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
    2010-09-09T20:34:16+00:00

    yehaaboy ,

      I just bought the lg 590 and can't figure out the cifs sign in either...have you had any luck ? any help would be much appreciated.

    thanks ,

      bryan

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-09-12T18:40:04+00:00

    Hi,

    I just figured it out. All you need to do are the following steps:

    1- create a user on your computer (from the control panel, user management). For example: username: guest , password: whatever

    2- share the drive that has the media you would like to play and give the user guest access to it.

    3- Go to your Blue Ray player, when it asks for CIFS login enter the guest user information.

    Voila! It should show the folder under your servername and you can play files.

    I hope this helps.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-09-14T00:13:44+00:00

    On my network (since I have multiple servers) I need to prefix the user name with the server (or domain)

    My main video NAS device is called 'titan', so when I connect to it from the BD570 player I login as:

    titan\video_user

    Hope this helps.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-09-16T20:53:42+00:00

    Hey, it worked for me.  My wife's notebook was showing up in the list of servers but I couldn't get the right "CIFS Sign In" information (ID and Password) to allow access on my new LG590.  So first I went into her computer and did a windows explore (right click on start and then click explore) right click on the C drive and click on properties.  Then, click on the "Sharing" tab and click Add and Apply.  Close everything then set up a user's account.  I used Barbara (my wife's name) for the user and "Password" for the password.  then I checked the computer name (click Start, right click My Computer, properties, and then the Computer Name tab.  The computer name will be listed.  This is what should appear in your list of servers on the LG.  Go back to the LG click the server name and follow what IcabodCrane suggested above. PS, I may have used a forward slash / instead of a backslash .

    Now, I have another problem.  We have 3 computers in the house (2 notebooks and a desktop PC) and a Home Server.  The Home Server, the desktop, and 1 notebook all showed up on the list of servers but one notebook is not showing up and I have no idea why.  Any ideas?

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