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My ReadyNAS does not show up as a Network Computer
Can someone tell me if the ReadyNAS is supposed to show up as a Network Computer? I can mount it as a Network Drive but no matter what setting I have tried it will not show up as a Network attached computer.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Please have a quick (if you can) look at https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/windows-not-showing-ReadyNAS-name-in-network/m-p/945867.
Although the solution MAY not apply to you, there are lots of pointers and ideas in it.
I am not saying it will give you the solution (although it might), but we don't want to reinvent the wheel again, do we?
Regards and good luck on your quest.
Good night.
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With Win7 and Win10, all mine show up under both the "computer" and the "storage" categories. The ones with DLNA enabled show up again as "media storage".
This is frankly hit-or-miss. A poster this morning had trouble getting them to show up in his network list, but power-cycling his switch resolved it. I created shortcuts on my wife's laptop, just to make sure she had a consistent way to get to the shares she uses.
I'm on my second day of owning the ReadyNAS and I just tried another power cycle but still it's a no show under network computers. The mounted drives work great but I'd love to also have the network places working too. I wonder if an update will fix this in the future? I'll cross my fingers :)
Thanks so much StephenB.
Just to add my 2 pennith ...
With Win7 and Win10, my NAS shows up ONLY under the "storage" category.
I do not believe that I have ever had it show up under the "computer" category.
I do however have a share from the NAS attached as the A: drive on my PC.
If you say which OS you are running, others MAY be able to give a more definitive answer.
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