Georg
Sorry, I needed to take a day away from it. No offense taken here, learning as we go along. Like I said I feel like I am missing something basic.
I am using a licensed copy of NASLite+ CD version 1.5 I believe (just downloaded 2 weeks ago).
Performed everything as you explained. Everything is green/yellow. Successful, Registered Active, Normal. I have two discs installed and they are green and Successful as well.
I checked the router and DHCP is enabled. The router IP is xxx.xxx.1.1 and the netmask is 255.255.255.0
The starting IP is xxx.xxx.1.100
So, I am wanting to set the IP address for the NAS box to something between xxx.xxx.1.1 and xxx.xxx.1.100 correct? Can it be any number within that range? Single digits? (Sorry not very experienced with networks, enough to be dangerous you know).
If I ping the IP address for the NAS box I get "Cannot find server"
If I ping the loopback it works fine I get everything back.
One other note, I am now using a laptop from work connected to the network wireless, and I am getting the same errors.
I don't believe any of the computers are set up on a domain. They are all part of the same workgroup. I have also set the NAS box to that workgroup.
Now, looking at my router. Anything about port forwarding, gateway mode, QoS. It just seems more that coincidental that all three computers with varying versions of XP are experiencing the same type of error. My router is a Linksys wireless with speed booster. Also, I have the NAS box wired into a Linksys switch.
WAIT A SECOND! ':shock:'
While I was going through all of this I decided to take the switch and the short cat 5 cable that I was using out of the picture and plugged in directly to the router. VIOLA!!! IT WORKS.
Now, is it the switch or the cable? I think I have tried plugging into the router with the short cable before bypassing the switch so I am thinking it is the cable. I read something in one of the other posts about a crossover cable. Could this be the case, How can I tell if it is a crossover or not.
Thanks everyone for your patience!! Take it easy on me
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