Windows 10 - NAS - HELP!

Joebob · 6 May 2015 at 20:24

Sorry for creating a new thread. I know there's already a Windows 10 thread, but that's a lot of reading and I need a quick'ish asnwer!

I've just installed Windows 10 technical preview on my laptop and now I can't see my D-Link 320 NAS drive! i've turned on Network Discovery and File and Print Sharing, but alas still nothing

As always, any help really appreciated.

ED209 · 6 May 2015 at 21:47

may sound silly but is the laptop on the same IP range etc as the nas drive?

can you ping the IP address of the nas drive at all or browse to it via IP\nas drive name?

does the D-link nas drive have its own software like the sinology assistant?

Joebob · 7 May 2015 at 16:48

Yes, it's on the same range, but it's actually assigned it's IP from the DHCP on my BT Home Hub. I guess I will have to logon to that and see what IP has been assigned...!!!

I'm not sure if the Home Hub 5 has a lease time once connection is lost - maybe I should set it up with a fixed IP?

bledd · 7 May 2015 at 16:52

Don't know if the BT Hubs can do this, but on a decent router you can tell it to dish out a specific IP based on the mac address.

Saves having to configure the IP on each device.

Always a good idea to reserve IPs for things like servers / NAS / IP cameras / switches

BuToNz · 7 May 2015 at 18:52

Login to your homehub on 192.168.1.254 and check the front page. It'll give you any DHCP addresses allocated.

Type the IP it is on in the address bar on file explorer (IE \\192.168.1.100) It should then show your shares.

Peerzy · 8 May 2015 at 16:18

IIRC occasionally the Windows 8 blocks these DNS320's through the inbuilt firewall. Disable the firewall for a few minutes and try the setup again, if you can then see it then you know it's firewall related.

Joebob · 12 May 2015 at 12:05

BuToNz said:
Login to your homehub on 192.168.1.254 and check the front page. It'll give you any DHCP addresses allocated.

Type the IP it is on in the address bar on file explorer (IE \\192.168.1.100) It should then show your shares.

This worked, thanks. Although I had to add "Volume_1" to the end of the IP for it to see the media stored on the drive.

UKDTweak · 12 May 2015 at 12:15

The HH5 has a default IP lease time of 1 day, you can force a device to always get the same IP while still using DHCP on the HH5, just go to advanced settings\devices, click the link for the IP of your NAS and on the page that loads there is an option to Always use this IP...