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Can't Access NAS By Name on a Mac
I've been reading various posts that seem related to my problem, but I haven't come upon one that is exactly what I need. I'm a bit of a newbie to this stuff, so I could be missing something, but hop...
eeyorehoop wrote:
Thank you CrimpOn. My understanding is if I set the Orbi to AP mode, I’ll lose the guest WiFi which I need. Is there an alternate approach I could consider?The Orbi can still broadcast two WiFi names, the primary SSID and the "guest" SSID when in AP mode. You do not lose "guest" by switching to AP mode.
You are on the right track. Because the Mac is on the Orbi's subnet 10.0.0.x and the NAS is on the FIOS subnet 192.168.1.x, the mechanism for sharing "names" doesn't work. The solution is simple: Place the Orbi in Access Point (AP) mode. That way, the FIOS router will assign IP addresses to all devices. The NAS and Mac will be on the same subnet, and the NAS should appear as usual.
Thank you CrimpOn. My understanding is if I set the Orbi to AP mode, I’ll lose the guest WiFi which I need. Is there an alternate approach I could consider?
Connect your NAS to the Orbi system.
eeyorehoop wrote:
Thank you CrimpOn. My understanding is if I set the Orbi to AP mode, I’ll lose the guest WiFi which I need. Is there an alternate approach I could consider?The Orbi can still broadcast two WiFi names, the primary SSID and the "guest" SSID when in AP mode. You do not lose "guest" by switching to AP mode.
Thanks CrimpOn. I had been going by what this list stated, but indeed, guest Wifi does work in AP mode. That did the trick.
