During the startup of the Redboot Bootloader, your NAS has the IP 192.168.2.71. It's staticly written in your Bootloader. Assign a 192.168.2.X IP-Address to your NIC and start the telnet command while you press the powerbutton on your NAS. Good luck! JERKBALL Von: nas-2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nas-2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Default User Gesendet: Sonntag, 30. September 2007 13:27 An: nas-2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: [nas-2000] Re: NAS-2000 Bootloader problem? Hello Tom, When i tried use flashstart with router and dynamic nas ip, i receive error that port 9000 are closed, When i tried flash start directly PC->NAS (without router), program did not reach nas :/ So i want to know do i need serial cable to upgrade firmware to tinky?