I bought a D-link DNS-320l (a couple of years ago). Now I need it, and after several hours of trying I have failed to map the NAS as a drive.
Setup:
- D-link DNS 320 l connected to Gigabyte LAN (1000) to my router with a CAT 6 cable.
- PC Windows 10 64 bit, Gigabyte LAN adaptor, connected to my router via a CAT 6 cable.
- NAS is switched on, 1 drive is there, blue LEDs are both on.
NAS Firmware is 1.11, Firmware Date : 03/23/2018
Network setup:
NAS IP address: 192.168.0.32 (Static, a reserved IP address in my router and also a reserved IP in my Dlink NAS admin page)
PC IP address: 192.168.0.53
Windows 10 Home, 1909 and smack up to date
The NAS, it's name is LPDBMCL02 was originally not visible in my Windows Explorer. I have another NAS, a "WD My Cloud" named LPDBMCL, which was also invisible. However both were accessible via their IP Address or name. So LPDBMCL02/ would find this one . . . and still does.
I did some research and discovered that "SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support" is required for both NASes. That made me nervous because it was withdrawn some while ago.
So off I went and activated it. All three elements,
Automatic removal
Client
Server
I remain nervous about vulnerability caused by activating this. Mostly because I don't really understand its significance, secondly because one component, "Automatic Removal" sounds a bit self destructive. Plus I dislike doing stuff without understanding it.
Anyway, I pressed on and Re-Booted. Brought up Windows Explorer. Both NASes appeared in Network. Yippee. Joy after a day and a half of hunting. Off to the mapping tool. Entered \\LPDBMCL02, checked the Start at login and different credentials boxes and off I went. It loved the User name but it hated the password. I swore at myself.
Off to NAS to replace the password. Did so, tried the mapping again. Failure again.
So I rebooted. Went into Windows explorer. No sign of either NAS in Network. Ouch. Checked my ""SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support" settings, rebooted twice more. Same again. Tried mapping again and it says it cannot find the NAS, the standard message. I can find "Network" in the Mapping and when I do it shows me the PC which we would expect, but neither of the NASes
I have tried all combinations of the three check boxes, but still the NAS will not appear in Network
Any ideas please? Could it be the "Automatic Removal setting?
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Topic: DNS-320L Difficulty Mapping into Windows Explorer (Read 5509 times)