Need permission to access drive

[asus ftw]

Hi everyone,

I am new to routers so please don't be too hard on me. I cannot for the life of me understand how to access my network drive. I am running Merlin's 3.0.0.4.374.43_0 firmware on a N16 and I have managed to set up the USB flash drive (Plug and Play) with share enabled, all R/W permissions etc. I access log in to the drive no problem. When time passes, I get this error (with correct login) saying:

\\RT-N16 is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the admin to find out if you have access permission.
Multiple connections to a server or a shared resource by the same use, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resources and try again.

I don't have any other connections. I just logged in once and when I try to access the drive, it asks me for the login in details again and this pops up. I've had a workaround with a computer shutdown. Anyone know what the issue is? Should I try an older firmware? Thank you very much.

 

[ColinTaylor]

I access log in to the drive no problem.

What do you mean by this?

What operating system are you using (i.e. Windows 7, OS X, etc.)?

What exactly are you doing to access your shared network drive?

 

[asus ftw]

Thanks for your reply. Initially I can access the drive using admin/password combo. Later it will ask me again to provide my log in credentials (user name as password) and then the error pops up after providing it.

I am running Windows 7 Pro.

 

[ColinTaylor]

It could be a DNS issue. To prove/disprove this can you try accessing the share via its IP address instead of the hostname. i.e.

\\192.168.1.1 instead of \\RT-N16

P.S. Do you use more than one network on your computer? For example a VPN connection.

 

[asus ftw]

I tried it and got it working. Thank you.

 

[ColinTaylor]

I tried it and got it working. Thank you.

I'm glad you got it to work, but if you want to use the name (RT-N16) instead of the IP address you will have to find out why your name resolution isn't working all the time.