Smb ip

[stew1411]

I have a RT-N16 with an external HDD attached that has all my movies. I cannot get my windows 7 PC to connect. My android tab can. On my tab, I opened the file manager, hit add server, and typed the IP. The address my tab uses is smb://192.168.2.1. It works fine. All movies stream. I cannot map the drive in windows 7 though. I've tried every variant of \\RT-N16 I can think of. FTP only let's me download files. Is there a way to connect windows 7 to the drive like I did my tab using a smb IP address?

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[RMerlin]

In Windows, the correct UNC syntax would be like this:

\\192.168.2.1

This must be done in a File Explorer window, it probably won't work in a browser window.

 

[stew1411]

In Windows, the correct UNC syntax would be like this:

\\192.168.2.1

This must be done in a File Explorer window, it probably won't work in a browser window.

So could I go into map network drive and do that?

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[L&LD]

Type it in to either EI or a File Explorer window (in Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8) to verify that it works and once confirmed, you can map it then.

 

[RMerlin]

So could I go into map network drive and do that?

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Once you are seeing available shares by using this URN, you can then map any network drive you wish from that window, yes.

 

[stew1411]

Once you are seeing available shares by using this URN, you can then map any network drive you wish from that window, yes.

Cool. I wasn't pointing it to the movies folder. My android tab just needed the IP and could see all folders. To map the drive, I needed to point windows to the specific folder. Thanks for the help

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