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ok, sorry for the long delay in replying. work and recovering from someone parking a car into the back of your van dont mix.. i know the i.p. of the unraid server, its a static one assigned by the router, 192.168.0.30 no matter in what context i use \\ or// all i ever end up with is \\ device not found // unraid ui i have tried the i.p. in windows explorer and internet explorer. along with the name of the unraid "tower" i am unable to find the storage drives in anyway or form on the network, although i can find the ui from any device i have tried, ipad, pc, android. i do have a netgear 7000 that could be used as the router and make the virgin v3 as a modem only, although this also is not findable in windows explorer BUT is visible via netgear genie. so thats where i am at the minute, im contemplating on a fresh install of windows on this pc can take an image via acronis as a backup, in case... as before all ideas welcomed.. and much appreciated

if it helps the router is a virgin media 3 box ... recon thats the problem... although to be fair it finds my tv on the network and my tv finds the media folder on the unraid server, just can see it from my pc..

hey all , really appreciate the replies.. yes i have tried \\name\media but windows says it can not find it. make sure its turned on blah blah .. its in slot 1 on the router, my pc is in slot 2 .. i can find it its there .. its connected and on .. i have reset the network on the main pc. i can access the main ui from my phone, ipad but not specific folders . sorry (again) is it worth wiping and restarting ?

if i open on windows explorer it opens the front page on chrome... if i type in the i.p. assigned to the unit it will go to the front page of unraid ui. no matter if i type in the i.p or the i.p./media . i need the share folders to be visible to any users on the network, also i can not add to the shared folders. if i can not add anything to the raid array then what is the point of it being there ? sorry but as i stated im new to this, i have read alot and followed alot of online content to try to understand how it all works. sorry ...

thanks for the replies, yes i have set the master as the thread said, even have dynamix local master installed . the unit is discoverable by i.p set on the network, but i want to be able to physically access the information on the device not edit the server. hence needing it to be visible on the network. the unit is physically attached to the router as is my pc, yet i can not find the shared folders on the unit. have tried to drop the link onto desktop but that just shows the front page of the ui many thanks.

good morning, ok im a total beginner at this networking server stuff. i have searched just about everything on here trying to find an answer. i am physically unable to find any trace of the serve on my network using win 10. i however can access it using its physical allocated network i.p. so any ideas on what im managing to get wrong ? any help would be appreciated as at the moment im feeling like the thing will be junked off into the bin as its driving me so insane. thanks all