After a bit of hassle with this, I found that setting Samba to SMBv2 only enables network access to a USB (2.0) drive attached to the router, an Asus RT-AC68U... which is working fine btw..! 
I want to use the USB drive for backups with Acronis Backup v12.5
Apparently Acronis does not recognise Windows-mapped networked drives, so I need to use the UNC.
Not done this before, so I don't know how to find the UNC, but read that I could use cmd prompt and net use
That gives me -->
New connections will be remembered.
There are no entries in the list.
So I
The drive - and folders / files on it - is accessible through windows explorer but net use in cmd prompt still gives the same result: no entries in list.
Is the USB drive mapped in windows and, if so, how do I find the UNC?
I want to use the USB drive for backups with Acronis Backup v12.5
Apparently Acronis does not recognise Windows-mapped networked drives, so I need to use the UNC.
Not done this before, so I don't know how to find the UNC, but read that I could use cmd prompt and net use
That gives me -->
New connections will be remembered.
There are no entries in the list.
So I
- Disabled network share on the router
- Switched USB drive off
- Restarted windows
- Switched USB drive on
- Re-enabled the network share
The drive - and folders / files on it - is accessible through windows explorer but net use in cmd prompt still gives the same result: no entries in list.
Is the USB drive mapped in windows and, if so, how do I find the UNC?