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Space-Fire
Nov 01, 2015Aspirant
Readynas 314 will not appear under Network in Windows 7 explorer only appears under Storage
Readynas 314 will not appear under Network in Windows 7 explorer only appears under Storage.
I have tried the \\nasname\sharename approach (not sure if caps make any difference) and I get aske...
- Nov 09, 2015
Ok so for the benifit of others and to assist this community, here is the solution (and a link with many other fixes for this problem)
I take no credit for this I'm only reposting it to be of help to others.
By: cam_joo Thursday, February 05, 2015 4:39 AM
Anyone setting up a NAS for the first time might have the same problem that I found myself with. Client for Microsoft Networks and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks has to be installed on one the network connections. It will be installed to all network connections automatically.
To make sure you have these items installed Open Network and Sharing Center. Select Change Adaptor Settings. Right click Properties on the network connection you are using. On the Networking tab there should be a list of items installed to the network connection.
If Client for Microsoft Networks and File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks are missing from the list, click install and install them. One is in Client and one is in Service I think.
Once the items are installed you should see the NAS. You might need to reboot.
Thank you all for the help.
SF
Space-Fire
Nov 01, 2015Aspirant
I should add that the reason I need direct network acess NOT web acess to the drive is I need to save a file larger then the size of my system disk (a disk image file from a second drive) to my NAS.
Otherwise I would just upload the file from my desktop.
Thanks,
JJ
mdgm-ntgr
Nov 01, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Have you tried connecting via I.P. rather than via the hostname?
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