System Management
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ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 5.3
a.
In the IPv4 Address field, enter an IP address for your ReadyNAS system that is
valid in your local area network.
For more information, see the documentation that accompanies your router or
your network administrator.
b.
In the Subnet Mask field, enter the subnet mask of your network.
c.
In the Default gateway field, enter the IP address of your gateway device.
In addition, if you enter an IP address manually, you must provide DNS server
information if you want to access your ReadyNAS system over the Internet. For more
information, see
DNS
on page
68.
If the IP address changes, your browser loses its connection to your ReadyNAS
storage system. To reconnect to your ReadyNAS system, launch the RAIDar utility,
click the
Rescan
button to locate the device, and click the
Setup
button to reconnect.
3.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
DNS
DNS is short for Domain Name System. Because IP addresses are a string of numbers, they
are hard to remember. It is easier to remember a name (for example, www.readynas.com)
than a string of numbers when you want to visit a website. A DNS server translates IP
addresses into website names and website names into IP addresses.
You can specify up to three DNS servers in your ReadyNAS storage system.
If you selected the option to assign an IP address automatically when you configured your
Ethernet settings, the Domain Name Server
fields are populated with the DNS settings from
your DHCP server and cannot be edited.
If you selected the option to assign an IP address manually when you configured your
Ethernet settings, you must manually specify the IP addresses of the DNS servers and the
domain name to access your ReadyNAS system over the Internet. Your network
administrator can help you determine your Domain Name Server IP address.
For more information about configuring your Ethernet settings, see
Ethernet
on page
66.
