Water Posted October 3, 2017 #1 Posted October 3, 2017 Hi, I don't know why my nas not appear at Network locations section of "This Computer", I can add my Nas shared folder as network drives normaly, but my Nas Icon not appear, take a look at this image to see what icon I talk about:
1 Polanskiman Posted October 6, 2017 #2 Posted October 6, 2017 @Water The Media Server package needs to be installed and running for that icon to come up. If it's not the case then install it in the Package Center first. Then on your computer go to the Computer tab in Windows Explorer >Access Media > Connect to a media server. Let it install. When finished refresh the window and voila. Google could have help: https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?t=109576 1
0 sbv3000 Posted October 3, 2017 #3 Posted October 3, 2017 Check that you have SSDP discovery enabled in File Services>Advanced
0 toastboy Posted October 3, 2017 #4 Posted October 3, 2017 Making sure desktop and NAS were on the same Workgroup worked for me once upon a time
0 Water Posted October 4, 2017 Author #5 Posted October 4, 2017 On 10/3/2017 at 9:28 AM, sbv3000 said: Check that you have SSDP discovery enabled in File Services>Advanced It enabled but the icon is still missing On 10/3/2017 at 9:59 AM, toastboy said: Making sure desktop and NAS were on the same Workgroup worked for me once upon a time The Nas and my PC at the same workgroup but the icon is still missing
0 aol Posted October 4, 2017 #6 Posted October 4, 2017 It's not really an issue of why shouldn't the PC see the NAS but more why SHOULD it. There are a bunch of things that have to be set up right for the PC to see the NAS. - they must both have a file sharing protocol enabled (the PC is the client, the NAS is the server). this is typically SMB or CIFS. it's hard to believe it's disabled on the PC, but it is not on by default on the NAS. double check that file sharing protocols are enabled and all sub requirements such as workgroups match up. - they must be able to physically see each other on the network. you must be able to ping back and forth. typically they're on the same subnet, e.g., 192.168.1.* with the same net mask (255.255.255.0). keep in mind ping commands can get bounced by the nas. you could temporarily enable ssh, but you need to determine that the boxes can see each other. - there must be no intervening device such as a firewall blocking the two from seeing each other. windows PCs, Synology NAS and many routers have built-in firewalls which may prevent traffic. while you're getting this worked out try disabling the firewall on the PC, the NAS, and any intervening network device. - authentication: SMB still requires authentication, a user and password, that has been set up on the NAS (unless you're using LDAP on the NAS for your users but that seems unlikely given the problem you're having) bottom line you need to prove to yourself that it should work and not assume it will. If you determine your NASes IP, and go to Windows Explorer, and put in //<ip of NAS>, what happens?
0 Water Posted October 4, 2017 Author #7 Posted October 4, 2017 34 minutes ago, aol said: bottom line you need to prove to yourself that it should work and not assume it will. If you determine your NASes IP, and go to Windows Explorer, and put in //<ip of NAS>, what happens? First, thank you very much for your information! As I said in my first post, I can access my Nas shared folders normally as network drives and I can ping my NAS and I can access my Nas from //<ip of NAS> but the problem is that the main NAS icon is not appears in Network Locations section of This Computer window, Take a look at this image to see what icon I'm talking about:
0 bearcat Posted October 5, 2017 #8 Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) @Water is your network configured as "Privat", "Work" or "Public" ? And is your "Network discovery" enabled on your computer ? Edited October 5, 2017 by bearcat Added a link
0 Water Posted October 5, 2017 Author #9 Posted October 5, 2017 26 minutes ago, bearcat said: @Water is your network configured as "Privat", "Work" or "Public" ? And is your "Network discovery" enabled on your computer ? Public network and Network discovery is enabled
0 bearcat Posted October 5, 2017 #10 Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Water said: Public network and Network discovery is enabled There you might have your problem, do NOT use "Public". Edited October 5, 2017 by bearcat
0 Water Posted October 6, 2017 Author #11 Posted October 6, 2017 16 hours ago, bearcat said: There you might have your problem, do NOT use "Public". I change the network type to private but the problem did not solved
0 bearcat Posted October 6, 2017 #12 Posted October 6, 2017 @Water Make sure the below services are enabled and set to Automatic on your computer:Computer BrowserDHCP ClientDNS ClientNetwork ConnectionsNetwork Location AwarenessRemote Procedure Call (RPC)ServerTCP/IP Netbios helperWorkstationSSDP Discovery UPnP Device Host btw: could you post a picture, like the other one, showing exactely how your computer is showing the icons? and another, showing how your Fileservices/SMB is configured yon your XPE box?
0 Water Posted October 6, 2017 Author #13 Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, bearcat said: @Water Make sure the below services are enabled and set to Automatic on your computer:Computer BrowserDHCP ClientDNS ClientNetwork ConnectionsNetwork Location AwarenessRemote Procedure Call (RPC)ServerTCP/IP Netbios helperWorkstationSSDP Discovery UPnP Device Host btw: could you post a picture, like the other one, showing exactely how your computer is showing the icons? and another, showing how your Fileservices/SMB is configured yon your XPE box? I check the services but didn't help, I want to explain what the problem is: in the Network my NAS appears normally as PC not as Storage device, take a look at this image, the NAS name is BASHAR: But in "This PC", the NAS icon not appears like in the image in the first post, take a look at this image to see that these is not NAS icon in This PC screen: Please note that I can Add my shared folders as network drives, but I want this icon of NAS to appear automaticlly in This PC screen: Edited October 6, 2017 by Water
0 Water Posted October 6, 2017 Author #14 Posted October 6, 2017 7 hours ago, Polanskiman said: @Water The Media Server package needs to be installed and running for that icon to come up. If it's not the case then install it in the Package Center first. Then on your computer go to the Computer tab in Windows Explorer >Access Media > Connect to a media server. Let it install. When finished refresh the window and voila. Google could have help: https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?t=109576 You are amazing, Thank you very much for you efforts! I will try and I hope it will work
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I don't know why my nas not appear at Network locations section of "This Computer", I can add my Nas shared folder as network drives normaly, but my Nas Icon not appear, take a look at this image to see what icon I talk about:
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