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Connecting NAS to Orbi Satellite
We use Mac and Windows computers in my home. I just bought Orbi Router and Satellite and want to know how to mount a QNAP NAS via Orbi Satellite.
Prior to using Orbi, I was using Apple Extreme and in this case all I used to do was on my Apple iMac, go to Finder>Go>Connect-to-server and input the following: afp://192.168.1.6. This process is however not working when I connect my QNAP to the Orbi Satellite via Ethernet and then on my Apple iMac I go to Finder>Go>Connect-to-server and input the following: afp://192.168.1.6. Am I doing something wrong? Would appreciate any assistance on this.
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Just to clarify the IP address I gave was an example but I would check the actual IP address and input while attempting to connect to the server. Also, in the Orbi tool, it recognizes my NAS and shows it in the list of devices connected.
Yeah, I tried, it still wont connect. I see my NAS in the connected devices list in the Orbi utility but it will not mount as a result of which I cannot access any of the files in the NAS.
WinnerCircle wrote:Yeah, I tried, it still wont connect. I see my NAS in the connected devices list in the Orbi utility but it will not mount as a result of which I cannot access any of the files in the NAS.
real NAS units connected via ethernet dont need to mount as the hdd is mounted by the NAS unit
hi
dont know mac at all but on your windows based machine can you access the NAS by just typing \\192.168.1.xxx ( xxx being what ever the dhcp has assigned it to ) in a windows file explorer wondow
