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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...
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.
Actually, my problem is reversed: ReadyNAS can not discover the Windows 10 PC. To answer your questions though, in Win10 SMB 1.0 is turned on and discovery is turned on; on Win10 view of the network, both the PC and the ReadyNAS can be seen.
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