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Telus Wifi Hub USB (white Arcadyan tower modem) Settings
Good Day everyone, I would like to know if anyone has a manual for this Telus Wifi Hub (white Arcadyan tower modem) Perhaps someone could guide me in the correct direction. I have the Telus W...
The ability to add a network drive through the Arcadyan hub is restricted to a very simple implementation basically a file share for the network. If you want a functional network drive with shares, users, etc., you are wiser to purchase a true NAS.
Hi Tuba,
please change the netbios name to something that is easy to type. once you have done that you have to go to your PC and turn on file sharing across your network. Once this is done you should be able to "Map your network drive" in this pc. once that comes up use your netbios name with \\NETBIOSNAME\USBDEVICENAME\SHAREDFOLDER. if you are sharing the entire USB device then you only need to add the netbios name.
If however you cant find the netbios name you can simply use \\IPADDRESSOFYOURROUTER\ and that should direct you to it
if you are on MAC you need to add a server and do a stmp:\\NETBIOSNAME to add it.
let know how you get along and if you have any further questions.
I tried changing the netbios name to something very simple and made sure the workgroup name is the same. I'm using a Windows 10 PC. I checked my network and sharing center and turned on sharing for all networks.
When I try to access \\NETBIOSNAME with or without subfolders, I get "Windows cannot access \\NETBIOSNAME" message. Same thing if I use the router IP address.
Very strange, there are so few settings to set up in the router settings, but it just refuses to work.
if you open up a command prompt and type "ping NETBIOSNAME" do you get a reply?
Yes, I get a reply from the router IP when I ping the netbiosname.
Open: Start menu > in search type: Run ; press Enter > type: optionalfeatures ; press Enter > search for: SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support > Expand view > Check SMB 1.0/CIFS Client + SMB 1.0/CIFS Server > click OK > restart computer
This process worked for me, I managed to get the drive to show up on all 4 pc's on my network after I did this.
