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Luminary

Jan 04, 2023

NAS Connection Problem

1. I noticed that my backups from my PC (W11 latest up date - but this started with W10)) to my Netgear ReadyNAS 314 or 316 were failing. The program (Synchback Free) reported that the connection tim...

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Jan 04, 2023

aguden_guden_co wrote:

If I just put \\192.168.1.21 I get file not found as it shows file:\\192.168.1.21. If I put http:\\192.168.1.21 I get the admin login to the device. Same as I'd get by pressing the admin button on RAIDar.

I do see "file" if I enter this in my browser. But not if I use the file explorer address bar

aguden_guden_co

Luminary

Jan 08, 2023

Sorry I took so long to get back. Got sick and was under the weather for a few days.

1. I had not carefully read your response. I did try the IP in the file explorer window and the files come up fine.

2. I signed onto one of the boxes and rebooted. That didn't bring it back. Still no good on the lower left panel of file explorer.

3. Only other clue that I thought is that I do not restart the PC unless there is a real problem but Windows Update does. And that's where I figured out that whatever is happening is as a result of a restart. Then it takes a couple of days for it to come back to normal so maybe something that runs in the task scheduler starts a service or something that "fixes" my problem. I will have to keep some additional ,notes of the times off and on. Maybe the event viewer would have some clues but it is a bit geeky for me.

Sandshark
Sensei
Jan 08, 2023
This is a bit of a common problem with the ReadyNAS and other Linux systems and Windows, except for the fact that yours ever "fixes itself" (mine doesn't). I've never seen a real solution. The work-around is to put the NAS IP address in the hosts file (Google is your friend here). You do have to have the NAS at a fixed IP, which most users want, anyway. And that is better done by reserving the address in your router instead of having the NAS use a static IP.