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RN202 connection does not accept username/password
Hi, I just started using a new RN202. Setup works fine, Updated to the latest firmware version. I created a folder and want to connect using a drive letter form my Windows 10 desktop.
The first step works fine, it accepts the share name: //Nas2/media/Gebruikers
For the share I switched on SMB and anonymous access
The Windows asks for a "reference" user and password
I tried to:
a) ignore it
b) use the admin username and password
c) create a user,and enter that username/password
tried my windows username (not password protected)
Nothing seems to work. How do I get access? It is nowhere described in a simple way in the software manual.
I want anonymous access without password.
So, not very happy at the moment. This takes far too much time.
Hope someone can help me out.
Thanks in advance.
Rudolf
For some reason it is working now. No idea what went wrong.
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You have the slashes backwards - \\Nas2\media\Gebruikers
It shouldn't need a user account (unless the PC user logon happens to match a user acount on the NAS).
Try running cmd in windows and type
net use * /delete
net use t: \\Nas2\media
That ought to map the media share to the "t" drive letter.
Thanks for answering so fast. Unfortunately this does not solve the problem. I would like to include some screenshots, but it the image options have been grayed, so I will try giving as much detail as possible on what I see:
In the shares tab, I have three shares:
Home folders. Protocols SMB, DLNA, permissions admin (I cannot change the permisions here)
Gebruikers, protocols SMB, permissions anonymous
Backup, protocols SMB, permissions anonymous
Properties for "Gebruikers" Network access tab (SMB):
Security All
User group everyone: Read/write
User group users: no access set (I only can set it to read)
User admin: access read/write
Hosts: nothing set
DFS: nothing set
Advanced: nothing set
Using the commands as you instructed cause following effect:
net use * /delete:
says nothing in use
net use t: \\Nas2\media
requests a user name and password, but does not accept the admin user/password
So what am I missing?
For some reason it is working now. No idea what went wrong.
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