Select the name of your USB Storage device and click OK. To know more about configuring user access for your USB storage device on a Linksys router, click here. Enter their credentials here and click OK. QUICK TIP: If you have set up specific shares to users, you will be asked to log in using your Username and Password. QUICK TIP: You can specify your desired drive letter in the Drive: drop-down section.ĭouble-click on the IP Address of your router. Right-click the Computer icon and click on the Map network drive… option.Įnter the IP Address of the Network Attached Storage or the router with USB storage device and click the Browse… button. NOTE: These steps are applicable to Windows XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Select your computer’s operating system below for specific instructions: For instructions on how to connect to the wireless network, click here. You will not be able to access your USB storage when you are connected to the Guest network. If you are using a wireless computer, ensure that you are connected to the main wireless network.By default, the IP Address of a Linksys Network Attached Storage is set to 192.168.1.77. If you are connecting to a Network Attached Storage (NAS), you need to know its IP Address.The default IP Address of Linksys routers is 192.168.1.1. Ensure that you have already identified your router's IP Address before mapping (the IP Address of the USB Storage and that of the router are the same).IMPORTANT: Before you start mapping your network drive, you need to: This article will guide you on how to map a network drive or a network storage device. This is configured on computers that want to access a USB storage device or Network Attached Storage (NAS) connected to a router. Network drive mapping is configuring a file folder on a computer to share files or folders of data over a Local Area Network (LAN).

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