That connection would be via mDNS, called Bonjour on the Mac, which allows for communication without an IP address. You could try http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-COMMON/RAIDar_6.4.0.dmg <http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-COMMON/RAIDar_6.4.0.dmg> which is NetGear’s utility for finding NAS drives on a network.
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