Cannot Map Network Drive to NAS

[Pauly]

Hello everyone, i am having some issues mapping a network drive to a remote NAS drive, first of all machines are win7 x64 and NAS is a D-Link DNS 320
NAS unit is at my office and all computers can map drive through wired network using internal IP address, all machines have Z: drive showing which prompts for password then access is granted

I wish to connect to this drive from my home machine but i cannot figure it out, there is a static IP address in place and i can access drive via web browser using this static address ie ftp://86.xxx.xxx.223 browser will connect, ask for user & password then grant access, but i cannot map it as a drive which i need to

I am trying to map \\86.xxx.xxx.223\Volume_1 to access the whole drive not sub folders but if poss would actually like to have seperate mapped drives to access sub folders individually but thats a side note mapping anything would be great

When i enter this i get

If i click troubleshoot i get

Do i need to add user into map address ? when navigating manually it adds [email protected]

 

[Golden]

Hi Pauly,

I'm not sure if this is the same issue, but please see this short thread I started a few years ago - the solution is my post #5.

http://www.sevenforums.com/network-...omatically-reconnect-mapped-drives-login.html

Regards,
Golden

 

[Pauly]

Funny enough i was reading this earlier today in a last ditch effort to sort before starting a thread, but my problem is not (re)connecting at logon its connecting at all!, i know the IP is right as i can ftp in through browser but cannot save as drive which means when saving file in a program for example i cant send it straight to NAS i have to save to desktop FTP & log on to NAS then transfer file, its so annoying i been doing this for 6 months and enoughs enough my keyboard is gonna have a fist hole in it soon

 

[Pauly]

Well i have tried every combination i can think of to include/exclude user names etc still no joy

 

[braddersz]

Have you got a VPN to your office ?.

 

[Pauly]

I just have a few stand alone machines all connected to a wired switch along with NAS box

 

[braddersz]

On the NAS - under Shared Folder Access Rights, Have you selected All Accounts or specific Users?.

Did you give them full read / write access? or Read only?

Have you tried creating a user on the nas, using the same logon details you have on your pc at home?

 

[braddersz]

see page 51 and 52

http://global.dlink.com.sg/site_support/DNS-320/Manual/DNS-320_A1_Manual_v2.pdf

 

[braddersz]

Something so simple, but can cause all sorts of problems.

Is the time and date on the D-Link correct? If it's different from your PC. that can cause issues

 

[braddersz]

1 more thing i can think of:

Have you set a workgroup name on the NAS? If so, All the computers have to match it.

 

[Pauly]

Yes accounts in same name same pasword and has full access rights, its the same account i use to access locally, i have tried accessing whole drive via \\NAS\Volume_1 and also tried specific folders by adding \folder name but cant get anything to work remotely, TBH most of this stuff was done months ago but i gave up for a while and have just come back to this issue so i cant remember every exact variation i tried

The workgroup name im not so sure about ? will look into that but not gonna be at office til monday will see if i can do it via office computer that i can connect to remotely

 

[braddersz]

I see.

Try the other 2 steps I suggested.

Make sure the Date and Time on the NAS match your PC.

Check to see if you have a WorkGroup name set on the NAS. If you do, Your pc will need to match it