Windows 10: USB drive on TP Link router not accessible to only one laptop

All laptops but one can access the USB drive on \\tplinklogin.net. All other devices have no problem either, phones etc.
The error message reads:



The laptop has been away for over a month on another network and I suspect the access has been disabled due to that. Any suggestions?

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N8 belle wifi connectivity issue : Error 'Connection unavailable'

After long time i tried to connect my nokia n8 to my TP-Link wireless router. It detects the connection, but after entering the password i gets error
'Connection unavailable'/Failed.



I have tried to access two different wifi networks as below



1) Tataphoton plus+ usb device through TP-Link router
( connections works fine with other mobiles & laptops)

2) BSNL broadband through D-Link router
( connections works fine with other mobiles & laptops)



Both time it failed to connect.



Can someone help me on this problem ?

 

Getting an error stating that the drive is to sparse and needs to be uncompressed any suggestions?

Original title: Network Drive (Windows 10)

Getting an error stating that the drive is to sparse and needs to be uncompressed any suggestions? The drive is a usb hard drive that is plugged into a TP link Router..

 

Welcome to the forum can you first try by its ip see if that work ie \\192.168.1.0\volume1

 

Would help to know the model number of your router current firmware installed & version of the router. Also need the mfg and model of the USB drive.

 

Thanks Samuria,
I do not think it is a pingable device as it is just a hard drive attached to the router. The router of course (default gateway) pings very nicely.
Like I said, All other devices can access this drive. Using Chrome to access \\192.168.0.1\volume1 does work. So it may be something to do with the drive mapping, T Drive, and the other disc, Volume 9 is U Drive

 

Archer C7 v1 latest firmware installed.
The other laptop is a cloned hard drive of this one so all settings are pretty much the same.
This laptop is an ASUS GL752W. It has to be a windows 10 issue, I reckon. I'm running Avast professional antivirus. I disabled the firewall and it makes no difference. My OS is Windows 10 on all devices, this one is windows home, the others are windows 10 professional or enterprise. Things were working fine until the month away from this server.

 

the \\tplinklogin.net. isnt being picked up via dns or netbios that is the problem as a quick fix you could put it in the host file

 

Thanks Samuria,
Could you elaborate how you would do that please?
I'll give it a shot.

 

This may have indeed been the issue. I entered the IP address in the run line instead of the url that Tp Link instruct, that is: \\192.168.0.1\volume1 instead of \\tplinklogin.net
The drive showed up in the network section of windows explorer instead of the local drive section. I've mapped it, again with the same drive letters the other machines are using and it is working perfectly. I cannot get it to fail.
Consider this solved! Thank you.