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  • Unless you want to access the NAS's HTTP interface from machines other than the local PC, the simplest solution is make it a shared disc on the PC, which the rest of the network can then access. For TV access, you may also want to run a DLNA server on the local PC and make the media files on it available through this.
    – AFH
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 11:51
  • Thanks for your quick reply - unfortunately the problem is that I can't correctly ensure everything can see the NAS to begin with. I'll update the question to reflect this.
    – user1971339
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 11:57
  • They don't need to see the NAS: they need only see the PC to which it's attached - that's where the share would be. It would work just like an attached USB drive.
    – AFH
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 11:59
  • I understand what you mean now, however the NAS does a bunch of stuff like user account control and streaming that I don't want to offload onto the PC. If I plug the NAS into the router LAN socket, everything works precisely how I want - except transfer speeds to the NAS drop to 7mb/s.
    – user1971339
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 12:02
  • Assuming it's not practical to run an Ethernet cable to the router, I would plug the NAS into the router and use power-line networking to connect the PC's LAN port to another router LAN port instead of using WiFi: this should give up to 500Mb/s and you will see much the same transfer speeds as with a local connection. You would have to spend a little money, but in return the PC is isolated from all NAS traffic from other devices, which would otherwise have to go through it, reducing its performance and requiring it to be running at all times when other devices need to access the NAS.
    – AFH
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 12:27