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mr_yogi
Oct 03, 2012Aspirant
Rebuilt Win 7 PC cannot connect to ReadyNAS Duo
Hi, I have a ReadyNAS Duo V1 and it's been working fine for well over a year. I have a number of Windows Vista, 7 and 8 PC's on my network and they can connect to the shares on the ReadyNas without...
mr_yogi
Oct 06, 2012Aspirant
felbus wrote: Hi,
yes, what is the error you see when you type \\nas-xx-xx-xx (replace with your nas hostname)
also, from the command line, type: pushd \\nas-xx-xx-xx
what error do you see now?
then try from command line: net use \\nas-xx-xx-xx readynaspassword /user:readynasusername (thats an already setup readynas user)
if in windows explorer, you go to Network.. what do you see? you should see your pc, plus any other pc's on the network, including the readynas.. you should also an icon that will take you to readynas admin..
From explorer address bar:
\\SCOOBY\media
Windows cannot access \\SCOOBY\media
Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise...
from cmd window:
pushd \\SCOOBY\media
The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.
Same error as above with net use with the password and username.
From Windows Explorer Network view I can see:
Computer(3)
BELLE, AMY, HUGO
Network Infrastructure(1)
BT Home Hub 3.0
Other Devices(1)
BT Home Hub 3.0
Storage(1)
ReadyNAS Duo (SCOOBY)
Right clicking on the ReadyNAS icon allow me to connect to the Front View application via a web browser. On my other PC's (and this one before the rebuild) SCOOBY also appeared under the "computers" section.
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