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Issue with connecting to MYCLOUDEX2ULTRA on ORBI Satellite
I currently have the RBR50 and 2 satellites and a mycloudex2ultra connected via ethernet cable to the RBR50 router. Previously, I never had a problem accessing the share drives on the mycloud. When ...
Yes, when you try to connect via wifi or ethernet on the Satellite, it does not connect to the Mycloud.
When you connect the computer to the Orbi Router by wifi or ethernet it does connect to the Mycloud.
j2boston wrote:Yes, when you try to connect via wifi or ethernet on the Satellite, it does not connect to the Mycloud.
When you connect the computer to the Orbi Router by wifi or ethernet it does connect to the Mycloud.
This pretty much rules out any WiFi settings as part of the problem (or part of the solution).
This scenario being obviously impossible, we need someone with a lot more smarts than I have to explain it.
Sorry
I neglected to ask how the laptop connects to the MyCloud. Is it through an app? By having a drive letter mapped to the MyCloud IP address?
Does this box respond to ICMP (ping) requests?
The laptop connects to the mycloud via a mapped drive. I rebooted the Orbi's and now seems to be working. Thanks for your help!
Hard to take credit for admitting failure. Also, for forgetting the lesson learned in 1981 with the first IBM PC's. "If it's simply not workiing right, use the big RED switch (turn the damn thing off and back on again)."
Have been putting off getting a NAS. Guess the time is coming.