Has anyone been successful in using one of these new NAS devices to stream media to the PS3? I recently purchased a CAND3002 2TB system and one of the preconfigured options allows me to place multimedia files into a certain directory that is supposed to provide services for a PS3. I am just not sure why the PS3 is not finding the server itself. The NAS uses DHCP and is registered in my internal DNS; is there a way to manually insert an IP address or DNS name into the PS3?

The NAS itself was a great buy and works wonderfully. It can do either RAID 1 or 0 and has the capability of encryption, user\group management, and even a built in BT client. There is also something about connecting to Itunes\Ipod, but I use neither.

Would love to hear if anyone else has used this brand of NAS.

Jeff

DHCP can change IP addresses that are assigned to a device.

To be able to reach a Server you typically need a STABLE pointer / way to address it. Your NAS should be assigned a static IP.

Sorry, I didn't really make my DHCP comment very clear. I reserved a specific IP address in the scope that is assigned to the MAC of the NAS. I can get to it from all other systems on my network, but the PS3 is causing me the headache. Perhaps the NAS box is not completely compliant with that DLNA standard and is not advertising it the way it needs to.

Thanks for the reply

A static IP is not required for a UPnP client to find a server. UPnP defines a discovery protocol that devices use to find each other, and discovery messages that are exchanged to learn device capabilities. It would be totally retarded for a family of protocols created for consumer electronic devices to require static configuration before they would work with each other.

As far as why your PS3 can't find the UPnP server on your NAS, I have no idea. It could be that the server isn't running, or an incompatibility with the PS3, or something blocking access. There are free tools you can use to find and examine UPnP devices on your network, like "My Network Places" on Windows, or the UPnP browser that is a hosted project on Google Code (download of alpha available). But these tools never find every UPnP server on my network reliably, while my PS3 finds all of them reliably.

Thanks for that bit of information. I did setup Tversity on another machine and the PS3 found it just fine. I also did not setup that NAS box as a UPnP device. The FAQ says I can just setup the array and use its built in media folders to drop data in and the PS3 will be able to browse the folder structure. However, I believe there is an option to set it up using UPnP. Perhaps I will give that a try, but if all else fails, Tversity works by adding the NAS folders in the available libraries to share.

I appreciate the feedback!

Jeff