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Dec 06, 2019

ReadyNas not visible to computers on the network

Most of the time my ReadyNAS is not visible to other computers on the network. It is visible to RaidAr. I have seen something if I tried to allow the ethernet address to pass through the firewall on ...

schumaku

Guru - Experienced User

Dec 06, 2019

Sorry, no certificates involved on these protocols required firewall settings.

What kind of computer and firewall are you talking of here? WIndows 10 does nicely configure the firewall when configured for a private network, allowing the NetBIOS host announcement (broadcast based), the NetBIOS name resolution (broadcast based, too), and the SMB 1.0 transport protocol to work - nothing to fine tune.

Raidar does make use of another, but also broadcast based discovery protocol.

Tom2B
Guide
Dec 07, 2019
I am running Windows 10 on the computers. Using Firefox I was able to login the the NAS after overriding the warnings not to procede. If I look at settings and devices the NAS shows up under Other devices but if I am looking at the list of network connections in the Windows Explorer the NAS isn't listed. I still can't access the files on the NAS.
- schumaku
  Guru - Experienced User
  Dec 07, 2019
  Windows 10 - business as usual:
  
  SMB 1.0/CIFS Client feature enabled?
  Network Status - Private Network?
  No 3rd party Internet "Security" **** in place?
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 07, 2019
    schumaku wrote:
    
    SMB 1.0/CIFS Client feature enabled?
    
    Network Status - Private Network?
    
    No 3rd party Internet "Security" **** in place
    
    Yes. Do check "turn windows features on and off" and make sure that the SMB 1.0/CIFS client is installed.
    
    Also check the Windows network classification (which should be private). If you do have internet security software installed, try disabling it.
    
    Also, ignore the network list for now, and try entering \\nas-ip-address in the Windows File Explorer address bar. Use the real NAS IP address of course - and be careful on the slash direction. If you use // you will launch your browser.