Hi Guys,
I have a Zensonic Network Media Player which I'm having trouble getting it to see the Windows 7 shares and I believe the problem is with Windows 7.
Basically all the Zensonic unit does is look at anything on the network in the same workgroup and then shows any shared drives. I have the Zensonic set to the workgroup "WORKGROUP" and so is the Win7 computer (plus my Thecus N2200 NAS box and a WinXP computer).
When it looks at the network, it can see the Win7 computer but when I select it, it says "0 shares". I have no trouble with the WinXP computer for example and all I do on that box is simply right-click on a directory, select share, give it a share-name and it appears on the Zensonic computer.
That's why I think it has something to do with how sharing and/or networking is done in Win7. I've looked at various networking/sharing posts on various forums and tried different configs but it still doesn't appear.
Here's what I've done with a directory on my D drive where I record TV shows from my TV card - D:\Video\
I right-click on the "Video" directory and choose Share With --> Specific People. I've added "Everyone" and "Guest" with Read/Write permissions (I know I just need Read, but that didn't work so I tried both).
That didn't work. My next step was to right click on "video" directory and choose "Properties" and go to the Sharing tab. This tab currently shows "Video Shared" and underneath that it says network path is \\Office\Video. If I click on the Share button, it shows the same dialogue box where I have Everyone and Guest with Read/Write permissions.
If I click on Advanced Sharing, the next dialogue box has a tick in "Share this folder" with the Share name of Video.
The part that confuses me a little is when I right click on the Video directory and choose Share..., it has a padlock next to "Nobody". The other 2 options are "Homegroup (Read)" and "Homegroup (Read/Write)" but my understanding of homegroups is that it is for connecting other Win7 computers. My Zensonic unit is simply a Network Media Player.
Under "Change Sharing Options for Different Network Profiles" I have the following set:
Home or Work (Current Profile)
What other settings should I have to look at?
Like I said earlier, it was never this difficult in WinXP to create a share and for the Media Player to see it. All you had to do was be in the same workgroup, right click on a folder and choose "Share" and decide what Share name you wanted to call it.
I am having another network issue relating to slow network transfers on occassions (ie 90% of the time I can transfer at 2-3 MB/s but the other 10% can slow to 26k/sec) but I'll raise another topic on that.
Regards
Max
I have a Zensonic Network Media Player which I'm having trouble getting it to see the Windows 7 shares and I believe the problem is with Windows 7.
Basically all the Zensonic unit does is look at anything on the network in the same workgroup and then shows any shared drives. I have the Zensonic set to the workgroup "WORKGROUP" and so is the Win7 computer (plus my Thecus N2200 NAS box and a WinXP computer).
When it looks at the network, it can see the Win7 computer but when I select it, it says "0 shares". I have no trouble with the WinXP computer for example and all I do on that box is simply right-click on a directory, select share, give it a share-name and it appears on the Zensonic computer.
That's why I think it has something to do with how sharing and/or networking is done in Win7. I've looked at various networking/sharing posts on various forums and tried different configs but it still doesn't appear.
Here's what I've done with a directory on my D drive where I record TV shows from my TV card - D:\Video\
I right-click on the "Video" directory and choose Share With --> Specific People. I've added "Everyone" and "Guest" with Read/Write permissions (I know I just need Read, but that didn't work so I tried both).
That didn't work. My next step was to right click on "video" directory and choose "Properties" and go to the Sharing tab. This tab currently shows "Video Shared" and underneath that it says network path is \\Office\Video. If I click on the Share button, it shows the same dialogue box where I have Everyone and Guest with Read/Write permissions.
If I click on Advanced Sharing, the next dialogue box has a tick in "Share this folder" with the Share name of Video.
The part that confuses me a little is when I right click on the Video directory and choose Share..., it has a padlock next to "Nobody". The other 2 options are "Homegroup (Read)" and "Homegroup (Read/Write)" but my understanding of homegroups is that it is for connecting other Win7 computers. My Zensonic unit is simply a Network Media Player.
Under "Change Sharing Options for Different Network Profiles" I have the following set:
Home or Work (Current Profile)
- Turn on network discovery
- Turn on File and Print Sharing
- Turn on sharing so that anyone with network access can read and write files in the public folder
- Media streaming is on
- Enable file sharing for devices that use 40 or 56 bit encryption
- Turn off password protected sharing
- Homegroup connections - use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers
- Turn on network discovery
- Turn on File and Print Sharing
- Turn on sharing so that anyone with network access can read and write files in the public folder
- Choose Media Streaming option
- Enable file sharing for devices that use 40 or 56 bit encryption
- Turn off password protected sharing
What other settings should I have to look at?
Like I said earlier, it was never this difficult in WinXP to create a share and for the Media Player to see it. All you had to do was be in the same workgroup, right click on a folder and choose "Share" and decide what Share name you wanted to call it.
I am having another network issue relating to slow network transfers on occassions (ie 90% of the time I can transfer at 2-3 MB/s but the other 10% can slow to 26k/sec) but I'll raise another topic on that.
Regards
Max