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perzec
Apr 12, 2012Aspirant
Whatever name i choose for a new share is invalid
I have a strange problem. I just installed my ReadyNAS NV+ v2 and now I'm trying to create a few shares. It seems to be impossible. Whatever name i try for my shares, I get the same reply: "Invalid sh...
e_borri
May 08, 2012Aspirant
perzec wrote: I have a strange problem. I just installed my ReadyNAS NV+ v2 and now I'm trying to create a few shares. It seems to be impossible. Whatever name i try for my shares, I get the same reply: "Invalid share name or illegal characters in name" etc.
No matter what name i choose, the response is always the same, so it can't be that it's reserved names, unless Netgear have gotten incredibly creative in reserving just about every word on the planet. I only use letters, lowercase, so that should not be the problem either.
Any thoughts for what the trouble might be?
While installing my Readynas NV+ V. 2 I run into the same issue.
What I did was removing the default shares to create my own ones but once deleted the default shares, I was unable to create any kind of new share.
I resetted the device to the factory settings then, instead deleting both the default shares I only deleted "BackUp" and I used the "Media" share changing its name and adding the needed users.
This gaved me the possibility to work properly and to add new shares later.
I hope this help!
Ciao
Enzo
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