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Since June 18 cannot map NAS as network drive to Windows 10
I have two Netgear 4 disk RN104s with firmware 6.5.1 (upgraded this monring from 6.5) along with Windows 10 home edition build 10586.420 and up until this last weekend (18 June 2016) I was able to ac...
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At least as a workaround this works, until there is an update/patch from Netgear available to make readynas compatible with Windows 10 credential Manager:
1- Log in the local ReadyNAS via the web browser "https://192.168.1.xx/admin/" and enter your password.
2- Click on the "Shares" on the top grey banner
3- Click on the Gear icon to the right of the folder(s) ("/data", etc.) that needs to be mapped/mounted and select setting.
4- Select Network Access on the top grey banner for the folder.
5- select (checkmark) the "allow anonymous access"
6- Click Apply
You are now all set to map NAS as a network location or drive in Windows 10
On Win 10 you should now be able to use the file explorer, go to "This PC", select Computer from the top file explorer menu, and click "map network drive" or "add a network location". You can then either use the windows network map to navigate to the network drive and assign it to a letter drive ("X:, Y:, Z:" etc.) or you can type the ip address of the NAS followed by the shared folder name ("//192.168.1.xx/data") to map it.
DM
Did that solve the problem?
aks,
Thank you. I had previously tried your suggestion for resetting Windows Credentials Manager following similar instructions (https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/SMB-not-working-any-more-after-6-5-0-upgrade/m-p/1104032#U1104032), but that did not help.
As I mentioned earlier out of frustration I reset the ReadyNAS to factory setting. Of course I wiped out all data too. 10s of TB. I will have to go back to some old backups and recover. But in resetting the ReadyNAS I can reestablish the network connection and drive mapping is working again. Factory reset and wiping data is not an acceptable solution of course, especially if you have large amounts of data and no backup.
So this remains unsolved and it seems like ReadyNAS was at fault not Windows. Perhaps something to do with the SMB protocol. Not sure.
DM
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