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Must enter username/password to access NAS
Hello, I have 3 PC machines running Windows. With 2 of them I do not need to enter an username/password when accessing the network drive through explorer. On one of the machines, which is comple...
There is a tick box in the shares tab on the configure panel, that says 'allow anonymous access' if that is ticked, it should give access to anyone without credentials. I just sorted this out for myself, so perhaps that was the issue for you too.
Yes, the daniel-dator PC will use "daniel" as the user login for the NAS.
So the NAS has two accounts, user and admin.
The PCs are using logons daniel and mari. One has guest access, the other does not.
Start by putting daniel-dator, mari-hp, your third PC and the RN102 into the same workgroup. Also check that the network connection for daniel-dator is classified either public or work.
Then if you are still having issues, either (a) add daniel and mari as users for the NAS. or (b) add the NAS credentials (either admin or user) to the windows credential manager.
So the NAS has two accounts, user and admin.
The PCs are using logons daniel and mari. One has guest access, the other does not.
Start by putting daniel-dator, mari-hp, your third PC and the RN102 into the same workgroup. Also check that the network connection for daniel-dator is classified either public or work.
Then if you are still having issues, either (a) add daniel and mari as users for the NAS. or (b) add the NAS credentials (either admin or user) to the windows credential manager.
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