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wfriedwald

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I have a MAC with a NAS drive attached - I am trying to find out the IP address - I tried this command with the following result, but I do NOT know which of these is the NAS drive. Help!


Last login: Thu Jul 3 12:43:37 on console
willfriedwald@Wills-Air ~ % arp -a
cr1000a.mynetworksettings.com (192.168.1.1) at ac:91:9b:eb:6f:6d on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
cr1000a.mynetworksettings.com (192.168.1.1) at ac:91:9b:eb:6f:6d on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
nas326 (192.168.1.157) at 7c:77:16:92:78:96 on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
nas326 (192.168.1.157) at 7c:77:16:92:78:96 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.164) at 38:54:39:58:f0:98 on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.255) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.255) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
mdns.mcast.net (224.0.0.251) at 1:0:5e:0:0:fb on en7 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
mdns.mcast.net (224.0.0.251) at 1:0:5e:0:0:fb on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
broadcasthost (255.255.255.255) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
willfriedwald@Wills-Air ~ %

help! yes!

w
 
Your router has a list of connected devices, does it not? The NAS would appear in this list.
 
thank you - so next question, yes, I do have a NETGEAR network hub - that's the hardware router - how do I get the IP addresses from that? thanks for the feedback!

w
 
Usually 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1

Based on your arp -a output, your NAS drive is clearly identified by its hostname nas326

nas326 (192.168.1.157) at 7c:77:16:92:78:96 on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
nas326 (192.168.1.157) at 7c:77:16:92:78:96 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]

First ping 192.168.1.157
Then, 'Go' > 'Connect to Server ' and add 'smb://192.168.1.157'.

If you type this http://192.168.1.157 in the browser, you'll see the NAS Admin login UI
 
I use the app "IPScanner" which will show me the IP address of everything on my network, including the NAS. Then rather than type the IP address into a browser, I just access it through IPScanner.

(I didn't get IPScanner for that purpose...but it works well.)
 
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