Hi,
I have Volumio installed on a Raspberry Pi 2B, which connects via USB wifi dongle.
It is located in an inconvenient position, so to add files to the storage usb I add the Pi as a network location in Windows 10, then can move files with ease.
Then I updated to Windows 11, and when I try “Add a network location” with the IP I get “Windows requires a share to publish to. Please try another location”
I must stress that Volumio works perfectly, from this laptop, any browser, phone apps etc. no problems. My phone can see the Pi in ES file explorer, and move files, but I want to do it from my laptop.
This brings up “cannot find, check spelling and try again”
Further messing with Add Network Location,
\\USB brings up an Enter Network Credentials box with username already in, a space for password and them, in red “You can’t access this shared folder b/c your orgs security policies block unauthenticated guest access…”
Not a company laptop, just an oldish thinkpad I upgraded to 11.
Not too hot on firewalls and permissions, but i think thats where I need to be looking.
Cannot connect from laptop with SSH using Putty either.
My other Pi, runs Plexmediaserver, I can share to it, ssh no problems only difference is connection via cable not wifi (although I can’t access it from my phone??)
On Windows 11 24H2 I use a UNC path in File Explorer (as I used to do in Windows 10)
In the address bar \\volumio
Then I can choose the music folder
I use a script to back up the volumio music drive to an external USB drive on my PC too, for that I map a drive letter and then release it after the backup completes.
net use v: \\volumio\usb\music
backup stuff here
net use v: /delete
I have just booted my win11 laptop with a Linux Mint usb stick, opened the file manager, went to Network, and accessed both rpi’s, volumio and plex, once I entered creds…
Must be a windows issue.
A follow-up to this.
I was running Windows 11 24H2 Home Edition and everything was working OK.
Some time since this question was asked and solved, I found that I had a similar situation, an update or two happened mid-week this week just gone.
Using a UNC path in File Explorer I was suddenly prompted for a username and password (these were saved and working ages ago). Network error 1208 was the result using the correct username and password.
Testing using net use to map a drive also failed, “A system error 3227320323 has occurred.”
A bit of digging around found that the ability to connect to non-signed shares was disabled, and that it could be fixed by using gpedit.
Windows 11 Home doesn’t have gpedit. So an alternate method is to use a registry edit.
To allow insecure outgoing connections, open Regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters.
Create a new DWORD, name it RequireSecuritySignature and set its value to 0.
Testing after this change showed both ‘net use’, for drive mapping, and accessing shares via a UNC path is now working again.
Hopefully this helps others who have Windows 11 24H2 with updates breaking the CIFS connections to Volumio.
Open file explorer, right click on network , click map network drive … in the folder put \192.168.23\usb
The ip of your volumio would be the address of course , then boom! Your in… it will put a folder in this pc that you can read and write into…
Hope this helps.
That had been working, as noted above. But a recent security change in Windows 11 (turning off access to un-signed shares as the default) broke it.
\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\ stopped working, as did \\hostname\
