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Products => Storage => : daddyo July 23, 2009, 11:10:28 PM

: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: daddyo July 23, 2009, 11:10:28 PM
   

What I have:

1) Buffalo Linkstation Live, model number LS-CH1.0TL

2) I updated to firmware 1.07 (both steps 1 and 2 confirmed by NAS Navigator2)

3) I'm running windows XP, with a Linksys 160NL router.  Ive been able to successfully connect several laptops and a couple of printers to the router, using wired and wiress options, so it appears the router is functioning properly.

4) The linksys router has a utility that recognized the drive on the network

4) Windows firewall is off and no other firewalls exist (as far as I know)

 

During the installation stage of the Linkstation. everything seemed to go fine, until it tried to map to a drive letter.   That's when the error message appeared:"remote default share is missing".

 

NASNavigator shows the Linkstation has a IP address, the same subnet mask as the other network devices, a default gateway of 192.168.1.1, and "WORKGROUP" as the workgroup.

 

I've seen similar issues posted here, but those solutions don't seem to solve my issue.  Lastly, when I input the ip address <\\192.168.1.106> ( or <LS-CHL016> )into Start -> Run, I get the error message "the network cannot be reached".

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  This is my first time doing anything beyond a simple 2-3 computer network.

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: davo July 24, 2009, 06:53:07 AM
   

Logon to the interface of the LS using its IP in your browser => Shared Folders => Add. Add a new shared folder with name (eg share), description etc and click apply.

 

Then open My computer => Tools => Map network drive

 

Drive Letter: Z:

Folder: \\192.168.1.106\share

 

finish

 

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: daddyo July 25, 2009, 10:13:06 PM
   Thanks for responding, Dave, but I'm still stuck :( Used the LS admin tool to create a shared folder caled "share". Went to: My computer -> Tool -> Map Network drive... and cut and pasted the url from your response. I received the error message "The network location could not be reached". I see there are similar threads going, so I also used the LS admin tool to: * Format the drive (no effect, except a really long wait) * Initialized the drive and reset the factory defaults. * Created other shared drives to see if those could be mapped (no luck) The LS Admin tool and my router's software both recognize the NAS as exisitng in the network (and at the same address), I just can't seem to map to it. Is there something else I can try/re-try? Thanks.
: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: Bigfoot July 28, 2009, 02:05:12 AM
   

I'v got exactly the same problem !

It seems it always come back with the windows xp !

I try with other windows and there is no probleme.

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: Jason July 28, 2009, 09:56:24 AM

Try to get to it from the file and printer sharing window.

 

Start->Run->\\IP_ADDRESS_OF_NAS

 

Then try right clicking on a share and selecting "map network drive" 

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: Bigfoot July 28, 2009, 11:06:42 AM
   

The error message is comming when we want to acces "Start->Run->\\IP_ADDRESS_OF_NAS"

So we can not right clicking on a share and selecting "map network drive" !

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: carlvol February 01, 2011, 10:44:59 PM

I have this same problem. I have called support and performed a force update to the firmware to no avail.

 

The device is opening in the NAS Navigator, but if I try to access the shared folder called 'share' Windows XP tells me the following message:

 

"The network path was not found."

 

It does this for any shareon the device.

 

My concern is that I had >500gb of data on the device that now appears to be lost as it is not accessible.

Any help is appreciated.

 

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: Cippo February 02, 2011, 03:50:07 PM

Still stuck with the same issue myself, but I've been working around it through USB network adapter.

It actually works on the same computer, that "fails to map network drive" even when connecting the LS

straight to the computer. That way you could at least rescue your data (without opening the unit & connecting

the hard drive elsewhere as a last resort).

 

Shame that nobody's found a cure for this.

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: carlvol February 02, 2011, 10:15:34 PM

Can you post your solution? I am not clear what you mean by USB Network interface.

 

Thanks.

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: Cippo February 03, 2011, 02:53:54 AM

Sure! though, it's not really a solution but an way-around-the-problem.

 

By USB network adapter, I meant a wireless USB inteface (I hope this would be approximate the right translation) such as this:

 

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=334

 

I connect with that to my wireless router (the LS is plugged there), cause I could operate the LS

with my remote laptops through the router.

 

I needed to disable the cable connection on my XP desktop while working with the wireless.

 

Hope it helps somebody!

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: sterndale June 29, 2011, 09:30:20 PM

I have joined this club (unwillingly!). My XP machine works OK with my LS-CHL 1.0 (firmware rev 1.31) but my Windows 7 laptop won't recognize the shared folders. I can open the LS admin utility by entering the IP address on the Win7 machine but it won't find the shares or display folder contents. NAS Navigator finds the device OK but can't browse its content.

 

I have turned off the firewall and experimented with Norton settings to no avail. Any fresh ideas out there?

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: NinjaNAS June 30, 2011, 03:32:05 PM

Have you tried changing the NTLM settings on your Win7 like the general FAQ explains?

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: elgati October 27, 2011, 08:43:56 AM

I cannot believe it was this simple... :smileysurprised:

 

Thanku, thank u, thank u!!!

: Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
: boigrrlwonder November 24, 2011, 10:44:13 PM

I am having the same issue. I have looked under the FAQ but I have Windows 7 Home premium and I can't follow those instructions. Any help would be apprecated. Thanks

: PROBLEM SOLVED... at last " Re: "Remote Default Share is Missing"
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