I'm trying to connect my Brother ADS-1700W to an Unraid share over the network. I've tried with both SFTP and Network via SMB but neither is able to connect. I'm given very little information by the scanner but I think the scanner is having trouble connecting to the server in the first place - i.e. it's not a directory permission issue. I have previously had this connection working but it no longer does. I'm currently on Unraid 6.12.6. Neither the server nor the scanner is available outside my network but I'd still like a reasonable level of security instead of just opening the share to anyone on my network.

 

Any suggestions for getting this connection to work? Google, Reddit, and these forums have results but none of the suggestions have helped. If possible could someone using this scanner share their config?

You need to research the scanner as much as possible.  You are looking for what version of SMB your scanner will support.  (Many of these require SMBv1  or NT1.)  Many installs of Unraid only support SMBv2 and higher.  It is possible to turn on in Unraid these earlier versions but there are security risks involved in doing so. 

 

Also try connecting to your Unraid server via SMB by using its IP address.  (I understand that the Local Master function of SMB only works when SMBv1 is enabled.)

Open a new tab on your browser, find your BROTHER ADS1700W ip address, input and hit enter.

 

Then your Login Password is underneath the ADS1700W right after it says Pwd: XXXXXXX ... Then you have to configure. Go to Scan Tab, Then click on "SCAN TO FTP/SFTP/NETWORK" then click on "Profile 1" check on Network.

Then click on "SCAN TO FTP/SFTP/NETWORK PROFILE" to populare the "Profile 1".

Profile name (whatever you wanna name it)

Network folder path: wherever is your unraid and paperless-ngx is installed, in my case was: \\xxx.xxx.xx.xx\APPDATA  (my paperless-ngx is installed there on appdata.

 

There rest of the setup you do with the flavours you like.

 

Continuing with the authentication on this same page all the way down.

Authentication settings:

Username: Your Paperless-ngx Username

Password: Your Paperless-ngx Password

HIT SUBMIT THEN TEST THE CONNECTION (IF IT FAILS, ITS BECAUSE OF YOUR NETWORK FOLDER PATH) Fix it, try again.

 

Remember it takes a while for Unraid and Paperless-ngx to start bahaving correctly, I don't know why.

For me after everything was setup, it took at least 20 minutes for me to scan any documents on my Brother ADS1700W and be processed correctly and displayed correctly on my PAPERLESS-NGX browser page.

 

I hope that was your question and hope I can help someone with this brief tutorial.

 

On my Brother ADF1700W I setup a quick button where with a click of a button I scan a document directly to the network going to my Paperless-ngx on my Unraid. It is awesome.

Edited June 21, 20242 yr by delubiod