Iced Tea wrote:

> I have a Linksys WRT54GL Wireless Router on my network and a Western
> Digital
> My Book World Edition 1TB Network Drive. For some reason after several
> hours (haven't timed it so I don't actually know how long)on the network
> the WD Network drive becomes inaccessible. I sent back the first drive and
> got another one brand new right out of the box and I have the same issues.
>
> Contacted WD Supprt and so far no success on the problem as to why this
> happens. the only way that I can get then network to see the drive again
> is to unplug the power from the back of the WD Network drive. I have an HP
> Officejet that is on the network and I don't have any problems with it.
>
> Anyone familiar with the router and network drive I have? Will taking any
> help at this point.

While this may not resolve your problem it wouldn't hurt to try and
configure the drive for "static" IP and assign it an address on your
network. The reason is that if your DHCP "lease" is expiring the drive
controller may not be reacquiring a new address.

Just a hunch... Good luck.

I know how to manually configure the WD Network Drive for a static IP but
not sure on the router though???

"Bob M" wrote in message
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> Iced Tea wrote:
>
>> I have a Linksys WRT54GL Wireless Router on my network and a Western
>> Digital
>> My Book World Edition 1TB Network Drive. For some reason after several
>> hours (haven't timed it so I don't actually know how long)on the network
>> the WD Network drive becomes inaccessible. I sent back the first drive
>> and
>> got another one brand new right out of the box and I have the same
>> issues.
>>
>> Contacted WD Supprt and so far no success on the problem as to why this
>> happens. the only way that I can get then network to see the drive again
>> is to unplug the power from the back of the WD Network drive. I have an
>> HP
>> Officejet that is on the network and I don't have any problems with it.
>>
>> Anyone familiar with the router and network drive I have? Will taking any
>> help at this point.
>
> While this may not resolve your problem it wouldn't hurt to try and
> configure the drive for "static" IP and assign it an address on your
> network. The reason is that if your DHCP "lease" is expiring the drive
> controller may not be reacquiring a new address.
>
> Just a hunch... Good luck.

"Iced Tea" wrote in message
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>I know how to manually configure the WD Network Drive for a static IP but
>not sure on the router though???
>
> "Bob M" wrote in message
> news:gf7ikc$jh$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Iced Tea wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Linksys WRT54GL Wireless Router on my network and a Western
>>> Digital
>>> My Book World Edition 1TB Network Drive. For some reason after several
>>> hours (haven't timed it so I don't actually know how long)on the network
>>> the WD Network drive becomes inaccessible. I sent back the first drive
>>> and
>>> got another one brand new right out of the box and I have the same
>>> issues.
>>>
>>> Contacted WD Supprt and so far no success on the problem as to why this
>>> happens. the only way that I can get then network to see the drive again
>>> is to unplug the power from the back of the WD Network drive. I have an
>>> HP
>>> Officejet that is on the network and I don't have any problems with it.
>>>
>>> Anyone familiar with the router and network drive I have? Will taking
>>> any
>>> help at this point.
>>
>> While this may not resolve your problem it wouldn't hurt to try and
>> configure the drive for "static" IP and assign it an address on your
>> network. The reason is that if your DHCP "lease" is expiring the drive
>> controller may not be reacquiring a new address.
>>
>> Just a hunch... Good luck.
>
>
Nothing is usually needed to be done at the router except to possibly put a
limit on the maximum number of DHCP address values it can assign. Just make
sure that the fixed IP is not one that the router has permission to assign
using DHCP. In my case I have my router limited to the first 50 address
entries for DHCP starting with 192.168.1.1. Any fixed IP's I assign to
devices like servers or test machines all in the 192.168.1.200 - 254 range.
That way there is never an overlap caused by the router giving out an IP
already in use by a fixed IP device and I still have room to expand the DHCP
range if needed..

I am not sure what to fill in where when setting the static IP on this
network drive. I am so new to networking, I am learning and looking at
getting a book or two to expand my knowledge.

Anyway when I go into the manual configuration on the network drive it asks
the following:

Step #1 - Network Address and Subnet Settings
Network Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Step #2 - Gateway
Gateway: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

DNS Servers: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

NTP Server:


Not sure what goes, but this is my guess bases on what little I have
learned:

Network Address: static IP I would assign to the network
Subnet Mask: I dont know
Gateway: IP address of my router
DNS Servers: I don't know
NTP Server: I don't know

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Carl

"GlowingBlueMist" wrote in message
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> "Iced Tea" wrote in message
> news:VsWRk.2614$e5.1518@newsfe01.iad...
>>I know how to manually configure the WD Network Drive for a static IP but
>>not sure on the router though???
>>
>> "Bob M" wrote in message
>> news:gf7ikc$jh$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>> Iced Tea wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a Linksys WRT54GL Wireless Router on my network and a Western
>>>> Digital
>>>> My Book World Edition 1TB Network Drive. For some reason after several
>>>> hours (haven't timed it so I don't actually know how long)on the
>>>> network
>>>> the WD Network drive becomes inaccessible. I sent back the first drive
>>>> and
>>>> got another one brand new right out of the box and I have the same
>>>> issues.
>>>>
>>>> Contacted WD Supprt and so far no success on the problem as to why this
>>>> happens. the only way that I can get then network to see the drive
>>>> again
>>>> is to unplug the power from the back of the WD Network drive. I have an
>>>> HP
>>>> Officejet that is on the network and I don't have any problems with it.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone familiar with the router and network drive I have? Will taking
>>>> any
>>>> help at this point.
>>>
>>> While this may not resolve your problem it wouldn't hurt to try and
>>> configure the drive for "static" IP and assign it an address on your
>>> network. The reason is that if your DHCP "lease" is expiring the drive
>>> controller may not be reacquiring a new address.
>>>
>>> Just a hunch... Good luck.
>>
>>
> Nothing is usually needed to be done at the router except to possibly put
> a limit on the maximum number of DHCP address values it can assign. Just
> make sure that the fixed IP is not one that the router has permission to
> assign using DHCP. In my case I have my router limited to the first 50
> address entries for DHCP starting with 192.168.1.1. Any fixed IP's I
> assign to devices like servers or test machines all in the 192.168.1.200 -
> 254 range. That way there is never an overlap caused by the router giving
> out an IP already in use by a fixed IP device and I still have room to
> expand the DHCP range if needed..
>

On 11/11/2008 05:14 PM, Iced Tea sent:
> I am not sure what to fill in where when setting the static IP on this
> network drive. I am so new to networking, I am learning and looking at
> getting a book or two to expand my knowledge.
>
> Anyway when I go into the manual configuration on the network drive it asks
> the following:
>
> Step #1 - Network Address and Subnet Settings
> Network Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
>
> Step #2 - Gateway
> Gateway: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> DNS Servers: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> NTP Server:
>
>
> Not sure what goes, but this is my guess bases on what little I have
> learned:
>
> Network Address: static IP I would assign to the network

Make this the same as the former DHCP address for now. In the future,
you may wish to make this /above/ the range of your router's usual DHCP
allotments. Example: 192.168.1.101

> Subnet Mask: I dont know

255.255.255.0 if you were to use the above example.

> Gateway: IP address of my router

192.168.1.1 typically

> DNS Servers: I don't know

On your Windows PC, and from a "CMD" prompt: >ipconfig/all

Pick out the DNS server addresses, in the order given, by your ISP.

> NTP Server: I don't know

Pick a geographical nearby "Stratum 2" Network Time Protocol server.

>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Carl

Best wishes to you Carl.

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