# Musicbox Pi network folder, pulling my hair out!

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/musicbox-pi-network-folder-pulling-my-hair-out/618>\
**Category:** Pi MusicBox (archive)\
**Created:** [March 13, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/musicbox-pi-network-folder-pulling-my-hair-out/618 "2015-03-13T20:22:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Joe\_mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@Joe\_mama](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Joe_mama)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/musicbox-pi-network-folder-pulling-my-hair-out/618/1 "2015-03-13T20:22:28Z")

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Hey folks, I have a Musicbox pi boombox and want to connect to a network folder, or rather a usb sick on a Netgear router set up as \readyshare\USB\_Storage. I have used the latest build plus the 5.04 Alpha.

I have tried using just the ip address alone, 192.168.2.15 , but no luck. I have used \readyshare\USB\_Storage and also 192.168.2.15\readyshare\USB\_Storage with no luck.

I have googled for hours and no luck finding a solution.

Can you please tell me where I am screwing up? Found this distro to be the best for my boombox needs and just want to get it to work.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![slowjoe007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@slowjoe007](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/slowjoe007)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/musicbox-pi-network-folder-pulling-my-hair-out/618/2 "2015-03-13T21:08:59Z")

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Use slashes (instead of backslashes) and start with 2 slashes as the prefix of your network share address, e.g. //readyshare/USB\_Storage.  
This is Linux, not Windows! 😉

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**Author:** ![jodal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/jodal/32/2564_2.png) [@jodal](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/jodal)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/musicbox-pi-network-folder-pulling-my-hair-out/618/3 "2026-02-19T11:47:46Z")

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