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anna_arun
Jul 02, 2013NETGEAR Expert
NFS Path for Windows Application
Hi , I have to give a NFS path to my application to store data on to the ReadyNAS 516 . What is the default path to enter to access the path ?
Tried /c/sharename ... Does not work . Had enabled NFS on the options tab .
Tried /c/sharename ... Does not work . Had enabled NFS on the options tab .
11 Replies
- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredUnder System > Volumes in the Dashboard you will see the name of your data volume. The default name is "data". I think if you have enabled NFS on a share the path would just be "sharename" though.
- anna_arunNETGEAR ExpertWill it be /data/sharename ?
- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredWell you would be sharing the share sharename over NFS not the entire data volume, so I would try "sharename" (no quotes)
- Of course you also need to have an NFS client installed on the Windows machine. It isn't installed by default.
- anna_arunNETGEAR ExpertOne of the IP Camera has option to record to a NFS Path , Camera console asks for the the same and when i test connection , it does not connect .
- Perhaps the IP camera vendor can give you some help on the path syntax it wants.
There are several possibilities. One is nfs://server/sharename (per RFC 2224) - vandermerweMasterRealise this is a bit of an old post, but I have discovered that OS 6 behaves differently to 4.2.x with respect to nfs paths:
I have a Dune HD media player that is accessing video files on a Readynas Ultra 6 plus using this syntax:
nfs://ipaddressofnas:/sharename:/pathinshare
With NFS on OS6 on a 316, this syntax was not successful at reaching the relevant files.
The syntax I need to use is:
nfs://ipaddressofnas:/c/sharename:/pathinshare
For some reason the volume label is required, even though nfs is enabled for the share and access rights are identical to my Ultra6+ - jmirabilAspirantI thought you solved my issues with this:
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With NFS on OS6 on a 316, this syntax was not successful at reaching the relevant files.
The syntax I need to use is:
nfs://ipaddressofnas:/c/sharename:/pathinshare
For some reason the volume label is required, even though nfs is enabled for the share and access rights are identical to my Ultra6+
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But my 316 Readynas on OS 6 wont take this syntax or anything close.. wierd---any other suggestions??? I'd like to use NFS ; I have SMB wokring, but NFS should be much faster....
and I am using a Dune HD media player, hence why I thought you had the exact syntax I needed...
I am asked for a
servername
and a
sharename
separately, if it matters...
THx! - The syntax is for the dune, not the NAS.
There is a mistake - the default volume name is data, not c. - jmirabilAspirantYou're exacttly right.. thanks! Dune HD player is working with ip address in top field, and /data/sharename in the second field - perfect. Works via udp and TCP, whether the NFS share is set to read only or R/W.
Incidentally this is exactly what Eric in Netgear Customer Support told me to do in a parallel inquiry - thx all.
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