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My Windows 10 PC not seen by ReadyNAS
My Windows 10 PC is not discoverable by my ReadyNAS backup device but can be seen by another Windows 10 on the same local network. Perhaps a related issue is that when creating a backup, the ReadyNAS app can connect to my PC if I specify its IP address, but not if I specify its hostname, e.g. KMH810, in which case Test Connection returns "Error is connecting to folder" Code: 7077010020. Of course, since the PC IP address is dynamically allocated by my router, and hence not fixed, it is preferable for Ready NAS to use the hostname rather than the IP address.
Most routers support address reservation - which would result in your NAS getting a consistent IP address. I'd do that first.
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Most routers support address reservation - which would result in your NAS getting a consistent IP address. I'd do that first.
OK, I have done that. However, I was hoping to use the hostname explicitly, which would be a more general and elegant solution.
A correctly configured Windows 10 system should be able to discover a current ReadyNAS Build using WSD (WS Discovery), and do the name resolution.
Some legacy NAS - what doesn't apply to the decent ReadyNAS OS 6 systems - require the CIFS/SMB 1.0 Feature (at least client, sometimes also server) enabled, the Windows 10 system is supposed to discover and resolve the name to IP address.
Is Network Discovery enabled in your Win 10 Network settings? If a Win 10 system is dynamically configure to a public network, none of this might work Changing happens by entering \\[NAS-LAN-IP-address] - Windows would challenge you to change the mode.
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