Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet

I would welcome advice on getting my Vista Home Premium PC to talk to
my Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet. I have come to a dead end
with Ximeta support.

Both my Win2K PC and WinXP laptop can access the drive via Ethernet
and USB, but the Vista PC can access it only via USB.

Thanks,
Teffy

http://www.ximeta.com

You'll have to be more specific. I have XP, 2K and Vista machines here. My two
Vista machines talk to the my three Ximeta NDAS drives just fine. I'm using
3.20.1521 for my NDAS client software on Vista. I see no difference in
operation between Vista and XP in that regard.

What SPECIFIC problem do you have when you try to access the drive from Vista?

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:33:32 -0700, WGSGNUAYHTTE@spammotel.com wrote:

>I would welcome advice on getting my Vista Home Premium PC to talk to
>my Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet. I have come to a dead end
>with Ximeta support.
>
>Both my Win2K PC and WinXP laptop can access the drive via Ethernet
>and USB, but the Vista PC can access it only via USB.
>
>Thanks,
>Teffy
>
>http://www.ximeta.com

John Will
Microsoft MVP - Networking

I connected the NetDisk via Ethernet directly to my Vista PC and
booted. The NDAS Device Management icon says the device is
"Offline". I deregistered the device and then registered again, it
searched for the
device, and said "You have successfully registered the device.
However,
the device is not found and cannot be connected at this time. Please
check
the connection." I got the same result when connecting to the Vista
PC
with Ethernet via the router.

On Aug 24, 7:38 am, Gunrunnerjohn <nob...@world.com> wrote:
> You'll have to be more specific. I have XP, 2K and Vista machines here. My two
> Vista machines talk to the my three Ximeta NDAS drives just fine. I'm using
> 3.20.1521 for my NDAS client software on Vista. I see no difference in
> operation between Vista and XP in that regard.
>
> What SPECIFIC problem do you have when you try to access the drive from Vista?
>
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:33:32 -0700, WGSGNUAYH...@spammotel.com wrote:
>
> >I would welcome advice on getting my Vista Home Premium PC to talk to
> >my Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet. I have come to a dead end
> >with Ximeta support.
>
> >Both my Win2K PC and WinXP laptop can access the drive via Ethernet
> >and USB, but the Vista PC can access it only via USB.
>
> >Thanks,
> >Teffy
>
> >http://www.ximeta.com
>
> John Will
> Microsoft MVP - Networking

I connected the NetDisk via Ethernet directly to my Vista PC and
booted. The NDAS Device Management icon says the device is
"Offline". I deregistered the device and then registered again, it
searched for the device, and said "You have successfully registered
the device. However, the device is not found and cannot be connected
at this time. Please check the connection." I got the same result when
connecting to the Vista PC with Ethernet via the router. I am using
NDAS Software version 3.20.1523

In case there are clues within, here is what I did with the other OS/
connection combinations:

On my WinXP laptop, where no NetDisk software had been installed, I
plugged in the NetDisk via USB. A message popped up with a sound
indicating a new device. Under "Computer Management, Disk Management,"
it said "ST350063 0A USB Device Not Initialized 465.75 GB Unallocated"
I followed the instructions here http://www.ximeta.com/files/nd_winmanual_us.pdf
in the User Manual For Windows 2000/XP to format, initiallize, and
partition the disk. I created a small text file on the disk.

I connected the NetDisk via Ethernet directly to my Win2K PC and
booted. I used the NDAS Device Management icon to mount it, and read
the small text file. Then I tried going through the router, and was
able to read the small text file again.

I plugged the NetDisk into my Vista PC via USB, and was able to read
the small text file I had created.




On Aug 24, 7:38 am, Gunrunnerjohn <nob...@world.com> wrote:
> You'll have to be more specific. I have XP, 2K and Vista machines here. My two
> Vista machines talk to the my three Ximeta NDAS drives just fine. I'm using
> 3.20.1521 for my NDAS client software on Vista. I see no difference in
> operation between Vista and XP in that regard.
>
> What SPECIFIC problem do you have when you try to access the drive from Vista?
>
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:33:32 -0700, WGSGNUAYH...@spammotel.com wrote:
>
> >I would welcome advice on getting my Vista Home Premium PC to talk to
> >my Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet. I have come to a dead end
> >with Ximeta support.
>
> >Both my Win2K PC and WinXP laptop can access the drive via Ethernet
> >and USB, but the Vista PC can access it only via USB.
>
> >Thanks,
> >Teffy
>
> >http://www.ximeta.com
>
> John Will
> Microsoft MVP - Networking

Hmm... I never did anything special, I formatted all three of my Ximeta NDAS
drives using XP, and was using them actively when Vista came along. All I did
with Vista is load the drivers onto the Vista machines, enter the keys for the
drives, and connect to them.

I'm not even sure where to begin. :-) Have you considered dropping back to the
version of the drivers I'm using, since I know for sure they work on at least
one Vista installation.

If you can't find the previous version and want it, I could email it to you...


On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:56:32 -0700, WGSGNUAYHTTE@spammotel.com wrote:

>I connected the NetDisk via Ethernet directly to my Vista PC and
>booted. The NDAS Device Management icon says the device is
>"Offline". I deregistered the device and then registered again, it
>searched for the device, and said "You have successfully registered
>the device. However, the device is not found and cannot be connected
>at this time. Please check the connection." I got the same result when
>connecting to the Vista PC with Ethernet via the router. I am using
>NDAS Software version 3.20.1523
>
>In case there are clues within, here is what I did with the other OS/
>connection combinations:
>
>On my WinXP laptop, where no NetDisk software had been installed, I
>plugged in the NetDisk via USB. A message popped up with a sound
>indicating a new device. Under "Computer Management, Disk Management,"
>it said "ST350063 0A USB Device Not Initialized 465.75 GB Unallocated"
>I followed the instructions here http://www.ximeta.com/files/nd_winmanual_us.pdf
>in the User Manual For Windows 2000/XP to format, initiallize, and
>partition the disk. I created a small text file on the disk.
>
>I connected the NetDisk via Ethernet directly to my Win2K PC and
>booted. I used the NDAS Device Management icon to mount it, and read
>the small text file. Then I tried going through the router, and was
>able to read the small text file again.
>
>I plugged the NetDisk into my Vista PC via USB, and was able to read
>the small text file I had created.
>
>
>
>
>On Aug 24, 7:38 am, Gunrunnerjohn <nob...@world.com> wrote:
>> You'll have to be more specific. I have XP, 2K and Vista machines here. My two
>> Vista machines talk to the my three Ximeta NDAS drives just fine. I'm using
>> 3.20.1521 for my NDAS client software on Vista. I see no difference in
>> operation between Vista and XP in that regard.
>>
>> What SPECIFIC problem do you have when you try to access the drive from Vista?
>>
>> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:33:32 -0700, WGSGNUAYH...@spammotel.com wrote:
>>
>> >I would welcome advice on getting my Vista Home Premium PC to talk to
>> >my Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet. I have come to a dead end
>> >with Ximeta support.
>>
>> >Both my Win2K PC and WinXP laptop can access the drive via Ethernet
>> >and USB, but the Vista PC can access it only via USB.
>>
>> >Thanks,
>> >Teffy
>>
>> >http://www.ximeta.com
>>
>> John Will
>> Microsoft MVP - Networking
>

John Will
Microsoft MVP - Networking

I found the older driver here
http://www.ximeta.com/web/support/d...1521_us_x86.zip
so I uninstalled 1523 and installed 1521. I had to repair Windows
because it wouldn't boot (I think that happened with 1523 also). The
boot after the repair generated several "found unidentified hardware"
messages and couldn't find a driver. In Device Manager, I see five
"unknown devices" under "Other Devices." Ignoring that for the moment,
I registered the NDAS drive via the NDAS Device Management icon in the
system tray. I connected the powered on drive directly via Ethernet,
but NDAS Device Management still says the drive is "offline." Fooey.
Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Teffy

On Aug 27, 7:47 am, Gunrunnerjohn <nob...@world.com> wrote:
> Hmm... I never did anything special, I formatted all three of my Ximeta NDAS
> drives using XP, and was using them actively when Vista came along. All I did
> with Vista is load the drivers onto the Vista machines, enter the keys for the
> drives, and connect to them.
>
> I'm not even sure where to begin. :-) Have you considered dropping back to the
> version of the drivers I'm using, since I know for sure they work on at least
> one Vista installation.
>
> If you can't find the previous version and want it, I could email it to you...
>
>
>
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:56:32 -0700, WGSGNUAYH...@spammotel.com wrote:
> >I connected the NetDisk via Ethernet directly to my Vista PC and
> >booted. The NDAS Device Management icon says the device is
> >"Offline". I deregistered the device and then registered again, it
> >searched for the device, and said "You have successfully registered
> >the device. However, the device is not found and cannot be connected
> >at this time. Please check the connection." I got the same result when
> >connecting to the Vista PC with Ethernet via the router. I am using
> >NDAS Software version 3.20.1523
>
> >In case there are clues within, here is what I did with the other OS/
> >connection combinations:
>
> >On my WinXP laptop, where no NetDisk software had been installed, I
> >plugged in the NetDisk via USB. A message popped up with a sound
> >indicating a new device. Under "Computer Management, Disk Management,"
> >it said "ST350063 0A USB Device Not Initialized 465.75 GB Unallocated"
> >I followed the instructions herehttp://www.ximeta.com/files/nd_winmanual_us.pdf
> >in the User Manual For Windows 2000/XP to format, initiallize, and
> >partition the disk. I created a small text file on the disk.
>
> >I connected the NetDisk via Ethernet directly to my Win2K PC and
> >booted. I used the NDAS Device Management icon to mount it, and read
> >the small text file. Then I tried going through the router, and was
> >able to read the small text file again.
>
> >I plugged the NetDisk into my Vista PC via USB, and was able to read
> >the small text file I had created.
>
> >On Aug 24, 7:38 am, Gunrunnerjohn <nob...@world.com> wrote:
> >> You'll have to be more specific. I have XP, 2K and Vista machines here. My two
> >> Vista machines talk to the my three Ximeta NDAS drives just fine. I'm using
> >> 3.20.1521 for my NDAS client software on Vista. I see no difference in
> >> operation between Vista and XP in that regard.
>
> >> What SPECIFIC problem do you have when you try to access the drive from Vista?
>
> >> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:33:32 -0700, WGSGNUAYH...@spammotel.com wrote:
>
> >> >I would welcome advice on getting my Vista Home Premium PC to talk to
> >> >my Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet. I have come to a dead end
> >> >with Ximeta support.
>
> >> >Both my Win2K PC and WinXP laptop can access the drive via Ethernet
> >> >and USB, but the Vista PC can access it only via USB.
>
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >Teffy
>
> >> >http://www.ximeta.com
>
> >> John Will
> >> Microsoft MVP - Networking
>
> John Will
> Microsoft MVP - Networking

Sorry to say, other than contacting Ximeta and complaining, no.

I also didn't see any issues requiring repairing windows after the installation
on either my Vista Ultimate machine or my laptop with Vista Home Premium. I
just installed the drivers and configured the drives. All went as expected...

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:14:34 -0700, WGSGNUAYHTTE@spammotel.com wrote:

>I found the older driver here
>http://www.ximeta.com/web/support/d...1521_us_x86.zip
>so I uninstalled 1523 and installed 1521. I had to repair Windows
>because it wouldn't boot (I think that happened with 1523 also). The
>boot after the repair generated several "found unidentified hardware"
>messages and couldn't find a driver. In Device Manager, I see five
>"unknown devices" under "Other Devices." Ignoring that for the moment,
>I registered the NDAS drive via the NDAS Device Management icon in the
>system tray. I connected the powered on drive directly via Ethernet,
>but NDAS Device Management still says the drive is "offline." Fooey.
>Any other ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Teffy
>
>On Aug 27, 7:47 am, Gunrunnerjohn <nob...@world.com> wrote:
>> Hmm... I never did anything special, I formatted all three of my Ximeta NDAS
>> drives using XP, and was using them actively when Vista came along. All I did
>> with Vista is load the drivers onto the Vista machines, enter the keys for the
>> drives, and connect to them.
>>
>> I'm not even sure where to begin. :-) Have you considered dropping back to the
>> version of the drivers I'm using, since I know for sure they work on at least
>> one Vista installation.
>>
>> If you can't find the previous version and want it, I could email it to you...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:56:32 -0700, WGSGNUAYH...@spammotel.com wrote:
>> >I connected the NetDisk via Ethernet directly to my Vista PC and
>> >booted. The NDAS Device Management icon says the device is
>> >"Offline". I deregistered the device and then registered again, it
>> >searched for the device, and said "You have successfully registered
>> >the device. However, the device is not found and cannot be connected
>> >at this time. Please check the connection." I got the same result when
>> >connecting to the Vista PC with Ethernet via the router. I am using
>> >NDAS Software version 3.20.1523
>>
>> >In case there are clues within, here is what I did with the other OS/
>> >connection combinations:
>>
>> >On my WinXP laptop, where no NetDisk software had been installed, I
>> >plugged in the NetDisk via USB. A message popped up with a sound
>> >indicating a new device. Under "Computer Management, Disk Management,"
>> >it said "ST350063 0A USB Device Not Initialized 465.75 GB Unallocated"
>> >I followed the instructions herehttp://www.ximeta.com/files/nd_winmanual_us.pdf
>> >in the User Manual For Windows 2000/XP to format, initiallize, and
>> >partition the disk. I created a small text file on the disk.
>>
>> >I connected the NetDisk via Ethernet directly to my Win2K PC and
>> >booted. I used the NDAS Device Management icon to mount it, and read
>> >the small text file. Then I tried going through the router, and was
>> >able to read the small text file again.
>>
>> >I plugged the NetDisk into my Vista PC via USB, and was able to read
>> >the small text file I had created.
>>
>> >On Aug 24, 7:38 am, Gunrunnerjohn <nob...@world.com> wrote:
>> >> You'll have to be more specific. I have XP, 2K and Vista machines here. My two
>> >> Vista machines talk to the my three Ximeta NDAS drives just fine. I'm using
>> >> 3.20.1521 for my NDAS client software on Vista. I see no difference in
>> >> operation between Vista and XP in that regard.
>>
>> >> What SPECIFIC problem do you have when you try to access the drive from Vista?
>>
>> >> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:33:32 -0700, WGSGNUAYH...@spammotel.com wrote:
>>
>> >> >I would welcome advice on getting my Vista Home Premium PC to talk to
>> >> >my Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet. I have come to a dead end
>> >> >with Ximeta support.
>>
>> >> >Both my Win2K PC and WinXP laptop can access the drive via Ethernet
>> >> >and USB, but the Vista PC can access it only via USB.
>>
>> >> >Thanks,
>> >> >Teffy
>>
>> >> >http://www.ximeta.com
>>
>> >> John Will
>> >> Microsoft MVP - Networking
>>
>> John Will
>> Microsoft MVP - Networking
>

John Will
Microsoft MVP - Networking

On Aug 19, 3:33 pm, WGSGNUAYH...@spammotel.com wrote:
> I would welcome advice on getting my Vista Home Premium PC to talk to
> my Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet. I have come to a dead end
> with Ximeta support.
>
> Both my Win2K PC and WinXP laptop can access the drive via Ethernet
> and USB, but the Vista PC can access it only via USB.
>
> Thanks,
> Teffy
>
> http://www.ximeta.com

I had the same problem. I solved it by shutting down my Vista PC,
along with all of the other computers that had access to the drive,
and then rebooting. It worked.

On Aug 30, 12:48 am, jeffr...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Aug 19, 3:33 pm, WGSGNUAYH...@spammotel.com wrote:
>
> > I would welcome advice on getting my Vista Home Premium PC to talk to
> > my Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet. I have come to a dead end
> > with Ximeta support.
>
> > Both my Win2K PC and WinXP laptop can access the drive via Ethernet
> > and USB, but the Vista PC can access it only via USB.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Teffy
>
> >http://www.ximeta.com
>
> I had the same problem. I solved it by shutting down my Vista PC,
> along with all of the other computers that had access to the drive,
> and then rebooting. It worked.

Well, I've tried that several times. If the drive is running and
connected via Ethernet (directly or via the router), NDAS Device
Management says the drive is "offline." What a waste of time and
money!

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:48:43 -0700, jeffrosn@gmail.com wrote:

>On Aug 19, 3:33 pm, WGSGNUAYH...@spammotel.com wrote:
>> I would welcome advice on getting my Vista Home Premium PC to talk to
>> my Ximeta NDAS external drive via Ethernet. I have come to a dead end
>> with Ximeta support.
>>
>> Both my Win2K PC and WinXP laptop can access the drive via Ethernet
>> and USB, but the Vista PC can access it only via USB.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Teffy
>>
>> http://www.ximeta.com
>
>I had the same problem. I solved it by shutting down my Vista PC,
>along with all of the other computers that had access to the drive,
>and then rebooting. It worked.

That's my RX for having issues getting R/W access to the drives, but the
inability to access them at all isn't simply powering off and on.
John Will
Microsoft MVP - Networking