My Mobotix LAN Überwacgungskamera can easily store data on the relevant Share
The Popcorn Box can read from another easily Share media files
My laptop / PC can be connected easily to all sorts of Shares
Only the WD TV can not !!!!!!
Unfortunately, there is no way to manually specify a network location, you can only use the search function and found nothing plain and simple.
Also the compulsion to plug the device into a Windows workgroup I find extremely unnecessary. I have and do not want Windows workgroups in my network !!