I have the EX4 20TB. Just typical setup Ethernet connected to my router as well as my PC and laptop has is connected to my private Network via wireless. On two occasion I lost internet access, I immediately lost access to all my files on that EX4. I couldn’t watch anything. Though my EX4 is sitting next to my PC, it seems everything is streaming through internet using my data. If the PC had direct access, losing internet connection wouldn’t paralyze me.
I purchased a WD PR4100 PRO 32TB that I’m supposed to received on Thursday. I don’t want it anymore. I’ll find another way to backup my files to keep them safe until I get a different NAS. I can see all my folders on the Network as long as I have internet access.
I’ll be at work anyway so I won’t be there to receive it but I won’t pick it up. I’ll ask them to return it or I’ll ask them to turn it around back without even out to delivery.
I’ve been without my DSL connection for three weeks. Could someone please explain how I can connect to my EX 4 NAS from my desktop PC without a connection?
I have a basic setup using a modem, which is connected to a router. The NAS is connected to the router.
My PC is a 2014 HP Pavilion 23 with an AMD processor, using Windows 8.1.
I have a software developer background and know just enough about networking to be dangerous.
I have tried running an Ethernet patch cable from the second Ethernet port on the back of the NAS to the Ethernet port on my PC, but I still don’t see the NAS through file explorer.
I’d also like to utilize the dashboard to manage the device until my DSL connection is restored.