Linking table cells to network folders

Is it possible to create links to a network folder from within a table?

A colleague and myself have been struggling to link certain table cells to a network folder, for example: DB - Database would be linked to a network folder of the same name.

What we have tried:

1. Using a href="http://\\networkdrive\folder1\folder2\folder3\DB - Databases"DB - Databases/a returns a 'Sorry, the page was not found' error from our storage device

2. Using a href="file:///path/to/file.html"file/a did not open the desired folder location does not work or simply returns a 'About: blank' page

3. Using a href="file://///place.local/UserData/BNE/Projects" /some name link/a yielded the same results as mentioned above

The links I used for reference are: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-you-add-a-link-to-a-company-network-drive-on-a-page-using-file/ and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5497169/how-to-create-a-link-in-wordpress-to-a-file-on-an-local-network-server

Info about the network attached storage where the folder is stored:

• It's a dedicated NAS device, specifically a Synology Rackstation RS2212RP+ running DSM 6.0
• The NAS hosts an array of disks and also provides three SMB shares (one of which I am trying to link to)

Info about the WordPress machine:

-Is a VM hosted within our ESXi environment

-Runs Debian 8 Jessie 64-bit

-LAMP and WordPress are installed as described here

Info about my test machine:

-Runs Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

-WordPress pages are being made and edited in Google Chrome Version 55.0.2883.87 m (64-bit)