My backups to a NAS drive haven't worked for a couple of weeks (after several year's of working successfully) and it looks like a network problem. Here's the gist:
I am able to view files contained on my NAS drive by using a Mapped drive in File Explorer - yet it doesn't appear as a valid device in the Network section of File Explorer.
If I look at the device status in the Device Manager it sometimes says it's "working properly" and sometimes says "device not connected". I've no idea what causes it to change back and forth.
Interestingly, I can still access files on the drive via File Explorer even when The Device Manager says that it's not connected.
Another odd thing is that I am able to temporarily force the device to reconnect fully by entering its IP address into a browser (at which time my backup software sees it) but within a minute or so, it's gone again.
Can anyone help me?