Laughing already?
I had DHCP set up for the NAS because that’s the default. This was fine until the Verizon router forgot the DNS entry for the NAS. To restore it, I rebooted the NAS, causing it to ask for an IP again. I’ve restarted the NAS before while Ubuntu had directories mounted from it and it was fine with that. This time, the IP changed and Ubuntu was very unhappy about it. I couldn’t unmount the directories either. A shut down was necessary to restore order.
Now I have the Verizon router, an Actiontec MI424-WR, set to assign it a static IP. This makes sure the IP is in the router’s DNS table without having to edit the clients’ /etc/hosts or use a naming service. To do this, log in to the router as admin and select Advanced -> IP Address Distribution -> Connection List, find the entry for the NAS and click the edit icon to the right. Make sure the NAS’s host name, IP and MAC address are correct and that Static Lease Type is checked.
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