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ummjay
Aspirant
May 30, 2017
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readynas cant create mapped drive to root

hi all-   driving me crazy here. i cant seem to create a mapped drive to the root of my readynas since i've moved apartments.   i've tried the below: Try these steps.   1. Open CMD and use net...
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    ummjay
    Jun 01, 2017

    thanks all . seemed i figured it out somehow . once i opened the port on my firewall, and got a replacement router from my provider, it just worked.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
May 30, 2017
Sandshark wrote:

It should work, assuming you are not already using another set of credentials for another share on the NAS. 

Which is what the net use * /delete prevents.

ummjay's avatar
ummjay
Aspirant
Jun 01, 2017

thanks all . seemed i figured it out somehow . once i opened the port on my firewall, and got a replacement router from my provider, it just worked.

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    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 01, 2017
    ummjay wrote:

    thanks all . seemed i figured it out somehow . once i opened the port on my firewall, and got a replacement router from my provider, it just worked.

    You are using SMB over the internet?  That is a bad idea.

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