USB path in sonos for USB stick in fritz.box 7583

Dear Forum,

struggling with thus half my Sunday. Hopefully you can help out.

i do not know what the taxonomy in sonos is, to add a music library on the USB stick I insrted in the modem.

I have now

\\fritz.box\JeroenMusic

the usb stick is called ‘JeroenMusic’ with directly all my CD’s on it. But somehow this doesnt work.
sonos gives feedback that the access is denied.

assumed that all settings are correct in the fritzbox, I would like to know whether the syntax is ok.

thanks

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It could be that the FritzBox does not support SMB v2, or you can try the path with the IP of the router instead:

//fritz.box/JeroenMusic

or this

//192.168.x.x/JeroenMusic

Looks like the Fritzbox does not support SMBv1. See https://en.avm.de/service/knowledge-base/dok/FRITZ-Box-7583/3327_SMB-versions-supported-by-the-FRITZ-Box/ The only Sonos devices that need SMBv1 are S1 devices. Do you indeed use older Sonos devices?

Here is more about the AVM Fritzbox USB:

Do not put your music directly in the root of the usb drive but in a subfolder, for example "music".

On the FritzBox

Go to "Home Network", "USB/Storage"

On the "Device Overview" tab:

On the "Home Network Sharing" tab:

Check "Access via network drive (SMB)" and give the share a name, for example "USB"
Do NOT enable "Support for SMBv1"

Go to "System" > "FRITZ!Box Users"

In Sonos, use the path:

//<ip-address>/<sharename>/<usb-volumename>/<subfolder>

In your case:

//192.168.178.1/USB/JeroenMusic/music

You may use both forward slash and backslash. It's what you prefer.

Thanks all for these positive responses. Made my day!

I am going to try all of it and give feedback soon .

( due to travelling that will be in three weeks time, but this big help needs some feedback)

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