TWINSET Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) Hi Just got a COVR Mesh setup and whilst I can get WiFi access everywhere now, I can't access my NAS drive over the Wifi. On the old setup, the NAS was plugged into the router, and a set of Zyxel mains wiring extenders were used to extend wifi thoroughout the house - this gave Wifi access to the NAS drive. One of the Zyxel points keeps playing up now, so bought the COVR to replace. So I removed the Zyxel, connected the COVR and everything works except for devices accessing the NAS drive The TV used to read from the NAS drive, doesn't any more VLC on tablets, phones etc, and PC via network devices all used to access NAS, they don't any more The TV and all devices still have full internet access (Netflix, Amazon, iPlayer etc.) via COVR just no NAS drive. Connected to the router, my PC can drag/drop files to NAS drive via Windows Explorer, but if I connect NAS to COVR directly, then I'll lose this drag/drop function (and I want to retain it) Any ideas? I don't remember doing any special setup for Zyxel Old/current setup; New setup; Edited February 5, 2019 by TWINSET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboy_uk Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Are the TVs, Tablets etc... on the same subnet as the NAS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebeetle Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Connect NAS to A,B or C? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINSET Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 If I connect the NAS to A, B or C the TV, tablets etc. can see it fine, but I lose the drag/drop and direct connection facility on master PC At present, on the mains-network setup, other PCs and tablets can see the folders on the NAS but not edit the contents whereas the master PC can edit and affect folders/files - I need to keep that functionality. As for subnets, I don't know what that means, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboy_uk Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 I suspect you have a double NAT. Two subnets means that the broadcasts needed to discover the NAS cannot traverse the two routers. Try browsing to the IP address of the NAS from a WiFi device when the NAS connected to the original router. If this works, then the broadcast/double NAT is the issue. You will need to put the original router into bridge or modem mode to resolve this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINSET Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Got an IT Mate in in the end, he struggled too - ended up buying an ethernet switch box and all's good now Thanks for the suggestions ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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