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\\ipaddress in File Explorer shouldn’t take you to the login page for the router. It should take you to the root of the shares (usually the root of the drive). I say that as on my Draytek you can assign a different root folder for each user. This is what happens when I type \\IPAddress of my router (or \\vigor).
Try \\ipaddress\nameofsharedfolder
The shares don’t show up in File Explorer but then neither do the shares on My Synology NAS boxes. The NAS boxes have entries in File Explorer but that either takes you their media streaming service (Media Devices) or their login page (Other Devices).
Over the years I’ve given up the game of getting shares to show in File Explorer and use Add a Network Location (or Map a Drive) for those I access regularly.
I admit that I use a Netgear router with a USB capability and this does appear in file explorer as shown by the big reversed out N.
Are you using ‘\\routerIPaddress’ or \\ipaddress\nameofsharedfolder as Dave suggested?
I did have to turn on the USB readyshare function in the router to allow the DLNA function to exist. Apart from having a brief play I have never actually used it for anything.
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