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Login to ReadyNAS Authentication Fails
I can no longer connect to my ReadyNAS 204 over the network from any of my Windows 10 PCs. All I want to do is setup Windows backup to shared folders on the device. This has worked previously but is ...
Mad_Pierre wrote:
Used the admin account
That should have worked (assuming you also entered the correct admin password).
Is the NAS admin password still set to password? The system won't let you map the full volume if you are using the default password.
Does
net view \\nas-ip-address
show you the full share list?
net use gives the same problem. Error:
System error 86 has occurred. The specified network password is not correct.
This happens from multiple windows 10 PCs.
Authentication is set to Local Users and Workgroup name set same on ReadyNAS as PC
Mad_Pierre wrote:
net use gives the same problem. Error:
System error 86 has occurred. The specified network password is not correct.This happens from multiple windows 10 PCs.
Authentication is set to Local Users and Workgroup name set same on ReadyNAS as PC
Did you test this with the NAS admin account? Or did you use different credentials?
Used the admin account
Mad_Pierre wrote:
Used the admin account
That should have worked (assuming you also entered the correct admin password).
Is the NAS admin password still set to password? The system won't let you map the full volume if you are using the default password.
Does
net view \\nas-ip-address
show you the full share list?
Is the NAS admin password still set to password? The system won't let you map the full volume if you are using the default password.That was the issue! Changed the password and now it will accept a password when trying to browse in Explorer and I can see shares etc with admin user!!!
Thank you very much for your help. Knew it had to be something simple!
I've had this working before though? Has this been introduced in an update?
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