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Mike1289
Mar 23, 2016Aspirant
SMB Shares on Windows 7 Not allowing More than one connection at a time
I have a ReadyNas 104 and I need to have control of 2 shares from my windows 7 computer at the same time. eventually I will need more than 2 shares mounted to drive letters but I can't get past 1 at ...
Mike1289
Mar 23, 2016Aspirant
Ok fixed it i think
it is possible to login to 2 shares with the same credentials HOWEVER
what I did to get it to work .......... i think
I changed ownership of the shares to Admin2
Then under files I had to Reset Permissions
Then using the command prompt I was able to mount both shares to different drives.
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C:\Windows\System32>net use w: \\192.168.1.5\BackupShare /user:Admin2 123456
The command completed successfully.
C:\Windows\System32>net use z: \\192.168.1.5\Recorded-TV
The command completed successfully.
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when you execute the first command to mount a share you use your username and password then on the second share you do not use your username and password.
If you find you mount a share after changing the ownership to a parent like I did .. Admin2 .. and you can't see files you have to reset permissions and that will do a unix command to let the new owner see the files.
and you should get
C:\Windows\System32>net use
New connections will be remembered.
Status Local Remote Network
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OK X: \\192.168.1.7\BackupShare Microsoft Windows Network
OK Z: \\192.168.1.7\Recorded-TV Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.
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Next
I get to see if kodi can still see my files when using TVUser as the User.. should be fun.. should probably work .. i hope.
StephenB
Mar 23, 2016Guru - Experienced User
There is a windows workaround which lets you use two credentials.
Windows treats the NAS IP address as a different machine from the NAS Name. So you can use different credentials for the IP address if you want.
- mdgm-ntgrMar 24, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
There is a blog post on this: Using Multiple Credentials in Windows
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