How to Connect Windows File Explorer Directly to Synology (Mapping SMB drive)

[@jameseconleyjr7868]

You have a real gift in helping the 'tech challenged' get up and running. My first NAS set up and your vids have helped tremendously. Well made, logical and easy to follow. Left on my own, it's a certainty I'd be a babbling, crying wreck. Big thanx!!

[@RattlyWings]

Works like a champ. Tried several other videos without any luck. This one nailed it. Really simple. Thanks

[@FinancialFaiz]

youre the best for a small business owner like me. just got the 920+ and going through so much content like yours

[@SpaceRexWill]

Really glad you like it!

[@tonyzambos3138]

Thanks once again. You and your videos are like having my own NAS Guru.

[@Mikertt]

Thank you so much Will! I had a much easier time connecting to my Mac, but could never figure out how to connect it correctly to my Dell desktop.

[@mikerowaving1]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I was pulling my hair out trying to do this from online instructions from their site and wasted hours. Done in 6 minutes with your video. Thank you!!!!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Glad I could help!

[@MrMagnaFarce]

You can map a drive on Synology Assistant as well, and I've found that to be a bit simpler and quicker in my experience so far.

[@brunoricky7966]

a trick : you can watch series at flixzone. Been using it for watching loads of movies lately.

[@ambassadorsoftheflameofmer5651]

Thank for this Video. This got me up and running in Windows using my Microsoft office software without haveing to download and re-upload. Your're the best.

[@JoeMillion]

so I can work with my file by directly open it and not having to download it first?

[@ambassadorsoftheflameofmer5651]

@@JoeMillion yes. It works like it is part of your computer disk drive.

[@darrinlalla9008]

I was anxious going in but you made it so simple. Thank you.

[@isaaccarlton]

This is exactly what I needed today, and you uploaded this video today. Life is crazy. Thank you so much!

[@SpaceRexWill]

haha glad it worked out!

[@nickriggi1878]

You are awesome! Incredible well produced video with clear steps. Thank you so much. Still trying to figure out why my copy TO THE NAS is only 10mb/s...

[@jd13ro]

Great video! Can I connect like this over a VPN? Or how do you suggest to connect to office NAS from home?

[@monrodian8462]

Tnank You! This combined with your video about setting up my Synology NAS gave me the information I needed.

[@chrisborger7016]

I do not have thumbnail previews when I connect NAS to PC. Have them on My Mac but not when viewing on pc

[@mjwhitephotos3240]

SpaceRex, I am trying to sync my desktop and laptop to Lightroom catalogs that will share the same RAW folders. I have successfully synced my catalogs via Synology Drive, but where to I store my RAW files for synced access? Do I need to set up an SMB share on my remote laptop to do that? Do you have a tutorial on that? My only option now is to store my RAW files in Teams, which means they are being indexed and previewed. Where should I store my RAW files for a more efficient NAS access for my catalogs?

[@Marko-the-Beast-Master]

Hey guys, its a tutorial how to connect to my share folder but how to connect to my personal home on NAS?

[@RichB-78]

How do I setup a direct connection (Windows Explorer) using the 2nd LAN port on my DS918plus that I have connected to my PC LAN?

[@WalrusRiderEntertainment]

I have an issue with the Synology recycle bin on a Mac. When I delete a file with the file becomes hidden in finder and the file extension is deleted. It also has a "." at the beginning. An example is ".smbdeleteAAAc8a50f". It has no extension. If I accidentally delete a file and I have say 50 files in the recycle bin I have to manually rename the extension then guess which one was the one I wanted to restore or individually restore each file. If I restore in bulk it creates a zip file int he downloads folder and the names are still hidden. Any suggestions on how to fix this issue?

[@WalrusRiderEntertainment]

Just an update. If I connect using AFP it will keep the file name intact. As you recommend not to use AFP and it is, in fact, being passed out, is there a workaround within SMB for this issue? I also prefer SMB as moving files between folders is pretty much instantaneous whereas with AFP it takes forever.. Update 2 - Small file size SMB files seem to keep filename intact. Larger ones don't. Will experiment to find the file size cut off. 2GB perhaps .. Update 3 - Noticing that the issue is only happening when I am deleting a file already open in another program (my video editor in Windows 11 in Parallels) so I think it could be a file permission issue between Mac and SMB

[@SpaceRexWill]

So this is actually a issue with SMB and macOS. The .smbdelete file is used to remove the file. Pretty much what has to happen is just wait a little while and it will work

[@ronyedin]

Great info and content! 👍

[@SpaceRexWill]

Thanks!

[@madhukeshnp]

What is the way to mount the NAS on windows when the NAS is outside the network? Assuming the NAS is hosted at home and i am trying to access it from my office.

[@jmberry2]

Please make a tutorial on Synology Drive/Synology Drive Client and how to use it to backup and restore files on your home desktop Windows 10 PC.

[@Rabziggy]

Synology drive is for syncing files so that you can access them from any device that has drive on it. It's not a backup solution. You want hyper-backup for backing up files, or possibly Active backup for business if you're looking at a whole PC solution.

[@Raphaelny-k1z]

Is it possible to have file audit to see who opened which file on the shared smb folder and will deleted files go to the Synology recycle bin

[@renatodioses3680]

Hello great video. Why when activating the SMB service, does the "Work Group" part appear empty and red? When I try to change it, and I press "apply" what I have put is deleted and put back in red?

[@DiogoReis]

Once again thank you! Just a note, I've tried this method on a windows7 pc with the Name\folder and it didn't worked, then I tried with the IP\folder and it worked as expected.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Possible that the local domain was not resolving on your network

[@DiogoReis]

@@SpaceRexWill don't know, I'm not an expert 😄

[@maxrittner3868]

mapping network drive message was "unsuccessful"; and diagnosis was also unsuccessful. Any idea why this may be?

[@SufianLau]

Another alternative is WebDav. The advantage is you can access your files from outside your office/network

[@MrErnesto1]

Works great, thanks for the info!

[@shouldigetit]

How can I link my NAS to file explorer remotely? I know I can use QuickConnect via DSM but I want to have the same faster access when away from the office as well.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Your best bet would be to use WebDAV in that case. But in reality quick connect is going to be your best bet. SMB should not be exposed to the internet do to security vulnerabilities

[@dbpike]

Super video! I applauded for CA$10.00 👏👏👏

[@KevinBennett-k5r]

Hi, some great videos really helping me to get NAS propelry set up. I have a question about Windows XP. I have a CNC Router running XP and so I am having to activate SMBV1 to allow it to connect. I did look at Webdav and using RaiDrive, but it wont install on machine. Any ideas so I dont have to have SMBV1 enabled?

[@zipporapper]

Lets say im sharing it with my family member across the state. How do they smb the fileshare to their windows pc? They need a vpn to the NAS?

[@SpaceRexWill]

VPN would be the best. The other would be a webDAV server and use https

[@THW69]

To be honest I would use Synology Drive with Quickconnect

[@ericlaforge9445]

Openvpn is trottled at 40mbps do you have a way not trottled?

[@whya2ndaccount]

Is this markedly different o "mapping a drive" in Synology Assistant?

[@kateydrummer]

@spacerexwill I have an issue that Drives' letters are different for 1. in network connection 2. VPN connection. Is there a way to unify it? I could not find a way to make the same drive work when I am IN and OUT of network. This is important to me so, when I have a 'windows path' it can work when I am IN and OUT of network. Right now I have all drives duplicated:( Thank you!

[@pipposbiruli4913]

Hi. It's possible to search file properties (for examples a specific word inside a doc or PDF document), like a normal search via Windows?

[@Spctore]

I have SMB on but for some reason, when I try to map it. It does not work

[@MrFanstar007]

Very useful info! Thanks for your help!

[@BuddyQuaid]

With Google Drive, I have it mapped to a drive letter. I'd like to do the same with my NAS but have it work even when I'm not on my home network and anywhere in the world. Is this possible? I saw your video on mapping to drive letter but not sure if that works if I take my laptop to a coffeeshop?

[@TheAstrologyPodcast]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@wilfredderksen]

it worked perfectly in DSM 6.2 but all of a sudden after the update to DSM 7, it's no longer working. Trying to figure out the reason. Not sure if I have to change the privileges of an internal system account called filestation.

[@romsky]

I’m able to get it working on Mac, but on every windows machine it says my credentials are incorrect, any idea how to fix it?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Click “connect with different credentials”

[@romsky]

@@SpaceRexWill that’s what I’ve been doing, and I swear the user and password are correct :(

[@SpaceRexWill]

Check the Synology logs

[@stasikmail]

This is great Thank you! 2 Questions arose one I implemented this solution: 1. For some files I hat a "The path of the destination file is too long" basically it didn't like that my file name had too many characters. Is there a way to configure NAS to accept the files despite the amount of characters? 2. Is there a video instruction on how to access this files remotely for other users outside of LAN over the internet securely in a same way using their desktop (similar to the way it's done on dropbox)? Thanks for the great work!!

[@SpaceRexWill]

so 1) this is a windows issue. I think its like 250 characters. Not sure if there is a way to fix it. 2) you would want to setup a VPN and connect using that

[@johncaulfield1576]

What do you think of the TerraMaster D8 hybrid ? It is a DAs? Not a NAS?

[@DUCKVILLELOL]

Thanks for the vid - do you need to edit permissions for the user to access the mapped network share? I'm trying to do this but I'm getting blocked upon trying to put in my username/pwd to connect to the share

[@phiz6263]

Hello, thank you very much for the video. Can you explain got to do the same thing with Mac os?

[@VinaykanthK]

Is there anyway I can add those network files to my local search index.

[@JoeMillion]

if I want to work on my .DWG file from Autocad, do I have to copy paste to my computer then work on it and upload it again to my NAS after i finished working? or I can work directly from NAS without having to download and upload it every time I work on it?

[@timvleugels792]

If you have the mapped the shared folder as a networkdrive like Will showed in this Video then you have full acces depending on your accountpermissions (read,write or both) on the shared folder. So yes, with the correct permissions you can work directly from NAS open,modify and save your dwg file :)

[@michaelpearson9]

I use xsplit to record and can we record directly to a nas??

[@FelixLantiguaCamacho]

How about mount shared network drive or folder to Synology?

[@Jeremy-jl8dz]

Hi Rex, I did everything as explained in this video; however, my shared folder is "homes" and in a video you previously did (home vs. homes) you said to never mess with the files in "homes". How should I proceed? Thanks for your time! Cheers, Jeremy

[@SpaceRexWill]

thats where you will want to create a new shared folder

[@wakawaka12320]

Connect using different credentials.....i dont get it, what are these credentials meant to be? Ive chevked windows credentials and changed them nany times and it just doesmt work, says i have the incorrect network password

[@scbeach1]

That is what im looking for. Thank you so much. 👍

[@krishnaavrilcg1136]

Hey @SpaceRex, with this mapping, when we connected other nas to the folder inside mapped drive via SMB aggregation portal, we can't access the folder which we aggregated, its only accessible through //nas/, any thoughts on this please?

[@cdelehanty]

Will this work if I have 2-factor authentication turned on?

[@claudiot110]

thank you a lot for this video :) in this case is your nas connect directly with you your computer with an ethernet cable or are u using internet? thank you a lot

[@SpaceRexWill]

For this case I have a switch. But for the cases where you do a direct connection you can get internet via WiFi or another Ethernet port

[@panconkisu]

this is what I needed all this time. Thank u very much

[@highlion8998]

am i too late to use this? or is this the best option.. i wanna use my synology as a big harddrive for all my plex media but at the same time i dont want anyone on my local network to be able to find it

[@georgeheston2158]

this was very helpful!!!! I am running a Synology DS920+ to an Oppo105D. I can finally see the Synology on Oppo. But I do have to thru a few folders to access. Any way of streaming down the folders. When I try to assign just the broad name of NAS drive it won't let me. I have to go into NAS and pick a folder. I have a few folders in the NAS I'd like to view at once.

[@georgeheston2158]

I believe I need to make a new folder with everything in it? I can't seem to move folders into one. Than I can choose the one folder to look at, make sense?

[@zachsimsphoto5344]

Can I use this connection method to connect a Mac and Windows system from anywhere in the world assuming that the NAS is correctly set up to be visible to the external internet world.

[@ricardogomespedro4365]

Does it makes sense to mirror some of the shared folders of my DS220+ NAS to my PC (backup)? How's the best way to do it?

[@gregarious_one]

What is the difference between SMB and just network sharing under the Windows network tab, where all the files appear anyway?

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

SMB is windows filesharing.

[@ImRedDOG]

Great Video as usual, but hoe do I do this on an individual users account. I don't see package center or control panel when logged into their account?

[@Kuth70]

Hello sir. Random question for you. Hoping you see this. What's your experience copying a set of folders from a windows server to a Synology NAS and keeping the NTFS permissions? I'm considering moving my company's 12tb fileserver to a rackstation. While I kept most permissions pretty general, there are quite a few little changes here and there over the years I don't want to re-create.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hmmm this is not something I have tried before. You can setup NTFS permissions though "advanced permissions" on the files but I am not sure how you could clone them from another drive

[@mysterio508]

Is there a way to this remotely from whereever you are? accessing the files on the NAS via File Explorer when outside instead of using the website? Tq

[@SpaceRexWill]

You would need to host a VPN server on the NAS to do this as SMB should not be opened up on the internet

[@zulupox]

Thank you. From the bottom of my heart. Really really helpful!

[@AraVentura_PHCH]

Thank you for this Video but my questions is: What is the difference of using NAS network drive on my PC file explorer vs. clicking on the NAS icon in the Network?

[@SpaceRexWill]

its actually going to do the same thing. The one in the network is being broadcast which does not work in all network configurations. However if you do see it they should connect identically

[@AraVentura_PHCH]

@@SpaceRexWill That means I can use and work with both. Another question: I need to transfer 3 terabytes of files from my external hard drive to my Synology. What's a quick way and a better choice when transferring the files to my Synology? Is it via a file network drive that I have mapped or straight to dsm? 2nd Question: I saw another video of you about opening an administrator account i. e. "will_admin" and created one for me too, but why would I open another admin account when I already have an admin account which is Disabled. Can't I just enable it or do I really need another admin account? Thank you for your quick response, I really appreciate it. I have my synology now for almost 3 weeks and I didn't transfer my files yet because I'm still learning all about synology and been watching all your Videos about it. 😊

[@running4fun74]

I need help! In File Explorer I click on "Network" on the left hand side. Under "Computer" the NAS is listed but when I open it up My admin account is automatically signed in. How can I undo this?

[@SpaceRexWill]

You can reconect by ticking "connect with different credentials"

[@running4fun74]

@@SpaceRexWill I can't find that as an option. Should I change the password for that admin account or maybe create another admin account while disabling the one that automatically logs in?

[@samat210ruby64]

I Have Synology System at Home But I want to Backup My work Computer How do I do That? Can You Explain to me?

[@Jeannemarre]

Thanks dude, appreciate the help !

[@jaspermuziek2150]

Hi, thanks for the vid! Your brief remark on VPN made me wonder if it’s easy to access Synology’s file folders with windows file explorer through Synology’s VPN-service. Perhaps interesting for a next video?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Already did it here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5LEoqStaMqEl8U

[@shotbyarian]

what advanced settings do you recommend on smb under general?

[@joem2209]

Didn’t work. Trying to set up my first Synology 223j. Stuck at this step in you beginner video so came here for more information. My system is windows 10 pro. Tried every help tip on Synology forum and cannot get this ds223 to connect

[@pcyeoh1976]

I would like to do a Windows Explorer drive mapping directly to Synology, and able to even connect through internet (out of local network). Are you able to help advice for to setup that?

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Presumably you'd use the built in VPN for that.

[@chenflix]

Hi! On Windows 11; How can I automatically Sync a maped shared folder to an external drive? I tried to use Sync Center to keep offline files available but this uses the internal drive. Thanks!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Check out Synology drive!

[@chenflix]

@@SpaceRexWill No this doesn't work for this, basically I want to copy all the files on a Shared folder to an external drive; I ended using FreeFileSync.

[@cyberwasp461]

Can the firewall be setup for smb to work?

[@antoniospappas1761]

What advantage is this over using the ip address?

[@leedesigner1977]

Thanks loads, really helpful. Lee

[@narukustationxs]

Hi, thank you for your tutorial. My question is; with this setup am I be able to mount the folder on NAS outside of network? which meant that sometimes I have to mobile outside of the network area and using wifi. Please advice

[@SpaceRexWill]

No you would need to VPN in or use synology drive

[@Hbilbo98]

I followed the steps exactly on your video setting up OpenVPN which worked, but mapping the drive on a remote laptop on the VPN and entering \\\ in the folder box (as I did on my local computer) resulted in a failed connection. For it to work I had to replace with my static IP address that I manually set for my NAS. Just thought I'd share my experience and see if you had thoughts on why that was so? Also I was unable to get Synology Assistant to map the drive for me - it would say it successfully mapped but would not show up on my file explorer. Still trying to understand why all of the steps were performed, thanks so much for your videos.

[@SpaceRexWill]

So the server name uses what's called a local resolver that will only work when you are on your local network. OpenVPN (and most other VPNs) do not operate fully on layer 2 (equivalent of plugging into another network switch) so can't resolve .local domains.

[@Hbilbo98]

@@SpaceRexWill That makes sense, thank you!

[@smartcctvsystemsuk5501]

OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU! Somehow many moons ago many youtube videos in I figured this out, now about 8 months down the line I forgot how to do this! Time to figure out the next open VPN Section on the other PC.

[@TusharRahmanKhan]

i click reconnect in sign in but still disconnect it every time i turn off my pc

[@iamrichlol]

Is this safe, even if you are using this on your local network? If you get ransomware on your computer and or mac, assuming their both connected, by virtue wouldn't this mean that the nas would also get encrypted?

[@tonybates6551]

Hello, thanks for all these wonderful videos. You've inspired me to purchase my first NAS! I've followed your instructions faithfully up to this point, but my PC keeps rejecting my password when trying to connect file explorer to the NAS. I have successfully connected my mac to the drive, but my PC is rejecting the password. I've tried multiple times, have tried changing passwords, etc. Any thoughts on what might be causing this?

[@SpaceRexWill]

1) check your username 2) possibly check about a windows permission where you are unable to connect to other servers outside your domain

[@tonybates6551]

@@SpaceRexWill Thank you for the quick and personal reply! Very kind of you. My dad (IT guy) looked at it with me for an hour and we couldn't find the setting you mentioned. I'm going to open a ticket with Synology to investigate. It's cool how easy it is with mac! Hope we can get the pc working too. I appreciate all your helpful videos!

[@ardentdfender4116]

Ok, this was very helpful. Thanks.

[@joshnlevinson]

I tried this on one shared folder on my Synology NAS and it worked fine. But now whenever I try it on any other shared folders on the same NAS, I keep getting an error message saying "The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password..." Any ideas what's going on?

[@joshnlevinson]

Figured it out... had to leave "connect using different credentials" unchecked.

[@Jp421JP]

This is on a local network correct? Is there a way to map a drive like this when accessing the NAS via a vpn? or is it the same once you connect to the vpn? Can you be connected to your local internet and VPn at the same time?

[@JCB12345]

How to connecnt from PC to file exlorer thourgh internet?

[@nicobecerra5847]

This may be an obvious question, but in the video you "drag and drop" the file to your desktop which (my understanding) means you crated a copy of that file on your local computer. My question is if you map a network drive to your shared folder on the NAS, can you read and write those files directly from the NAS? Example: I have a MS Word document that I've stored in a share, I map the network drive to that share, now I want to open that Word documents in MS Word. Do I have to create a local copy to read/write that file? OR (with the correct permissions) can I just read/write the document by opening it directly on the NAS (from the shared mapped drive)? I do this currently with my WD MyCloud NAS but they are discontinuing support. Hoping I can do the same with Synology as an alternative now that I need something different.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hi, yes you can do this! opening the file when it is on the NAS will act like a shared folder and any save will save to the NAS

[@roadrunner79]

Thank you for the video. In the video, you mentioned that you are using a 10GBe card. Is this a 10Gbe card on your Synology NAS or from your PC? I want to learn how to increase my file transfer speeds. Do you have a video that talks about this or where can I go to learn how to get the transfer speeds that you are achieving? I have two Synology NSA, DS1819+, and older DS713+. Thanks for any help you can give me.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Go over all of that here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYHMq52Mr9GHjbc

[@jyebaby]

Hi there. I'm getting this error when I try to enter my log in details: "We can’t sign you with this credential because your domain isn’t available. Make sure your device is connected to your organization’s network and try again. If you previously signed in on this device with another credential, you can sign in with that credential." Do you have any idea what this issue could be? Thanks!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Is this a work or a school laptop?

[@jyebaby]

@@SpaceRexWill yeah it's a work laptop. I head up the video department and I've set up a NAS for the office

[@Reoku64]

Could you do one for Linux please? I'm running linux mint and what I'm seeing online aren't quite helping. Any advice would be appreciated!

[@Nathan_Akers]

So how do I set it up to see the WHOLE NAS? Not just a single Shared Folder. Mac Finder is able to see the whole NAS then allows access to all shared folders.

[@SpaceRexWill]

You do \\

[@Nathan_Akers]

@@SpaceRexWillBut then how do I get it to keep it in the Widows explorer?

[@SpaceRexWill]

This is not really how windows is designed, but you could drag it to the quick access menu

[@Michael-jp3qe]

Thank you. Great!

[@toolanddie9789]

Is there a way to do this if im at work with the same folder types to access form my home server?

[@SpaceRexWill]

You would want to setup a VPN server

[@pnddesign]

I'm looking to do the opposite. But all tutorials are about mapping a synology volume on a PC :-(. But I can't find how. This is what I want to accomplish : My music streamer (Aurender) have about 4TB of music. I want to backup Aurender it up on my Synology using an app like Hyper Backup. Now I do this manually which is a bummer. Thanks!

[@SpaceRexWill]

If it’s an smb file sever for you can use active backup for business

[@KennyAsian]

Hey love your videos, really helpful set ups. I've recently just bought a DS920+, I've followed your set up tutorial and now set this one up. I've noticed my speed is capped at 11mb/s. How do I get the speeds you're getting? I've got my nas into the modem and my PC connected straight to the modem is this correct?

[@SpaceRexWill]

This sounds 100% that you have a 100 MBIT/s switch or cable somewhere in between your NAS and computer

[@StevenBloomfield]

My wife's Windows 10 laptop just won't connect. I have 3 other Windows PC's that have no problem getting to our nas from the file explorer but hers always gives this error: Windows cannot access foonas, check the spelling of the name...blah blah. It shows up in explorer as both Computer and media device, but just won't allow her to connect to any share. Any ideas?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Try directly typing the IP address when mapping the next work drive

[@StevenBloomfield]

@@SpaceRexWill unfortunately she gets the same error. She can connect with other windows pc's on the network. Strange.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Thats really strange. Have you tried specifying the login credentials when connecting / looking at the synology Logs incase it was blocked. I would also look at what her DNS settings are on her computer

[@nattersp4572]

Hey there - I have a Synology Nas at my work and frequently need to get into the files from home or on the road. Is there a way to get into those file through File Explorer while at home or on the road? Thanks

[@SpaceRexWill]

You would want to setup synology Drive, WebDAV, or a VPN server

[@tigranii7076]

Please help, Windows 10 has full access to Synology 7 folders without User/Password authentication.

[@SpaceRexWill]

It probably does not. You probably just saved the login credentials and it’s login in. The only way this would happen is if you enabled the guest account and gave the guest account access to the shared

[@GarNelson1]

I read all the comments to date to make sure this hasn't been addressed--it hasn't. I'm using a DS 1522+ and Windows 11 over SMB. Going through 'Network' I can see all the shares + home on the NAS, and access the contents of the shares (video, books). I can't see the directory for 'home', it is constantly "waiting...". My NAS user account is read-only for the shared directories. If possible I would like to access my NAS home directory on my Windows desktop. It seems like perhaps a permissions issue, but I'm not seeing where to change that for 'home'.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Very strange. Could you do me a favor and post this over on forums.spacerex.co with a screenshot of the file explorer screen. Then also one of the shared folder permissions when you look at your user permissions in DSM

[@GarNelson1]

@@SpaceRexWill I have an account on your forum now. And with your question for me, I had a "Doh!" moment. I looked at the owner of the folders inside of the "gar" home directory. It turns out they are owned by "gar_admin". Of course "gar" cannot see them, "gar_admin" owns them. Thank you for the nudge in the right direction. 🙂

[@SpaceRexWill]

Ah yes. So messing with the homes folder permissions can often have really weird effects on mapping the home folder properly

[@Shodan_AI]

My speeds from NAS to pc are 120MBs, but when transferring from PC to NAS transfer speeds are 40MBs. Any ideas why? Thanks

[@Rabziggy]

The theoretical maximum for gigabit ethernet is 125MB/s on a wired network. You should get a maximum real world speed of 108-112MB/s. I'm not sure why you're getting such a slow transfer, I find that I saturate my connection on file transfers. The most obvious thing is to try a different network cable. How are you connecting? Via a router, or switch? It's very difficult to diagnose on such a small amount of information.

[@Shodan_AI]

@@Rabziggy I made a silly error My VPN was on. Once off full speed resumed. Thanks for the reply though. ATB

[@Rabziggy]

I'm glad you got it sorted. I get a similar problem with my Sonos speakers and my Brennan jukebox. If I go out if wifi range, my vpn cuts in, and then I can't access them until I turn it off, even though it reconnects to WiFi when I'm back in range.

[@Shodan_AI]

@@Rabziggy interesting. I would consider splitting the WiFi network in to two. 2.4ghz and 5ghz and have vpn only on one. Not sure if thats 100% possible but worth a shot? Good luck.

[@blueants-lq7lr]

I just came across a major problem with mapping these drives to Windows. On domain joined computers they fail to map using traditional methods or the synology discovery app. Domain users beware.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Add a “.\” in front of the username

[@blueants-lq7lr]

@@SpaceRexWill I tried everything under the sun and it didn’t work including .\ and workgroup\. After getting frustrated and decided to think of a few other options I managed to get it working by doing the following. 1: Disabling SMB 1.0 vs windows features. 2: Enabling SMB 2.0 via powershell 3: Mapping the network drive via windows explorer 4: Adding the credentials for the drive via credentials manager. This worked for 2 machines joined to a server 2022 domain controller. As per my intune only joined machines worked without any issues.