I just obtained a RN314, as I just want to store files from my Windows 10 PC onto a NAS. So installed, firmware upgraded to 6.6.1, created a 8TB RAID 5 volume, created a share "GBR-DTB", enabled SMB & DLNA, given everyone RW and allowed annoymous access. I can't map as a drive, and whilst I can browse to and Read the folder in File explorer, I can't write...... Bound to be a silly configuration error on my part but I am going round in circles here..... any thoughts?

Using the admin website Accounts/Authentication you might want to check whether the NAS and your windows machines are in the same workgroup. If you need to change this don't forget to reboot nas and windows boxes.

If the ReadyNAS firmware isn't up to date, then try updating it first. Retired_Member wrote: ...you might want to check whether the NAS and your windows machines are in the same workgroup... I don't think that's the issue here, since the W10 system is getting read access in File Explorer. Try using a NAS user account when you map the drive. For instance, you can run CMD and enter net use * /delete net use t: \\nas-ip-address\GBR-DTB /user:admin nas-admin-password Use the real IP address or hostname of the NAS, and the real admin password of course. Be careful on spaces and direction of the slashes. The first command terminates any open network sessions. If if prompts, let it proceed. The second attempts to mount the share to drive letter t. If this works, then create a windows credential for the NAS on the PC (using the Windows Credential Manager). You can use the admin account, or you can create a user account on the NAS for this access, and use that.

I've confirmed they are all in the same workgroup (and rebooted). I still have the issue with file explorer which is not allowing me to write but intrestingly I can copy files to the device using the browser interface....... however a 10GB copy has taken 18 hours so far and is only 6% complete (dual gigabit wired connections on both PC and NAS)........

I think you may have hit the issue on the head here, I will give this a kick when I get home, cheers.

Did you try the commands I suggested?

Ok what am I missing........ Windows 10 wont talk to my NAS314

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Retired_Member
Mar 12, 2017
Using the admin website Accounts/Authentication you might want to check whether the NAS and your windows machines are in the same workgroup. If you need to change this don't forget to reboot nas and windows boxes.
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Mar 13, 2017
  If the ReadyNAS firmware isn't up to date, then try updating it first.
  
  Retired_Member wrote:
  
  ...you might want to check whether the NAS and your windows machines are in the same workgroup...
  
  I don't think that's the issue here, since the W10 system is getting read access in File Explorer.
  
  Try using a NAS user account when you map the drive. For instance, you can run CMD and enter
  
  net use * /delete
  
  net use t: \\nas-ip-address\GBR-DTB /user:admin nas-admin-password
  
  Use the real IP address or hostname of the NAS, and the real admin password of course. Be careful on spaces and direction of the slashes.
  
  The first command terminates any open network sessions. If if prompts, let it proceed. The second attempts to mount the share to drive letter t.
  
  If this works, then create a windows credential for the NAS on the PC (using the Windows Credential Manager). You can use the admin account, or you can create a user account on the NAS for this access, and use that.
  - Retired_Member
    Mar 14, 2017
    I've confirmed they are all in the same workgroup (and rebooted). I still have the issue with file explorer which is not allowing me to write but intrestingly I can copy files to the device using the browser interface....... however a 10GB copy has taken 18 hours so far and is only 6% complete (dual gigabit wired connections on both PC and NAS)........