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Windows 10 keeps forgetting ReadyNas
I have been trying to use an RN212D23-100NES with windows 10 (on an expensive windows 10 laptop) for many months and it has never worked properly. I completely gave up and stopped using it months ago...
Phil99 wrote:
Sorry - when you say referring to it by IP or name, what exactly do you mean ?
Accessing by IP address: Enter \\192.168.0.55 in the Windows File Explorer address bar (being careful on the slash direction).
Accessing by name: Enter \\nas-name using whatever name you set up for the NAS.
Whenever you access by name, Windows begins by discovering the IP address associated with that name. When you access directly by IP address, that step is skipped.
I mean exactly as you describe .... name or IP (address).
Hence the willingness to try addressing them by IPaddress rather than name, because as you say, it skips a redirection step.
Ok everyone. This morning the laptop was slow to start - obviously one of those windows bug-fix updates going on that MS no longer admits to. And then the network and internet stopped. So, I assumed it's probably MS fixing network bugs ..Hmm .. I wonder ... Did a quick update-drivers session (new network card driver installed itself) and bingo! Problem solved. It was, exactly as I suspected, an MS can't-be-bothered-to-fix-it bug all along. I never beleived it was a readynas fault. By the way, I DO still have to use Network Drive Manager because Windows 10 will STILL forget network drives if it is left to manage them itself. Anyway, thanks to all who joined this discussion.
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