NAS & Apple Airport Extreme [Can't find NAS]

maillme · Jul 2, 2015

Hello,

- I have an Apple Airport Extreme and a Buffalo TeraStation 4400D.
- I have NAS Navigator2.
- I have the NAS plugged in to one port on the Airpot Extreme
- I have my iMAC plugged into another port on the airport extreme
- Both with straight through network cables

Nas navigator can not see the NAS unit. Can someone direct me with how to set this up (apologies I have very limited networking experience) so that I can see it?

I suspect that maybe I need to somehow set some manual IP's - but not sure if I can do this on the NAS unit as I cant access it.....

This worked for me before using my ISP / Wireless router but now I have the airport extreme " between" them (the mac and NAS),

any help is greatly appreciated
Neil

jsmithepa · Jul 2, 2015

You mean you got BOTH plugged into a LAN port correct? and do you see the GREEN LED light up on both ports? and which box is doing DHCP? because the Extreme too needs to "see" the DHCP.

maillme · Jul 2, 2015

thanks for reply jsmith,

I'm not sure where DHCP is - I think this is on the airport extreme, right? http://i61.tinypic.com/2weihpw.png

the Airport Extreme has green light on front and green lights on back where both cables are plugged in.

thanks again,
Neil

jsmithepa · Jul 2, 2015

maillme :

That png only says the base station has obtained an address but it doesn't tell me WHERE it obtained it from, which is important, because, for practical purposes, there should be ONE DHCP server in your network, otherwise devices will get confused. Go to your other devices and make sure everybody have a UNIQUE IP address, in the same range 192.168.1.x.

the Airport Extreme has green light on front and green lights on back where both cables are plugged in.

The front green like just means the router is working normally, I wanted you to look at the lights (plural) on the back. Should look like this:

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maillme · Jul 3, 2015

Jsmith,

thanks again for your response.

OK, so I gues my DHCP is on the ISP wifi router - I connect via wifi to this, then the airport extreme extends this network - as its not in a location to get a cabled connection. However the airport extreme is near by both my iMAC and the NAS (i was want to use this to get them connected to each other).

I wanted you to look at the lights (plural) on the back. Should look like this:

As per my previous post, the Airport Extreme has green light on front and green lights on back where both cables are plugged in.

Thanks again, very much appreciated.
Neil

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