Windows 10: Access Drive on Different Subnet

Hello. I have a Western Digital drive that needs to exist on a separate VLAN from my desktop computer. The drive is on subnet 1, the desktop is on subnet 2. The router appears to be configured correctly, since I can successfully ping the drive from the desktop, and can access the drive configuration page via a web browser.However, when I try to map the drive to a drive letter, I get credentials errors. Most particularly, an error which tells me:..... is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you

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Remote access to my (local) server's folders

But what if he tries to access this mapped drive when he is not on the same subnet of his server ?

 

Unable to access the external hard drive after upgrading to Windows 10

Hi Alan,

As you are facing issues with accessing the external hard drive after upgrading to Windows 10, do not worry we will help you with this issue.

Do provide us additional information to assist you better with this issue:

• What is the make and model of your devices?
• What exactly happens when you try to access the drive?
• What is the complete error message/ error code of this issue?
• Were you able to detect the device under Device Manager/ File Explorer?

Step 1: As a workaround, I suggest you to do the following to detect the issue:

• Connect the hard drive to different port and check if the issue persists.
• Connect different hard drive to the same port and check.
• Connect different hard drives to different ports and check.

Step 2: If the device is not detected on your computer try to run
Hardware and Devices troubleshooter as it checks for common problems and makes sure that any new device or hardware connected to your PC is installed correctly.

• Press Windows key from the keyboard, type
  Troubleshooting and select it.
• Click on view all option on the upper left corner of
  Troubleshooting window.
• Select the Hardware and Device
  options from the list.
• Click Next to run the Hardware and Device
  Troubleshooter

Step 3: I suggest you to check if there are any drivers with yellow exclamatory mark in the Device Manager.

• Press Windows + X from the keyboard, click on
  Device Manager.
• Right click on the detected driver, click on Properties
  and check the device status.
  

Hope it helps. Try the above and update us the status of this issue with the required information, we will be happy to help you further.

Thank you.

 

Windows firewall block comunication to another subnet

Hi Michal,



Thank you for your response with the current update on the issue.

To assist you better, please provided us the information below:

• How exactly have you setup the network connection between the different computers?
• Do you have server Operating System in the network? Are you using a home network?

I suggest you to refer to the suggestion provided in the Microsoft Help Article to about internet related issues and check if it helps.

Fix network connection issues:

Fix Wi-Fi connection issues in Windows

Please get back to us with an update on issue with connecting to other subnet network, we will be happy to help.



Thank you.