I have a TS-251+ with the latest firmware (4.5.1.1495 build 20201123).
I want to mount folders from my Synology NAS. I can mount the folders without any problems in Windows, so the Synology part seems fine.
On my QNAP in the Network Drive Mount Wizard I select Remote Devices and enter the server name, \\mycoolservername, select CIFS/SMB and enter account details. When I click browse for the Destination folder I can see all folders and select the one I want. So the connection and account works.
But when I name my Connection and click Create I get:
Error Message
Unable to connect to the remote service. Check your network and remote service settings.
Also: if I in the Browse destination window try to expand any of the folders I get the same error message as above.
I tried using \\mycoolservername\thefolderiwant as server url, but I still see the root and all top level folders (including thefolderiwant) when I click browse.
Any ideas?
Can't mount network drive
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Re: Can't mount network drive
Hi,
You have to enter the server name (or IP) without double backslash.
You have to enter the server name (or IP) without double backslash.
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Re: Can't mount network drive
That's a very nasty error, when the \\ works in the first part and does not for the second part. Anyway thanks for the hint. At the same time the screen suggests it is looking for devices on the local net, but it doesn't find anything the first time.
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Re: Can't mount network drive
Hi, what is the make and model of your NAS please?
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That's a very recent TS-433 with QTS version 5.0.1.2248. I bought it a couple of days ago and I'm new to QTS. I wanted to transfer all the data from my very old ReadyNas NV. So I used HybridMount to mount an external share. The behaviour I described above is in that app. It accepts \\<name> and finds all the shares, but it only makes the mount without the \\. It is in the wizard where it also seems to look for external devices on the local net, but it does not find any. But there are several others.
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Re: Can't mount network drive
Cant follow what are you complaining about.
May some screenshots would be helpful.
At my end Hybrid Mount runs without an (known) issue to remote devices in LAN (SMB/CIFS) and to a cloud service (Dropbox).
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May some screenshots would be helpful.
At my end Hybrid Mount runs without an (known) issue to remote devices in LAN (SMB/CIFS) and to a cloud service (Dropbox).
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Re: Can't mount network drive
Have you tried to reproduce the \\ error that the OP described and I commented upon? After that - try to explain what you cannot follow.
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Re: Can't mount network drive
Yes I tried, but actually, the field description is "enter URL or IP", both is not an UNC path (\\). So you complain that QNAP does not check that YOU enter a wrong entry!?
Use the correct entries and all is fine and works as expected.
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Use the correct entries and all is fine and works as expected.
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Re: Can't mount network drive
I am using the Dutch language version and that has a different text (translated: select device or IP address). Anyway, software should allways tell the user what is wrong with his input (say I with 40 years experience in the field). Anyway a device-name is not a valid URL so it should not ask for a Server-URL.
Having said that it still does not explain why it does not list any of the available servers in my network.