same System Preferences window click Advanced and select the TCP/IP tab and you'll see something like this:
    254531.png
    As you can see my Router address is 192.168.1.1
    If you type this number, including the periods, into your webbrowser you'll be brought to your router's configuration page. In this case my UPC router:
    254533.png

    You'll need to know your router's username and password to do anything here. Usually if you've never been here before it'll be set to what ever the default is. You'll have to google for your specific router.

    Once you're in you can look around for a list of connected devices.
    Once you've found this you have the IP address of your NAS. You can now do what I said in the previous post.

    This IP may have changed since last time which is why your Mac can't find it. Once you've got this number, put it into your browser. Here you'll see a similar kind of setup. You'll again need to know your NAS unit's login details and from here you can do various things like set up shared etc. Have a look if you can set a hostname. Then you can add the NAS with the hostname rather than the IP.


  • #6
    Cerbera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭Cerbera


    Thanks

    I'm as far as logging on to the router but I've got to locate the u/n and p/w for it.

    To be continued ....

    :)


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  • #7
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,548 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    It's possibly written on the router or in the documentation that came with it. It may even be simply blank.

    Also the IPs of devices typically increment from the routers. So if your router is 192.168.0.1 other devices will be 192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.3 etc. So you could try a few and see if they work.

    Also I presume you've rebooted everything?


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