jsmiddleton4
Very Senior Member
I have a USB drive attached to an ASUS AX-86U. I've had the drive attached to previous routers as well. Easy way to have network drive and it is very easy to Eject, move to a laptop, update video files, etc., pop it back in the router.
If I check "Simple Share Naming" I can't find the attached drive. I can find the router. There's even a little > next to it like there's something there. If I click on it though, Windows says, "Path not found...", something like that.
If I uncheck "Simple Share Naming" everything is hunky dory.
Doesn't matter if its guest or have to log in.
Doesn't matter if I use Private or Public network.
Doesn't matter if I enable or disable the auto find network resources in Windows.
The setting that makes it or breaks it is the Simple Name Sharing.
Also I can find the drive with Simple Name Sharing enabled IF I enter the router's IP address with all the right "\" and name for the folder on the drive in Windows Map Drive function. The drive is there. Windows won't see it automtically unless as noted I disable Simple......
I have it working fine. Who cares if its simple name sharing, if I have to enter IP manually, etc.? Only matters I can map it one way or the other.
What's going on though? Is there some setting, option, I'm missing?
Why would Simple Name Sharing not send out the path information on the network so Windows can hear and, see it and use it?
If I check "Simple Share Naming" I can't find the attached drive. I can find the router. There's even a little > next to it like there's something there. If I click on it though, Windows says, "Path not found...", something like that.
If I uncheck "Simple Share Naming" everything is hunky dory.
Doesn't matter if its guest or have to log in.
Doesn't matter if I use Private or Public network.
Doesn't matter if I enable or disable the auto find network resources in Windows.
The setting that makes it or breaks it is the Simple Name Sharing.
Also I can find the drive with Simple Name Sharing enabled IF I enter the router's IP address with all the right "\" and name for the folder on the drive in Windows Map Drive function. The drive is there. Windows won't see it automtically unless as noted I disable Simple......
I have it working fine. Who cares if its simple name sharing, if I have to enter IP manually, etc.? Only matters I can map it one way or the other.
What's going on though? Is there some setting, option, I'm missing?
Why would Simple Name Sharing not send out the path information on the network so Windows can hear and, see it and use it?