Windows 10 Webdav drive mapping

[philvallender]

Hi there forum,

I've read loads of forum articles here and elsewhere and nowhere have I found a clear solution to the windows 10 webdav access issue.

I have a small business where most users are on Windows 10 (a couple are on Macs). I need an easy way to extend access to these users, to shared drives, when they are outside the office.

I presumed that webdav was the tidiest solution for this but it seems that it is actually very complex, if it works at all.

Can anyone here point in the right direction for mapping QNAP folders on windows 10 - or recommend an alternative method of connection to roll out to my team.

Many thanks in advance, Phil.

[dolbyman]

is webdav already running (and working with other OS's)

Or do you need instruction how to get webdav working in the first place ?

https://www.qnap.com/en/how-to/tutorial ... via-webdav

[philvallender]

Hi there,

Thanks for your reply.

I have webdav up and running according to the tutorial intstructions - however, I just tried it on Mac and I can not connect either, so I guess I'm not as far along as I figured

Mac error message says 'server my not exist or it is unavailable...'

I've tried connection both with the public IP address and the myqnapcloud URL.

Any help greatly appreciated.

[schumaku]

Mac error message says 'server my not exist or it is unavailable...'

Aware you need to provide the full Dav URL, including the shared folder - because of the "rood" is (different from FTP, SMB, AFP, ... not browseable?

I've tried connection both with the public IP address and the myqnapcloud URL.

Assuming myqnapclud URL is something like nasDDNSname.myqnapcloud.com, both include the correct protocol and port (so https://nasDDNSname.myqnapcloud.com:8081/Multimedia/ for example), the ports are forwarded on your NAT router (example is the default port for https Web Server of the NAS where WebDAV is served), and your ISP does not have provider side restrictions, firewalls, or Provider NAT in place ... it will work.

[philvallender]

Thanks schumaku,

So, I have been using the full url including https://, nas name, port number and folder name.

I have the ability to forward ports on my router but I have not done so yet. I'm gonna try that now. Do I just 'forward' port 8081? Any link to guidance here appreciated.

[schumaku]

I have the ability to forward ports on my router but I have not done so yet. I'm gonna try that now. Do I just 'forward' port 8081?

Yes, exactly.