Unable to Map NAS on 2nd NIC in Win 7 Ultimate

[newbie1234]

HI there,

I am having a problem with my Dlink DNS 323 on my Win 7 Ultimate. I have 2 nic on my system. 1st one is 100mbps built in on my motherboard, this nic is connected to my router for internet usage.

My 2nd NIC is a 1000mbps PCI card. I want to connect my DNS 323 on this nic. But i am having problems access it. I do not know why.

My DNS 323 works fine if i plug it into my router i can map it using its default IP 192.168.0.32

When I plug my DNS to my 2nd NIC card. I used a Static IP which is 192.168.1.1 with subnet mas 255.255.255.0 with no gateway.

Why am i unable to Map my Drives in Win 7. Im able to ping my NAS but just unable to Map it.. May i know how can i fix this problem?

 

[newbie1234]

HI guys,

I have set the IP for my NIC to 192.168.1.1 and my NAS to ip 192.168.1.2. Im able to Ping and access my Configuration Page in my NAS. But im unable to Map my drive in Win 7. I getting and error mentioning that Network path not found..

 

[aem]

Are you wanting to connect from W7 directly to the NAS?

 

[newbie1234]

Are you wanting to connect from W7 directly to the NAS?

Yes I want to Map my Network Drive from W7 directly...

I do not know why when i try to map \\192.168.1.2\Volume_1 i cant map

I can ping my NAS without any issues.. But why it just doesnt want to map..

 

[aem]

As someone has tried, if you just want to connect from A to B using basically a cross-over cable, you can put in almost any IP. But i would stick with what you have working on your other NIC

What is the ipconfig /all details of that?

 

[newbie1234]

As someone has tried, if you just want to connect from A to B using basically a cross-over cable, you can put in almost any IP. But i would stick with what you have working on your other NIC

What is the ipconfig /all details of that?

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e838:7a22:b85e:ec51%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 318770734
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-D2-10-0D-40-61-86-4A-FA-7E

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f532:8296:2976:9821%12(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.16(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, 11 February, 2010 11:38:15 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, 13 February, 2010 1:39:29 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 255877510
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-D2-10-0D-40-61-86-4A-FA-7E

 

[aem]

So your Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2: is what you want to link with to your NAS?

Edit tcp/ipv4 to be:

192.168.0.20
255.255.255.0
192.168.0.1

These are just numbers.

From your NAS (tcp/ipv4 configure):

192.168.0.21
255.255.255.0
192.168.0.1

Then try the ping test to see if you can ping your NAS.

 

[newbie1234]

So your Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2: is what you want to link with to your NAS?

Edit tcp/ipv4 to be:

192.168.0.20
255.255.255.0
192.168.0.1

These are just numbers.

From your NAS (tcp/ipv4 configure):

192.168.0.21
255.255.255.0
192.168.0.1

Then try the ping test to see if you can ping your NAS.

Yes Local Lan 2 is my NIC thats linked to my NAS.. May I know why am i using the Gateway Ip that is the same for my router? Could you explain this pls? Thanks

 

[newbie1234]

So your Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2: is what you want to link with to your NAS?

Edit tcp/ipv4 to be:

192.168.0.20
255.255.255.0
192.168.0.1

These are just numbers.

From your NAS (tcp/ipv4 configure):

192.168.0.21
255.255.255.0
192.168.0.1

Then try the ping test to see if you can ping your NAS.

I have set the IPs to wat you had mentioned on both sides. Pinged and able to receive reply perfectly. When i try to map from Win 7 it doesnt want to Map? Why does my Local Area Connection 2 shows Unidentified Network

 

[aem]

The default gateway theoretically should be your first machine of your immediate network. It should be assigned the first IP available which is, in your case 192.168.0.1. Your router, although is not a computer, still needs an IP address. From your ISP/modem, the router is the first device on the network.

Sometimes manually assign IP thru the NICs can take time to work. Just press F5 to refresh.

 

[aem]

You are mapping from W7 to NAS? How are the shares created on the NAS, can you detail?

 

[newbie1234]

You are mapping from W7 to NAS? How are the shares created on the NAS, can you detail?

The Share is labeled as Volume_1.

So i be mapping like this \\192.168.0.21\Volume_1

To test out my NAS if its indeed working i plugged it into my Router and Im able to map it straight away from Win 7 without any issues.

But when i plug my NAS to my 2nd NIC and try mapping with the setting you gave, i cant.. ::confused

 

[aem]

Well seeing you are able to connect thru the router, would this be off your onboard NIC? or are you attaching the 2nd NIC to the router as well?

If you can ping fine from the 2nd NIC, i can't see why you are not able to map drive, whilst there is no issues using the 1st NIC.

 

[newbie1234]

Well seeing you are able to connect thru the router, would this be off your onboard NIC? or are you attaching the 2nd NIC to the router as well?

If you can ping fine from the 2nd NIC, i can't see why you are not able to map drive, whilst there is no issues using the 1st NIC.

My onboard NIC is used to connect to my Router for my Internet.

I have a 2nd NIC which is PCI card attached to my PC and Im trying to attach my NAS to this NIC..

I also do not know why its so strange in Win 7, since last time when i was on XP i didnt have such an issues accessing my NAS on my 2nd NIC.. Only when i moved on to Win 7. Is there any Security Policies that I need to edit etc to enable to Map my Drives?

 

[aem]

I know you have the PCI card as the 2nd NIC, but my question was when you said you plugged the NAS to the router, did you also plugged the PCI NIC to the router as well? you are basically have two NICs attach the router. If so, can you unplugg the onboard NIC and just use the PCI NIC to the router. See if this works?

 

[newbie1234]

I know you have the PCI card as the 2nd NIC, but my question was when you said you plugged the NAS to the router, did you also plugged the PCI NIC to the router as well? you are basically have two NICs attach the router. If so, can you unplugg the onboard NIC and just use the PCI NIC to the router. See if this works?

I do not get you.. My PCI card stay in my PC.. What i did to test was plugging my NAS lan cable into my Router.

Since my onboard NIC is connected to my router im able to access my NAS through it.

I'll give a try like wat you mentioned and see..

 

[aem]

You have onboard NIC (ethernet port 1), PCI card NIC (ethernet port 2). So you have two ports for your PC. You would then have two ethernet cables coming out of your PC, correct?

Don't tell me you only have 1 ethernet cable and that was for the onboard NIC ... lol

 

[newbie1234]

I know you have the PCI card as the 2nd NIC, but my question was when you said you plugged the NAS to the router, did you also plugged the PCI NIC to the router as well? you are basically have two NICs attach the router. If so, can you unplugg the onboard NIC and just use the PCI NIC to the router. See if this works?

I did what you mentioned.. I cant access my Internet when i plug in my 2nd NIC sine its in Static IP so i cant map it to..

So I set it to Automatic Detection for IP and im able to access internet and also Map my Network drive..

 

[newbie1234]

You have onboard NIC (ethernet port 1), PCI card NIC (ethernet port 2). So you have two ports for your PC. You would then have two ethernet cables coming out of your PC, correct?

Don't tell me you only have 1 ethernet cable and that was for the onboard NIC ... lol

Lol.. 2 cables..

 

[aem]

You don't don't need to have internet access to map to the NAS from the PCI card NIC.

When you said you set to auto detect, which NIC did you do it for?