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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...
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
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
NAS discovery (e.g., identfying the NAS and putting it in the right place on the windows left pane) is often problematic - and I know of no sure-fire fix.
However, SMB/CIFS access should be working anyway. Generally you don't want to have a share name on the NAS with the same name as one of your Windows PCs, If you've created a NAS account, you can add a credential with that account for the NAS in the Windows Credential Manager.
Try this:
Open CMD on windows
net use * /delete
net use t: \\nasipaddress\data /user=admin password
and see if that maps the data volume on the NAS to drive letter T on the PC.
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