How do I know what the CIFS sign is

Anonymous
2010-07-31T18:54:03+00:00

Greetings! I just bought one of those networkable blu ray players... I have access to my portable network drive and thus are able to watch downloaded movies... Could you define  how to log in to my  network ... the bluray player asks for a "cifs sign in" in order to stream from my laptop... In lamen terms... I dont know what would the CIFS siign in name would be... How do I know what it is? I cant figure out what or where it will be...

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Anonymous
2010-08-01T11:49:53+00:00

Hi,

·         Who is the manufacturer of the Blu-ray device?

Common Internet File System (CIFS), a protocol that defines a standard for remote file access using millions of computers at a time. With CIFS, users with different platforms and computers can share files without having to install new software.

I would suggest you to contact the manufacturer of the device for CIFS sign in details, also look for the CIFS information from the user manual.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-03-29T19:22:18+00:00

    I have the 590 and recently tried this solution.  Unfortunately it didn't work. 

    Currently there is one user and password on my computer; the administrator.  That account has all the media on it that I want to share.  When I create a "guest" user that account doesn't have access to the media - even though the whole C: drive is shared.  More so the username and ID used for the second account don't work as the CIFS sign in.

    Any other ideas?  I read somewhere that Windows Live might cause a problem - anyone know if this is true?

    Thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-03-13T08:24:13+00:00

    Yes me too and it's driving me mad...Where on my PC (Windows 7 HP) would I find the CIFS sign in ID and password ??

    JIM

    PS.Yes I bought the LG Network Blu Ray Home Cinema, all good but can't sign in...grrrr!!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-02-18T23:43:54+00:00

    I got my LG BR Player back in 2010/12, everything was working fine, not once asked me to log in !! Than we got a new laptop with Windows 7 HP, now the BR asking for CIFS login ! Why ? Even to the location shared on my subnet with full access, full right !? What now ? I have not changed anything on the other 2 PC !

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-01-18T00:08:07+00:00

    Finally figured it for XP.... (works on BD570)

    You have to open port 445 on your pc if firewall is active on the PC. It is used by MS directory service and needed for file sharing. Make sure it is not exposed to the outside world, i.e. your PC should be behind NAT router.

    on cifs login - user name - <computer name>&lt;user name> e.g. myhomepc\jdoe

    password - <password> or leave empty if you do not use a password to login in XP.

    Now any directory with "read" permission to "everyone" will be displayed and supported content can be played from that directory.

    You do not need to install nero media home essentials.

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