Network Share Inaccessible by Name

[Manicjonah]

I have an Asus RT-AC68u running Merlin version 380.62_1. At some point in the last couple of months my network share has become inaccessible by name from my Windows 10 computer. It worked at one point but I can't honestly say I know when or what's changed.

To clarify, when I open "Network" on my computer I see the drive that is connected to my router but when I attempt to access it I get an error indicating that it cannot be found. I can access it by its IP address however which leads me to believe that this is a DNS issue. But the router is the DNS server on my home network.

Can you guys point me in the right direction to getting this working. I know it's something simple but I just can't get it.

Thanks,

MJ

 

[ColinTaylor]

Something might have changed with the PC rather than the router (what with Microsoft pushing out automatic updates). Can you access the share from another PC?

I can access it by its IP address however

Do you mean the contents of the shared drive or the router itself?

Check the settings at USB Application > Network Place(Samba) Share

 

[Manicjonah]

ColinTaylor, thanks for the help, you got me thinking. I fired up another computer (I really only use my Windows 10 desktop) and attempted to access the hard drive I have connected to my router. I accessed it without issue. So I decided to ping the drive and my desktop. The drive replied but my Windows 10 desktop didn't.

I fixed my problem by removing the second IP address I set on my Windows 10 computer a couple of months ago when I was working on something that I pulled off another network. Everything is good again. Thanks!