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<h4>COURSE OBJECTIVES</h4>
Upon completion of this course you should be able to:
<ol>
<li>Access the files on your NAS using Microsoft Windows.</li>
<li>Set up a network drive.</li>
</ol>
 
<h4>PREREQUISITES</h4>
Course Prerequisites:
None
Students are expected to have a working knowledge of:
Microsoft Windows
 
<h4>OUTLINE</h4>
<a href="#ms1">1. Configuring your NAS</a>
<a href="#ms11">1.1 Enabling Samba Service</a>
<a href="#ms12">1.2 Creating a Shared Folder and Setting up Access Rights</a>
<a href="#ms2">2. Configuring Windows</a>
<a href="#ms21">2.1 Setting up your Shared Folder as a Network Drive</a>
<a href="#ms3">3. Connect NAS using the server name</a>
<a href="#ms4">4. Connect NAS using ASUSTOR Control Center</a>
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<h4><a name="ms1"></a>1. Configuring your NAS</h4>
To access your NAS from an external location using your web browser, please refer to <a href="https://www.asustor.com/online/College_topic?topic=121" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NAS 121: Remote Access</a>.
 
<a name="ms11"></a>1.1 Enabling Samba Service
 
STEP 1
<ul>
<li>Log into your ADM using your Web browser.</li>
<li>Select [Services] [SMB].</li>
<li>Select [Enable SMB] and click on [Apply].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/20211020103031_enable_SMB.png" alt="" title="" width="880" height="526" align="" />
 
<a name="ms12"></a>1.2 Creating a Shared Folder and Setting up Access Rights
 
STEP 1
<ul>
<li>Select [Access Control] [Shared Folders].</li>
<li>Click on [Add].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/kindeditor/image/20170927/20170927110042_93033.png" alt="" width="675" height="328" />
 
STEP 2
<ul>
<li>You are now ready to create a new shared folder on your NAS.</li>
<li>Enter a name for the new folder and click [Next] once you are done. (In the example below, we have entered "MyNAS" as the name of our new folder).</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/kindeditor/image/20170927/20170927110158_17379.png" alt="" width="600" height="515" />
 
STEP 3
<ul>
<li>Set access rights for the folder by selecting the radio button corresponding to the access rights of your choice. (In the example below, the access rights [Read Only for all users, Read & Write for administrators] that have been selected.)</li>
<li>Once you're done, click [Next].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/kindeditor/image/20170927/20170927110220_66139.png" alt="" width="600" height="517" />
 
STEP 4
<ul>
<li>Review a final summary of your settings.</li>
<li>Once you're done, confirm these settings by clicking [Finish].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/kindeditor/image/20170927/20170927110324_38205.png" alt="" width="600" height="516" />
 
<h4><a name="ms2"></a>2. Configuring Windows</h4>
 
<a name="ms21"></a>2.1 Setting up your Shared Folder as a Network Drive
We will be using a computer running Windows 10 as an example.
 
STEP 1
<ul>
<li>In Windows 10, click [Search] on the [Taskbar].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/kindeditor/image/20210622/20210622091345_94445.png" alt="" width="600" height="639" />
 
<ul>
<li>Enter two backslashes followed by your NAS's IP address and press [Enter]. For example: <img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20220318120154_Enter_NAS_IP.png" alt="" width="153" height="36" /></li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/kindeditor/image/20210622/20210622091404_67941.png" alt="" width="600" height="552" />
 
<ul>
<li>You can also open Windows Explorer, enter two backslashes followed by your NAS's IP address and press [Enter].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20231005113004_Windows_explorer_input_IP_search.png" alt="" width="650" height="455" />
 
STEP 2
<ul>
<li>Windows will now connect to your NAS via SAMBA (Please be sure the SMB service is enabled on ASUSTOR NAS).</li>
<li>You will then be able to see the shared folders that you have previously created on your NAS. ("MyNAS" in the example below)</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/kindeditor/image/20210622/20210622091425_58571.png" alt="" />
 
STEP 3
<ul>
<li>Right-click on your shared folder ("MyNAS" in the example below) and select [Map network drive.].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/kindeditor/image/20210622/20210622091434_94757.png" alt="" width="360" height="314" />
 
STEP 4
<ul>
<li>Specify the drive letter that you wish to use for the network drive and select the [Reconnect at logon] and [Connect using different credentials].</li>
<li>Once you're done, click [Finish].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/kindeditor/image/20210622/20210622091443_21513.png" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
 
STEP 5
<ul>
<li>Enter your NAS username and password into the dialog box that appears and select the [Remember my credentials].</li>
<li>Once you're done, click [Finish].</li>
</ul>
 Note: If the account password is confirmed to be correct, but keeps getting errors here, please restart Windows and try to connect again.
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/kindeditor/image/20210622/20210622091452_26094.png" alt="" width="450" height="345" />
 
STEP 6
<ul>
<li>When you click on [This PC] in Windows Explorer, you will see that your shared folder ("MyNAS" in our example) has become a network drive on your computer.</li>
<li>You can now drag and drop files to this network drive and they will be automatically transferred to the shared folder on your NAS.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20220318133529_Map_Drive_on_explorer.png" alt="" width="880" height="515" />
 
<h4><a name="ms3"></a>3. Connect NAS using the server name</h4>
WS-Discovery makes your NAS visible to your Windows PC on your local network. To find and browse the contents of your NAS, open the network browser, named "Network" in Windows File Explorer and navigate to the collapsible item named "Computer". (Introduced in ADM 4.0.5)
 Note: The NAS server name can be modified in [Settings] [Network] [General]. 
 
STEP 1
<ul>
<li>Select [Services] [SMB].</li>
<li>Select [Enable SMB] and [Enable WS-Discovery] and click on [Apply].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20220331163535_Enable_SMB_WS_discovery.png" alt="" title="" width="880" height="579" align="" />
 
STEP 2
<ul>
<li>Click on [Network] in Windows File Explorer, and the NAS with WS-Discovery enabled will be available in [Computer].</li>
<li>Click on the NAS to connect.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20220331163625_Windows_explorer_network_NAS_name.png" alt="" title="" width="880" height="519" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Or enter two backslashes followed by your NAS server name and press [Enter].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20231005135521_Windows_explorer_input_name_search.png" alt="" title="" width="650" height="455" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>You can also click [Search] on the [Taskbar] In Windows 10.</li>
<li>Enter two backslashes followed by your NAS server name and press [Enter].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20220331163704_Windows_search_server_name.png" alt="" width="700" height="567" />
 
STEP 3
<ul>
<li>Enter your NAS username and password into the dialog box that appears and select the [Remember my credentials].</li>
<li>Once you're done, click [Finish].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20231005113254_Connect_server_name_password.png" alt="" width="450" height="351" />
 
STEP 4
<ul>
<li>You can access the files of the NAS shared folders in Windows File Explorer now.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20220331163813_NAS_shared_folders_via_smb.png" alt="" title="" width="880" height="500" align="" />
 
<h4><a name="ms4"></a>4. Connect NAS using ASUSTOR Control Center</h4>
You can use ASUSTOR Control Center (ACC) on Windows to access the files of the NAS shared folders. Please refer to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.asustor.com/online/College_topic?topic=107" rel="noopener">NAS 107: Introduction to ASUSTOR Control Center</a> to know how to install ACC on Windows and use more ACC functions.
 
STEP 1
<ul>
<li>Open ACC, be sure the status of the required NAS is [Ready].</li>
<li>Click on the NAS you want to connect to.</li>
<li>Click [Connect] [Open Network Drive].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20231005122844_ACC_explorer_s1.png" alt="" title="" width="900" height="617" align="" />
 
STEP 2
<ul>
<li>Enter your NAS username and password into the dialog box that appears and select the [Remember my credentials].</li>
<li>Once you're done, click [Finish].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20231005123517_ACC_explorer_s2.png" alt="" width="450" height="351" />
 
STEP 3
<ul>
<li>You can access the files of the NAS shared folders in Windows File Explorer now.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20231005123529_ACC_explorer_s3.png" alt="" title="" width="880" height="500" align="" />
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