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Author Topic: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!  (Read 26507 times)

ohlarikd

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No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« on: June 21, 2010, 07:12:56 PM »

I have no idea what my IP Address is for my DNS-321.  I only have MACs in my household, and Easy Search does not run on MAC.  I have guessed at quite a few addresses, and I can't find it anymore - must have switch IP Addresses on a power failure.

I give up - how can I get to my DNS-321 web utility so I can configure it if I do not know its IP Address?

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ohlarikd

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2010, 07:15:29 PM »

I should add that I can see the NAS in MAC Finder and I can read and write files to it.  Maybe there is a way to find the address with some MAC utility, or find it with a hostname of some sort?

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2010, 10:36:24 AM »

I should add that I can see the NAS in MAC Finder and I can read and write files to it.  Maybe there is a way to find the address with some MAC utility, or find it with a hostname of some sort?

Derek


If you see the hostname dlink-xxxxxx (which are the last 6 digits of your mac address), you should be able to simply go to safari and type http://dlink-xxxxxx in order to get to the web configuration.
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ohlarikd

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2010, 10:50:20 AM »

If you see the hostname dlink-xxxxxx (which are the last 6 digits of your mac address), you should be able to simply go to safari and type http://dlink-xxxxxx in order to get to the web configuration.


Thanks for the reply.  I am not at home right now to check.  Do you know where I can find the hostname for the Dlink NAS?  I can see the NAS in Finder as an object, but I don't recall if Hostname is in the Info pane.

Also - why is there no Easy Search application for the MAC at this time? 

Thanks,

Derek
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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2010, 10:54:47 AM »

Truthfully, there's no reason you need the EasySearch, just find the NAS on the network and login to it's web based setup.
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ohlarikd

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2010, 11:24:35 AM »

Truthfully, there's no reason you need the EasySearch, just find the NAS on the network and login to it's web based setup.

True, except I don't know the IP Address of the NAS.  That is why i need to figure out IP Address or Host Name.  Easy Search would have done that I assume.  So if someone knows another way, let me know - great!

My dumb airport express does not list IP Addresses of connected devices that are plugged into the ethernet ports.


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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2010, 01:17:38 PM »

Use SuperScan to list all the devices on the network: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/Misc-Networking-Tools/SuperScan.shtml
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ohlarikd

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2010, 01:53:35 PM »

Use SuperScan to list all the devices on the network: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/Misc-Networking-Tools/SuperScan.shtml


That is a Windows tool.  I couldn't find a MAC version.... maybe there is one, but I can't find it.

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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2010, 02:16:50 PM »

Oops!  Sorry, forgot we were dealing with a Mac. :)

Maybe you need a Windows machine. :D  It's pretty lame that your router doesn't allow you to find the connected TCP/IP devices.

Try nmap http://nmap.org/download.html or the Angry IP Scanner http://www.angryip.org/w/Home
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ohlarikd

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2010, 04:19:48 PM »

Oops!  Sorry, forgot we were dealing with a Mac. :)

Maybe you need a Windows machine. :D  It's pretty lame that your router doesn't allow you to find the connected TCP/IP devices.

Yes, Apple does a lot of cool things, but they also have their fair share of really idiotic things.  Some things they make super easy, and other times unnecessarily complicated.  Arg.
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ohlarikd

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2010, 07:01:15 PM »

Oops!  Sorry, forgot we were dealing with a Mac. :)

Maybe you need a Windows machine. :D  It's pretty lame that your router doesn't allow you to find the connected TCP/IP devices.

Try nmap http://nmap.org/download.html or the Angry IP Scanner http://www.angryip.org/w/Home

Success with NMAP!  Thanks!  I can log into it now. 


Derek

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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2010, 06:02:23 AM »

That's good. :)
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emanoyhl

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2010, 04:36:23 PM »

ummm all routers show what's connected to it with ip addresses

???

usually it's 192.168.1.1 - or 0.1 - for dlink/linksys/airport express

you can look at what's connected to your router from your router's ui config page...

next time, make your dns-321 a static ip so you won't forget it...

plus - when you go into the dns-321 object, other than volumes is the web_page folder, inside is an html file - that'll take you to your dns-321 config page (aka ip number)

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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2010, 04:43:11 PM »

ummm all routers show what's connected to it with ip addresses
Nope.  The DHCP table only shows devices that have a DHCP lease, not statically addressed devices.
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Re: No Easy Search app for MAC, can't find my NAS!
« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2011, 05:44:29 PM »

HOW thats what question!!
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