NDAS on xp64

[Ryan_Chiong]

NDAS (network direct attached storage) cannot detect mediagate MG-35 storage on win xp64??

anyone has solution?

[Dynedain]

Don't think you're going to find an answer on these forums. Not very many of us are using XP64, and of those that are, I doubt that any are using the particular NAS setup you're describing. (I barely even understood what you are asking about)

[Da_elf]

i use win xp 64 but he lost my at the first word

[Ryan_Chiong]

hi guys. ok heres the setup,

our office bought this new NDAS disk storage, its a HDD storage directly connected to a local network via the ethernet.

Problem is, only win 32 bit could detect this Baby but not those systems with XP64 OS installed.

i posted this problem on every tech forum i visit, might also get a chance for answers here.


i myself didnt understand my words posted above. i guess i was just very tired and exhuasted then trying to solve this NDAS problem


/Ryan

[DaForce]

Have you tried contacting the people that make the NDAS?

[Ryan_Chiong]

we had, still waiting for reply though.

[tammo]

i also use network attached storage, the sc 101 from netgear.
i have the same problem: not able to use the drives from x64.
netgear wont release drivers.

the solution is to attach the unit via network to a 32 bit machine and attach it with a shared drive letter.

so if you have to access the drive from a 64 bit OS you will see it if you connect to the 32 bit computer.

i am sure this will work for your unit, too.

[Ryan_Chiong]

Yes it does work, i tried it before, but what we wanted was this drive to be independent from any CPU, being a small server by itself.

we have this MediaGate MG-35, its drivers are developed by Ximeta.

[tammo]

yes, it sucks that you have to run another computer just to make it accessible.
and i think it gets slower, too.

i will get a DNS 323 next.
i asked on another forum and they told me its no problem to use it with x64.

[percydaman]

I dont know what brand of NAS we use here at the office, but we had same issues. We got a replacement eventually that WOULD work. I think we also found that Windows server 64bit worked with the older NAS box I think. Might check into that.

[Ryan_Chiong]

does DNS 323 really work with xp64? is there any reference that states this fact?

[tammo]

i asked that on the DNS hacking forum:

4th entry from the top here:
http://forum.dsmg600.info/t257-Does-...ndows-x64.html

there is no official info from d-link.

[Dynedain]

Any network storage that requires additional drivers on the client computers is a baaad idea (and not suprising that drivers don't exist for XP64).

For future reference, you should buy a NAS device that serves up the files over SMB. That way any computer that can use the SMB standard (any Windows device, OSX, and most flavors of *NIX) will be able to access the files stored on the device.

[Ryan_Chiong]

whats SMB?

[ene.xis]

whats SMB?

what he said.
smb?