If you are struggling to make NS-347 work with Windows 7, read on:

First use the Vista tip by Michael Foster (search for his posting on this page, dated 25th Jan 2007) to change LAN Manager authentication level.

You’ll probably be unable to browse the NAS folder name (share), so type the full path in to Windows Explorer e.g: \\192.168.1.100\Foldername
(Note instead of Foldername type the name of the folder you are trying to access)

When the Windows Security box pops up, for “User name” enter the address ONLY, e.g. \\192.168.1.100 and for “Password” enter the folder password.

Windows 7 seems quite finicky and sometimes when trying to re-browse a previously successful folder, logon can fail.
In this case try entering \guest\Foldername and password to get back in.

No doubt the cause is Windows 7 beefed up security model, which the NS-347 was not designed for.

Alternatively, option 3 suggested by Benjamin of plugging the NAS in to the USB port of a supported router is probably the easiest method. The O2 Broadband Box IV supports external USB devices in this way.

Lastly, this technique also works on the ATMT HD-363N NAS (bought in my local Maplin shop, on offer).

Hopefully the above is of use :-)

First use the Vista tip by Michael Foster (search for his posting on this page, dated 25th Jan 2007) to change LAN Manager authentication level.

You’ll probably be unable to browse the NAS folder name (share), so type the full path in to Windows Explorer e.g: \\192.168.1.100\
(Note instead of type the name of the folder you are trying to access)

When the Windows Security box pops up, for “User name” enter the address ONLY, e.g. \\192.168.1.100 and for “Password” enter the folder password.

Windows 7 seems quite finicky and sometimes when trying to re-browse a previously successful folder, logon can fail.
In this case try entering \guest\ and password to get back in.

No doubt the cause is Windows 7 beefed up security model, which the NS-347 was not designed for.

Alternatively, option 3 suggested by Benjamin of plugging the NAS in to the USB port of a supported router is probably the easiest method. The O2 Broadband Box IV supports external USB devices in this way.

Lastly, this technique also works on the ATMT HD-363N NAS (bought in my local Maplin shop, on offer).

Hopefully the above is of use :-)

JIM mentions :

……”Firmware version V01R03,
Platform Win XP service pack 2, FAT32
Drive 400gb….”

Q1 What is Firmware version V01R03, it only reference this to a AGESTAR NAS, I am confused, does that firmware possibly work on this type of NAS drive too???? ANYONE!!

But one question, do you update the bootloader via the web interface?

I’ve managed to update the firmware, but the bootloader always stays on V69.

The ViperNAS interface is great as well. Many thanks.

Tony.

1) Install FTPDrive ( http://www.killprog.com/fdrve.html ), disable the SMB function on the landisk and use FTPDrive to map the FTP function of the drive to a Windows drive letter (note that this may involve a lot of fiddling about with FTPDrive advanced settings like timeouts/retry attempts etc).

2) Give up, use the FTP function – it’s faster too. I used the Filezilla client for quite some time ( http://filezilla-project.org/ )

3) If you have the Landisk attached to an ADSL router buy a router that has a USB storage option. I recommend the Netgear DGND3300v2 – not DGND3500 which I hear has problems. I have the DGND3300v2, and added the Landisk (using 250GB hd) as a USB drive to the router and now get a solid reliable download throughput of 2-2.5 MByte/s. This basically avoids using the SMB capabilities of the drive itself and tells the router to behave like a (slow) PC with a USB drive attached shared on the network. Note I don’t know if this drive is compatible with other brands/types of routers.

Hope this helps someone.

Did somebody figure how to us Sleep while on USB connected