Windows 10: W11 PC unable to see and connect to home NAS and other PC's

I have a brand new W11 PC and cannot browse my home network, e.g. my NAS network attached storage server I have other W10 PC's and don't have an issue with them seeing the other PC's/server on my home network. This is a simple home network without a domain server. The new PC is running W11 Pro, version 21H2.

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Windows 10 & NAS Box

Hi Peter,

A few possible reasons can cause this issue. To help us identify the cause of this problem, we would like to know the following information:

• How is your NAS box connected to your computer? (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or USB)
• Are you using a program provided by the manufacturer of your NAS box to access it?
• Do you receive any error messages when accessing your NAS box? If yes, what is the exact error message?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

In the meantime, we suggest that you perform the solution provided by omiklik (Most Helpful Reply)
in the following thread: Unable to see NAS drive on Network - Win 10 PC.

Keep us updated on the status of the issue, and we will be glad to assist you further.

 

Need help with connecting external pc to used for raid storage

Basically I want to set up raid in a separate pc to be used only for the hard drives.

But I don't know how I would best connect this raid setup into my computer.

• Do I use a NIC card to gigabit over multiple channels?
• Or perhaps a really long sata III cable?
• I don't want to connect it over the network. I just want to directly connect it.

Goals:

• Access data quick
• Keep hard drives external to PC
• Ease of use
• Keep costs down (hence DIY PC instead of prebuilt NAS)
• Expandability (hence DIY PC instead of prebuilt NAS)

How do I do this?

See this illustration.

 

One PC in network cannot connect to other devices and NAS

Have tried everything in this Windows 10 piece of _____! v 1909

One PC cannot connect to any other device or the NAS's I have. Two other PC's can connect to anything with no problems. All appear to have same update, etc.

• Turned SMB1 off and on in all devices. No difference.
• Network discovery and sharing is on.
• I can ping all devices from Problem PC.
• All devices are in nbtstat tables
• One NAS assumes to be Master Browser when on. I turned it off and made Problem PC MB. Made no difference.
• Any scans, etc run from Problem will discover all other devices on the network.
• I cannot connect to other devices by typing \\name or IP in Explorer
• I cannot map the drive to other PC's or Nas's
• The error is "\\devicename is not accessible. You may not have permission..."