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Title: MC20 Explorer - manually specify Network location ?
Post by: kstuart on May 18, 2015, 01:16:54 pm

I have an external hard drive that is connected to my router.

The router software does not allow any customization, such as specifying a Workgroup, so the drive does not appear in "Network" in Windows Explorer or MC20 Explorer, so you have to type the network address manually (and then you can create a Windows shortcut).

So, is there any way to type an address in MC20 Explorer (rather than selecting it in the Tree)?

Title: Re: MC20 Explorer - manually specify Network location ?
Post by: kstuart on May 19, 2015, 11:17:15 am

Bump.

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Post by: costy04021978 on May 20, 2015, 08:33:41 am

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Title: Re: MC20 Explorer - manually specify Network location ?
Post by: Arindelle on May 20, 2015, 09:04:52 am

Just throwing this out there, so might not help at all ...

By any chance do you have a netgear router? The have a special command (\\readyshare from the run command box) that allowed me to map the USB as a network drive.

If not (which is probably the case as Netgear routers all have admin UIs at least) maybe your brand might have a similar tool? Wroth checking out their forums? I would imagine they would have to as I'm surprised you can not configure your router from a browser, and without a tool the USB port would be pretty worthless, especially for things like printers.

Title: Re: MC20 Explorer - manually specify Network location ?
Post by: blgentry on May 20, 2015, 09:07:27 am

If you can type the address in Windows Explorer, you can map it to a drive letter.  Then MC can reference it via that drive letter (like S: or T: for example).  That should work fine.

Brian.

Title: Re: MC20 Explorer - manually specify Network location ?
Post by: glynor on May 20, 2015, 10:25:20 am

I was going to suggest mapping a network drive too, if that's really the case.  But, like Arindelle, I'm pretty skeptical about gear that would not let you change that. What's the make/model of the router?

Title: Re: MC20 Explorer - manually specify Network location ?
Post by: kstuart on May 20, 2015, 03:20:08 pm

Mapping the network location to a virtual drive works perfectly, thanks.