Recent content by rowanbradley

How do I enter this username? It doesn't ask me for a username when I try to copy files using WIndows Explorer, it just fails with a "you need permission" message. And it really wants the NAS IP does it, not the hostname? I.e. does it want 192.168.0.188\RowanB or NAS310\RowanB? And does it not...

I don't have a domain. This is just a small home network with two or three PCs, printer, NAS etc. Are you saying that I MUST have a domain in order to access my NAS? Since the NAS runs Linux I don't suppose that it knows anything about domains, so I probably can't give permissions to a domain...

If I'm logged into Windows 8.1 as username/password, and I try to access files on another computer on my network (in this case my NAS, which I think is running Linux), what username and password does it try to connect to the NAS with? If it gives me a "You need permission to perform this action"...

I have a NAS drive (a Zyxel NSA310) on my network which I am trying to use for backup. Whenever I try to access this drive from a Windows computer connected to the same LAN (e.g. to create a new folder on the NAS) it says "you need authorisation to do that". How do I get authorisation? The Zyxel...