Airport + Mac Mini + NAS

Hi all
I have a Mac Mini connected to my network via an Airpot. This is on the range 10.x.x.xxx.
I want to connect a NAS drive to the Mini via the ethernet port (of cause).
When I use the 10.x.x.xxx range for the ethernet port on the Mini and attempt to change the IP of the drive to that range I then can't log onto the drive.
If I use DCHP for both the Mini and drive it works fine but it's in the range 169.xxx.xxx.xxx.
Is it possible to run the ethernet in the same range as the Airport port?
And if I do that will the NAS hanging on the Mini be able to be seen by the rest of the network?
Regards
Tim

If you're using two interfaces on the same machine (e.g. the wired ethernet and the AirPort link) at the same time, they can not be in the same subnet. This means you can't use the same 10.x.x.x range on both interfaces at the same time.
As a result, to connect the NAS to the Mini via ethernet you will have to use a different subnet. This can either be a subnet you set (e.g. 192.168.x.x) or self-assigned (the 169.254.x.x you have right now).
As for other network clients seeing the NAS you have three options.
One is to have the Mini re-share the volumes (Mini mounts the NAS, clients mount the Mini). This does defeat the main purpose of using a NAS since it's only seen by one client.
Option two is to setup the Mini as a router to route between the wired and wireless networks. You'd need to add a static route to each client telling them how to get to the NAS (via the Mini's wireless address), but it could be done.
Your third option is to re-architect your network which may or may not be easy, depending on your setup. You can plug a hard drive directly into some AirPort Base Stations, for example, and have the base station act as the NAS.
You might also connect the NAS to a switch on the wired-side of your base station.
There may also be other options you could consider.

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