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Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

anna_arun
NETGEAR Expert

NFS Path for Windows Application

Hi , I have to give a NFS path to my application to store data on to the ReadyNAS 516 . What is the default path to enter to access the path ?
Tried /c/sharename ... Does not work . Had enabled NFS on the options tab .
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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

Under System > Volumes in the Dashboard you will see the name of your data volume. The default name is "data". I think if you have enabled NFS on a share the path would just be "sharename" though.
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anna_arun
NETGEAR Expert

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

Will it be /data/sharename ?
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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

Well you would be sharing the share sharename over NFS not the entire data volume, so I would try "sharename" (no quotes)
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StephenB
Guru

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

Of course you also need to have an NFS client installed on the Windows machine. It isn't installed by default.
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anna_arun
NETGEAR Expert

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

One of the IP Camera has option to record to a NFS Path , Camera console asks for the the same and when i test connection , it does not connect .
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StephenB
Guru

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

Perhaps the IP camera vendor can give you some help on the path syntax it wants.

There are several possibilities. One is nfs://server/sharename (per RFC 2224)
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vandermerwe
Master

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

Realise this is a bit of an old post, but I have discovered that OS 6 behaves differently to 4.2.x with respect to nfs paths:
I have a Dune HD media player that is accessing video files on a Readynas Ultra 6 plus using this syntax:

nfs://ipaddressofnas:/sharename:/pathinshare

With NFS on OS6 on a 316, this syntax was not successful at reaching the relevant files.
The syntax I need to use is:

nfs://ipaddressofnas:/c/sharename:/pathinshare

For some reason the volume label is required, even though nfs is enabled for the share and access rights are identical to my Ultra6+
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jmirabil
Aspirant

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

I thought you solved my issues with this:
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With NFS on OS6 on a 316, this syntax was not successful at reaching the relevant files.
The syntax I need to use is:

nfs://ipaddressofnas:/c/sharename:/pathinshare

For some reason the volume label is required, even though nfs is enabled for the share and access rights are identical to my Ultra6+
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But my 316 Readynas on OS 6 wont take this syntax or anything close.. wierd---any other suggestions??? I'd like to use NFS ; I have SMB wokring, but NFS should be much faster....
and I am using a Dune HD media player, hence why I thought you had the exact syntax I needed...
I am asked for a
servername
and a
sharename
separately, if it matters...
THx!
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StephenB
Guru

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

The syntax is for the dune, not the NAS.
There is a mistake - the default volume name is data, not c.
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jmirabil
Aspirant

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

You're exacttly right.. thanks! Dune HD player is working with ip address in top field, and /data/sharename in the second field - perfect. Works via udp and TCP, whether the NFS share is set to read only or R/W.
Incidentally this is exactly what Eric in Netgear Customer Support told me to do in a parallel inquiry - thx all.
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vandermerwe
Master

Re: NFS Path for Windows Application

Yes. I changed my volume name to c, default is data , sorry.
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