network hard drive problem

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Ive recently bought a freecom network hard drive which plugs into the router and apparently you can access it from the web. However im currently having a problem were whenever i try to even access the hard drive from my PC its disconnecting the internet. My router is a linksys if thats anyhelp. Dont know much about networking so if someone could enlighten me I would be grateful.

 

[Chilly]

Sounds rather a lot like the drive is a heap of shit. However, can you plug it directly into your PC? I could imagine a situation where the hdd hasa DHCP server and is fucking things up.

 

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Sounds rather a lot like the drive is a heap of shit. However, can you plug it directly into your PC? I could imagine a situation where the hdd hasa DHCP server and is fucking things up.

can plug it into Ethernet slot on my PC, then my pc cant take an Ethernet cable to the router, so it would be without internet. There's usb slots on the HD but they didn't supply a usb to usb cable...

 

[WPKenny]

It should use the same cable as the one on your printer. Borrow that for a bit.

 

[Kryten]

Nothing to add but I'd very much imagine Chilly's answer about it having it's own DHCP would be the most likely cause.

 

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It should use the same cable as the one on your printer. Borrow that for a bit.

doesn't have any ports for that

 

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Nothing to add but I'd very much imagine Chilly's answer about it having it's own DHCP would be the most likely cause.

Is there anyway around this?

 

[WPKenny]

I've got a different brand NAS drive but it came with a disc that let's you plug it directly from your computer's network port to the NAS drive's and then no matter what IP it is, it will find it and you can re-set whatever stuff you want. Try their website or have a look around the CD that came with it.

 

[Kryten]

Not played with much Freecom stuff I'm afraid so I wont be familiar with it. However there should be some form of settings page on it, so hook it up how you have been and check the documentation on how to get into any configuration page and find and disable any DHCP related options. If you use fixed IP addresses on your home network, give it a fixed IP address.

 

[MYstIC G]

Best suggestion, try their network storage assistant program: [-- Freecom technologies --]                                 

 

[Bodhi]

I would concur, having mutiple DHCP servers on your network can cause all sorts of problems. Turn off the one on the HD and give it a static IP.