follow the instructions on the dns323 wiki site for vista (i.e.I 'm not sure if this is 100% needed but I have a dns server and I did it. assign a static IP address to the dns-323 (this means you have to have a local dns server).upgrade formware to 1.03 (its on dlink support site).Here is the sequence of steps before it started working. (look under 'Share not accessible after reboot'). Most likely the instructions on the DNS 323 wiki site did the trick (this is the last one I tried). I was able to get it to work based on info found on Google. I was going to call them but decided to try a few more things found on Google. A couple of emails to dlink support did not help. I had a similar problem accessing DNS-323 (firmware 1.03) from Vista Business on a Dell Vostro laptop. Not sure this is the most elegant approach but it worked for me - Good luck!! Repeat the mapping as required, for any sub-folder paths you wish to have as drive letters, eg. Since doing this, I've been able to access fully from both Vista & XP machines. Manually enter your chosen static IP address & path to it, in the form.īingo, up it comes.

Instead of browsing for the DNS-323 HDD (which doesn't appear in the available list), So, I thought static IP addresses made some sense and rolled out to all the other hardware on the network, including DNS-323.Īt this point, I still couldn''t 'find' the HDD on the DNS-323 but now I could manually map the HDD: I know the system should be able to sort itself out with dynamic IP addresses but haven't got time to explore this fully as I've got too many other (Vista) issues to fix. The result of this was that sometimes the printer would talk, sometimes not, as IP addresses were swapped around all over the place. Sometimes the printer got its correct address, sometimes the laptop got there first, and so on. Otherwise, using default dynamically served IP addresses, every time I powered up the router, IP addresses would be changed depending on power-up sequence. Whilst trying to get an ethernet networked printer (Konica Minolta 2530DL) up & running, I discovered that I had to assign a static IP address and reserve same on wireless router (Netgear DG834).

D-link dns 323 software