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Recommissioning Old ReadyNas as Music server - RAIDar cannot find device on Network
[Not sure if the device listed above is accurate as my device has RND4000-200EUS on the product label]. Hi I have an old Ready Nas device wich has my music library on it. It hasn't been used for ...
Thanks again I think I'm kinda there now... I couldn't get 'admin' to work so I tried 'Guest' with no password and it accpeted it.. It's now updating music folders... so hopefully that means I can try playing some music shortly..
Thank you so much for your help.. I would never have figured this out on my own... Merry Christmas!!
Richard
PS it's working :0)
I've managed to get the Web dashboard.. so progrress.. thank you
I'm now trying to connect my Sonos app and I'm using the following directory path \\nas-A0-8E-21(CIFS)/media/Music/iTunes
Can you tell me whether this path configuration looks correct as Sonos is saying its unable to add the music share..
Thanks
Richard
Catalystv12v wrote:
I'm now trying to connect my Sonos app and I'm using the following directory path \\nas-A0-8E-21(CIFS)/media/Music/iTunes
Can you tell me whether this path configuration looks correct as Sonos is saying its unable to add the music share..
There are a few things here.
(a) Is the hostname of the NAS actually nas-A0-8E-21(CIFS) ? I'm thinking that it doesn't actually include the (CIFS) part. So try removing that.
(b) You are also mixing \\ and /. Some applications are ok with that, but I suggest using just \. For example \\nas-A0-8E-21\media\Music\iTunes
If that fails the same way, try using the NAS IP address instead of the hostname.
(c) The actual share name here appears to be "media". Music is a subfolder in the share, and iTunes is a subfolder of Music. Many applications require just the sharename, and can't handle a path inside the share. I don't know if Sonus is one of them or not. You might need to reorganize the NAS so that the iTunes folder is it's own share.
FWIW, Sonos only can handle 65535 music tracks in a share. If you have an extensive music library, you might exceed that limit.
more progress..
I've restructured the path name as suggested.. Sonos is now giving the following error which seems to be password related..
I'm using the same admin pswd that I used to acces the web dashboard... is there another password that I need?
Thanks again for your help with this !!
error message from Sonos application
Catalystv12v wrote:
more progress..
I've restructured the path name as suggested.. Sonos is now giving the following error which seems to be password related..
I'm using the same admin pswd that I used to acces the web dashboard... is there another password that I need?
Setting the user name to admin, and using the NAS admin password should give access.
Maybe double-check that this was entered correctly. If it is, then perhaps try accessing only the share (removing the /Music part).
Thanks again I think I'm kinda there now... I couldn't get 'admin' to work so I tried 'Guest' with no password and it accpeted it.. It's now updating music folders... so hopefully that means I can try playing some music shortly..
Thank you so much for your help.. I would never have figured this out on my own... Merry Christmas!!
Richard
PS it's working :0)
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