2019-01-23, 20:28
hi i have enabled smb in windows, and created a shared folder on a drive to save movies to so i can access them from my shield tv through kodi. i have tried every method i can find and cannot get it to connect.
i tried through file manager. when i browse smb through "smb://" and "windows network (smb) both are blank. i tried manually adding a network location using smb://<pc name>/<shared folder name> and also using my pc's ip instead of name and no luck. it will get as far as asking me my username and password and i use my admin user name for my pc and my windows password for my pc and then it just kicks me back and does not work. i have gotten the time out error also but as i said i enabled smb and restarted my pc and have since checked to make sure it stays enabled. still no luck.
im not extremely good with network stuff but i understand it well enough and i cant get this figured out.
oh i have also enabled sharing for "everyone" in the shared folder
any help will be very appreciated
i tried through file manager. when i browse smb through "smb://" and "windows network (smb) both are blank. i tried manually adding a network location using smb://<pc name>/<shared folder name> and also using my pc's ip instead of name and no luck. it will get as far as asking me my username and password and i use my admin user name for my pc and my windows password for my pc and then it just kicks me back and does not work. i have gotten the time out error also but as i said i enabled smb and restarted my pc and have since checked to make sure it stays enabled. still no luck.
im not extremely good with network stuff but i understand it well enough and i cant get this figured out.
oh i have also enabled sharing for "everyone" in the shared folder
any help will be very appreciated