Problems setting up LAN static IP

My Cloud OS 3 Personal & Network Attached Storage My Cloud EX4
#1

Hi,

I am trying to set up a static IP for my My Cloud EX4 but it keeps on coming up with an error when I try to use the IP assigned by my router.

When I use the dashboard to modify the IP address (via the Settings/Network/Network Services/IPv4 Network Mode - change from DHCP to Static) I get the following error when I try assign the IP which has been automatically assigned by the router. i.e. the My Cloud IP is 192.168.0.6 but when I try to assign the same IP statically I get: The IP address input is the broadcast address for the set subnet mask and cannot be used. Enter a valid combination of the IP address and subnet mask.

The other settings are:

Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway IP Address 192.168.0.1
DNS Server1 192.168.0.1
DNS Server2 127.0.0.1

any advice would be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Bob

#2

Hello there,

Try to use google DNS’s on the second DNS server “8.8.8.8” instead of “127.0.0.1”.

Hope this helps

#3

it would be preferred to use a DHCP reservation for the NAS. that is sort of a static ip. DHCP but it always gets the same IP. I would not use a static IP on the EX4.