Using Fritzbox NAS

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My Sonos system is working well over my wifi network provided by a Fritz!box 7530 router. I want to use the router as a NAS music server using a USB stick. I’ve followed all the instructions provided by Fritzbox however when I try to add the Shared Music Folder in Sonos I get the message: “The computer fritz.box refused to let Sonos connect”. Using the exact same access path, username and password I can access the library folder directly from my phone via Chrome. Is there a setting somewhere that I’m missing?

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DonRuaAnswer

Lyricist III

My Sonos system is working well over my wifi network provided by a Fritz!box 7530 router. I want to use the router as a NAS music server using a USB stick.

I have this working on a Fritzbox 7590.

My usb stick has a volumename "NAS".
On this drive is a folder named "MP3", containing subfolders (albums) with mp3 files.

At "Sharing via home network" on the Fritzbox:

Turn on "Access via network drive (SMB) active".
Name the share, I've named my share "Sputnik" and left the workgroup unchanged (WORKGROUP).
Enable "Support for SMBv1".

Media Server does not have to be enabled.

In Sonos, use the path:

//fritz.nas/<sharename>/<volumename>/<folder>

In my case it is;

//fritz.nas/Sputnik/NAS/MP3

The user you've created only needs read permissions for NAS/MP3.

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vw54Author

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Many thanks for your clear instructions. These worked perfectly!! Problem solved.

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