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I am looking for technical advice about home NAS server set

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i am looking for technical advice about home NAS server set up. I think i have a DNS/Subnet issue as I have moved house and can't see my servers properly ( ican map a drive to one of them) on the new set up..the new provider is BT and was previsouly Virgin. Is this something you deal with?
JA: What device or product does this involve?
Customer: QNAP and Buffalo servers and BT home Hub 2
JA: Who makes your router?
Customer: BT
JA: What have you tried so far?
Customer: trun it off an on (do that first)...looked at the contrioal panels of all devices, updated the firmware, checked the IP addresses, looked at the DNS (can't see the subnet on BT)...its driving me nuts!
JA: Anything else you want the Network Expert to know before I connect you?
Customer: can they help me - i don't wnat to pay for soemthing they cant fix
Submitted: 10 days ago.
Category: Networking
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
hello?
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
anyone there or shall i go? :(
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

Hello and welcome to JustAnswer, I’m Tauseef, a Technology Expert with JustAnswer and I am a Computer Science graduate, I have over 15 years of experience in this field and have helped thousands of customers.

I’m sorry to hear you're having trouble with your home NAS. I know that can be frustrating. Hopefully, we can get this resolved quickly.

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
my name is steve
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

Hi Steve, let's deal with QNAP first. What model of NAS do you have? Please share.

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
Hi Sorry - I have to take a phone call - are you OK to wait for a moment - My apologieshad to happen now :(
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

Yeah sure, no problem, let me know when you are ready.

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
Sorry - i can tyrp in the background :)
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
type (with spelling errors!)
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

No problem, if I do not respond quickly then I will do it when I am back at my desk but I will keep your question open until it is resolved.

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
Hi there - back now :0
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
Are you available?
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
Cheers
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

hello again, yes I am here. 

Let's deal with QNAP first. What model of NAS do you have? Please share.

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
its a 55pro+
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
sorry 556 pro+
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
I have spoken with Qnap and they advised a reset to clear the old network setting to allow it to gather the new DVCP setting etc.
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
I have done that with all servers. (both QNAP's and the Buffalo)
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

And do you get any errors? How are you connecting it? I see that this model has a LAN port, can you connect directly with it using a LAN cable?

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
previsouly i had updated the firmware on the main QNAP server and the Qfinder software. I can see this server via an IP address and mapped drive, but i cannot see it in windows file manager.
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
its all directly cabled
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
via netgear gigabit switches
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
I have a hard wired network and a wifi mesh network. I just cant see the NAS servers properly
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

Sure, for testing purpose I am saying if you can get your laptop to directly connect using a LAN cable and then see if it works, this way we will know if issue is at switches or routers.

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
Ok two mins
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
if i disconnc=ect this machine ill lose this call
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

Your question will remain open but why would you disconnect?

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
hang on - lets be sure we are talking the same thing. the pc i am on right now is connected to the BT home hub via a wired connection. That is then connected to a network switch that allows the 3 servers to connect to the lan
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
i dont wnat to unplug the network cable from the PC im am on or i will lose you
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
otherwise evertyning should be connected correctly.
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

OK, I thought you are on a laptop and using WIFi so you can also use the LAN Cable.

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
i can see the sever as mapped drive. i cannot see the server listed under network on Windows file manager and I cannot see the two other servers at all
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
nope. i am on a desktop
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

Your question will remain open - You can ask me anytime by visiting this link, https://www.justanswer.com/computer/expert-techexperttz/

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
I am avoinding using wifi for to connect and manage the servers
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
thanks
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

OK, as you have just moved so I am assuming all devices have been restarted atleast once?

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
oh yes :)
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
rest
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
reset
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
Firmware and updates applied to the one server I can see via the IP address
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
the others are not visible
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

Can you confirm the model? it is 556?

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
556 Pro+
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

This model is not listed on QNAP - there is TS-559 Pro+

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
sorry...I'm a bit stressed with it. Yes, of course it is my mistake
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
Appologies
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
i also have malwarebytes installed, but that has never been a blocker (o far)
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

No problem, I will now work on this.

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
Its a TS 559 Pro+ - just checked
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

Please follow the steps on page 12 in the attached file and report back the result.

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
Hi - yes thanks. I spoke with QNAP Technical support this morning. There is no hardware fault and its a LAN communication issue somewhere in the settings. I previously had fixed IP addresses. I then reverted them back to automatically obtaining a DNS Server address and allocating an IP address bhich it seems to have done
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
I can use the QNAP "Qfinder" software to explore the server and I can map a network drive, but I CANNOT see the server in Windows File explorer
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
that means i cannot see the required folder in applications like Adobe Lightroom
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
I also cannot see the other QNAP NAS server or the Buffalo NAS server.
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

You would need to map the drive again as the IP address has changed, also if you were using static before then you need to turn on DHCP and make sure dynamic IP is allocated or assign the static IP again.

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
is that helping expalin the problem?
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

Did you follow all the steps on the page - I am sharing the photo here again -

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
thanks - we went throuugh this with QNAP. Still no joy unfortunately. It appears the autosetting gets the DHCP address automatically I have just looked through every tab on the QNAp again and can't find the one they listed in the image you sent. However, it has had a full reset
Customer: replied 10 days ago.
hey, im a bit lost now. is this something you can fix? cheers :)
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

Can you give me some time to get back to you, I will investigate this further. Can you give me until your morning?

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Customer: replied 10 days ago.
hey, don't worry. its not a major issue. You've been helpful. I'll do some further digging. kind regards, S
Expert:  TechExpertTZ replied 10 days ago.

You are welcome. I hope this works out for you. I will do some more investigation on my end too. Thank you. 

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