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Best answer by press250

The NAS is connected to the Port with an ethernet cable, which I have assumed is bidirectional. Before having my cds ripped I used jukeboxes connected to the port with audio cables, which worked fine. The NAS, which was selected and populated by Music Shifters, is a Buffalo link station ls210d. Hope this sparks more ideas. Thanks,  lynncat

Hi @lynncat, @Stanley_4 is spot on: connecting your NAS to your Sonos Port via Ethernet cable between the two of them is a non-starter. Both NAS and Port need a connection (wired Ethernet or wireless Wi-Fi) to your router. Let’s take them one a time.

  • Connecting your NAS to your router via Ethernet cable is a great idea to ensure the best connectivity.
  • Your Port should be happy with either an Ethernet cable to your router or a Wi-Fi connection.

16 replies

Enthusiast I
August 16, 2024

Thanks! It’s a QNAP Turbo NAS TS-253A-8G. All my music is on it, not on the pc. 

Enthusiast I
August 16, 2024

Problem is, as instructed on the Sonos link, I go into Settings, Manage, add new folder and enter the NAS address, my user name and password but everything stays greyed out. 

press250
Prodigy III
August 16, 2024

Hi @Tom4103, double-check that you using forward slashes when you enter the folder name:

        //NAS_Name/Share_Name

Enthusiast I
August 16, 2024

Thanks, I’ll try again!

Enthusiast I
August 17, 2024

Dear press250,

a thousand thanks! It worked first time!

That was a great help!

Tom

Enthusiast I
August 19, 2024

The Sonos instructions incorrectly show backslashes! That was the problem I guess:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/use-a-nas-drive-with-sonos

Moderator edit: I’ve asked for this page to be updated - thanks for flagging!