NAS Visibility in Network View – Windows 7

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Hi All,

(Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit)

Resorting to the collective wisdom as I’ve failed to find a solution to this issue.

I have a ThecusN5200 Pro NAS. If I look in Windows Explorer and select ‘Network’ I see all elements of my network but never the NAS.

If I type ‘\ThecusN5200’ into the Windows Explorer address bar and hit ‘Enter’ then the NAS appears in the folder view with the NAS top-level folders shown in the right-hand pane. If I then select Network (with the Thecus NAS visible in the folder view) then the NAS still doesn’t appear in the right-hand detailed view. I have mapped 2 NAS folders as Network Drives and these are always visible as additional drives as expected.

I have tried all the suggestions I could find e.g. altering encryption levels etc and more can be seen in this thread:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itpronetworking/thread/d30b347c-9e89-4246-a7e3-85f506cc7c87

Anyone got any ideas?

Regards

Skier641

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I think the NAS does not advertise in a form that Windows 7 recognises for inclusion in the network listing. This doesn’t prevent you using the unit as you have described (\The….). You could add a CNAME record to the DNS with a more friendly name, like NAS1.

cheers, Paul

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Skier,

My NAS shows up ok in Win-7 HP 64-Bit, although is does show up under the Computer heading:confused:. I’m using a LinkSys router.
Just a thought do you have UPnP enabled on your router? :cheers:

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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Hi Paul T/RetiredGeek,

I could rename the NAS to something more easily typed but I’ve used ‘ThecusN5200’ so often that I’m unlikely to ever forget it! I do have UPnP enabled. What I don’t understand (and I’m not a Network engineer or IT Pro) is that if the NAS doesn’t advertise in a form that Windows 7 recognises why is everything suddenly fine once I type in ‘ThecusN5200?’ Alternatively, shouldn’t it be possible to add this device to my Network View and for it to be remembered?

Regards

Skier

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You can’t add things to the network view, that’s a Windows only area.
You can permanently map to the drive so it’s always visible.
1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Select Map Network Drive, choose a drive letter and type in the path.

cheers, Paul

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You can’t add things to the network view, that’s a Windows only area.
You can permanently map to the drive so it’s always visible.
1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Select Map Network Drive, choose a drive letter and type in the path.

cheers, Paul

“You can permanently map to the drive so it’s always visible.”

Er, read the original post!

Skier641

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An update to this situation should it be helpful to anyone.

Today I changed my router (from a BT Home Hub 2 to a BT Home Hub 3). Once set-up the Thecus NAS immediately showed up in the Network within Windows 7 Explorer. It seems it was probably something to do with the way the BT Home Hub 2 handled UPnP.

Skier641

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