How to add network location in Windows 10 w/o internet access?

[alcoholbob]

My internet is down right now (PG&E outage took down Comcast). I'm trying to map a network drive because the ip changed from the last time I reset my wifi router.

When I right click add network location I get the add network location box, but another window opens up demanding me to connect to the internet. When I close that window it also closes my add network location window. Basically I have to wait for internet to go back up before I can remap one of my NAS drives?

 

[JackMDS]

"Add network location" usually means Add a New connection on the Internet.

Since right now you do not have Internet you can not use.

If you meant Add LAN Connection, maybe this can Help.

Configuring Network Connections for Windows 10 - dummies

Windows usually detects the presence of a network adapter automatically; typically, you don’t have to install device drivers manually for the adapter. When Windows detects a network adapter, Windows automatically creates a network connection and configures it to support basic networking...

www.dummies.com

 

[crashtech]

Windows not finding my NAS has been an ongoing problem for me. Nowadays I use an IP scanner to find it, then type the new IP into the location bar near the top of Windows File Explorer in the following format:

\\192.168.X.XXX

Obviously there are other private network ranges, my example uses the most popular. The backslashes are mandatory. At that point you can map the found directories into a network drive with a simple right-click. If the IP changes again, delete the network drive and start over. I guess static IPs would be best, but I have never been bothered enough to implement them.