How do I download a folder of files/multiple files at once on my NAS? (542)

Oscwo · October 29

So I have several folders with RAR files containing up to 100 files in one folder.

File browser won't let me download a whole folder, it also won't let me select multiple files at once and download them all.

Surely there must be a way somehow to get the entire folder to my PC without having to make 100+ individual downloads from the folder?

Mijzelf · October 31

Use Samba. "Windows filesharing".

Oscwo · November 22

https://community.zyxel.com/en/discussion/comment/71275#Comment_71275

Do you know of any good tutorials for this? The one I've found starts by saying I should open Terminal on my Linux machine. Is that even possible on the NAS?

Mijzelf · November 22

Yes, that is possible, but way beyond the goal. Samba is already running on the NAS. Actually it's the main function of the NAS.

You only have to configure your client to access it. If you are on a Windows PC, all you have to do is typing

\\<ip-of-nas>\

in the address bar of explorer. On Linux (and maybe also on a Mac) you can in most cases type

smb://<ip-of-nas>/

in the address bar of the file browser.

Oscwo · November 23

https://community.zyxel.com/en/discussion/comment/72095#Comment_72095

Oh ok thanks for the clarification. That sounds way easier than what I imagined.

I tried typing exactly what you wrote in my Windows explorer window and it gave me "\\<ip-of-nas>\ is not acessible". (I'm paraphrasing because I have Windows in a different language)

I'm currently connected to the NAS through my browser so no issues there.

Do you know what the problem is?

Mijzelf · November 23

Do you know what the problem is?

No directly. You are aware you should exchange <ip-of-nas> by the actual ip address of the NAS?

Oscwo · November 24

https://community.zyxel.com/en/discussion/comment/72107#Comment_72107

Yes :)

Any idea on how to trouble shoot this?

Mijzelf · November 26

Is you client in the same network as the NAS? And are you accessing it on it's local IP? Samba is not designed to be used across the internet, and many ISP's block it.

A firewall can be a problem. When I remember well, when you connect a Windows PC to a new network it gives you the choice between 3 levels of firewall protection: Public network, Home network and Corporate network. (The actual used names will be different). In case of Public network I think it won't allow samba connections. So for a test try to switch of the firewall.

Oscwo · November 30

https://community.zyxel.com/en/discussion/comment/72214#Comment_72214

Have Windows on a private network currently. I tried turning off the firewall and now the error message is gone. Instead now, typing <ipofnas> into explorer opens a web-browser window…That window is just empty though.

Same when I turn the firewall back on. What is supposed to happen? And any idea what's wrong?

Mijzelf · November 30

typing <ipofnas> into explorer opens a web-browser window…

That should be \\<ipofnas\. Without the double backslash Explorer has to guess which protocol to use. And I think it defaults to http. Don't know why that yields an empty page though.

Oscwo · December 1

https://community.zyxel.com/en/discussion/comment/72345#Comment_72345

Hm…Ok when I try that it again gives the error message that it is not accessible. When I click the diagnose-option it specifically says that the DNS-server is not available/found. Not sure what that means or if it's relevant.

Any more ideas?

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