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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: wahoo on March 10, 2009, 12:51:43 PM
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I recently starting experiencing problems mapping my DNS-323 as a network drive from a Lenovo T61 laptop with WinXP Pro SP2. At one point, I was able to successfully set it up as a network drive, going through my Linksys Wireless Router, and read/write files to the drive. I haven't updated the DNS-323 firmware, nor changed permissions or login credentials. If I try this through Windows Explorer, it simply says that the network path was not found; if I try it through the Easy Search Utility, a login box pops up - the administrator login does not let me successfully map the drive. When I had successfully done this before, I had performed the operation from Windows Explorer. I can also, from my laptop, navigate and log on to the DNS-323 using an internet browser to view config., etc. I'm at firmware level 1.05 and have 2 1TB drives installed, configured for RAID 1. One changed that I made between successfully mapping the drive and now is that I had to rename my network from the standard "Linksys" to something more meaningful, but I am connected to that network.
Any ideas or suggestions? I browsed the first few pages of topics, but nothing seemed to match the problem that I was having.
Thanks in advance
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When you changed the SSID of your wireless network, presumably you had to create a new network profile on the T61 - this profile may or may not be firewalled and may or may not have file and print sharing enabled as an exception in the firewall.
I think it's worth checking.
Try a wired connection and see what happens and also disabling the firewall - if I recall correctly Windows defaults to a higher level of security on the firewall with wireless networks that wired and you may specifically have to tell it that the wireless network is trusted to make any headway.
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Try mapping the drive using the IP address instead of a device name.
My Computer>>Tools>>Map Network Drive
Folder>> "\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\Volume_1" where the x's are the 323's IP address and Volume_1 is the volume name. (It is on my 321, I don't know what they use on 323.)
Add login credentials if you need them and you should be good to go.
If you want this mapping to stick, you'll need to set the 323 to a static IP address. I think that Linksys routers use IP addresses above .100 for DHCP, so you can pick any unused number between .2 and .99, for example 192.168.1.10
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Hmm. I can map a drive fine but it doesnt reconnect after the computer reboots. It still listed as a drive windows just doesnt see it or something. (i did check the reconnect on logon)
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What anti-virus software you you running on the PC?
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Thanks for all the suggestions. The one that solved my problem, or at least helped me get around the issue, was using the IP address of the DNS-323 to map it. Strange, in that the behavior seemed to suddenly change. The net is that I have successfully mapped and can now access it.
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I'm having the same problem in Vista. I have my drives mapped using the IP address and also with the network name and I still get the box with the 'P:\is not accessible. The network path was not found.'
I get it randomly and if I close out what I was doing and try again it usually works.
If I try to move/copy large video files over to the 323 the copy loses connection. I get the error 'The specified network name is no longer available. Cannot .....'. If I power off/on the 323 and try the copy it will sometimes go without any problems.
Running the latest firmware and I've shutdown the fun_plug but it still happens. Any suggestions?
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I'm having the same problem in Vista. I have my drives mapped using the IP address and also with the network name and I still get the box with the 'P:\is not accessible. The network path was not found.'
I get it randomly and if I close out what I was doing and try again it usually works.
If I try to move/copy large video files over to the 323 the copy loses connection. I get the error 'The specified network name is no longer available. Cannot .....'. If I power off/on the 323 and try the copy it will sometimes go without any problems.
Running the latest firmware and I've shutdown the fun_plug but it still happens. Any suggestions?
This is typically caused by the network itself - especially wireless networks, although it can happen on a wired network. What sort of network do you have? Wireless or wired? Hub or Switch? 10/100/1000 mbit? Home made cables?
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I would suggest that you try the following: Use the Start then the run. In the run box try
\\192.168.1.1 or whatever the IP address is of the NAS storage. This should launch an Explorer type window and then you can use the Tools Option to map the drive. The search utility software worked for my vista machines but not the XP SP3 machines. As long as you can ping and open a browser to the IP then I believe this option should work for you. Good Luck.
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Use the software on the CD that come with the box to map the drive.