Itunes 11.0.1 not using external drive

Hi
Hoping someone can help me out with what I am sure is a simple issue!
I am running itunes 11.0.1 on my imac. I recently moved all of my music to an external NAS drive. My mac can see the nas drive an access it, and all the itunes musci without any problem
Currently my itunes library points to a folder location on the MAC hard drive
I have tried to update the folder location, using Preference -> Advanced -> iTune Media folder location
From the change option, I go and find the location of my music on the NAS drive and hit change
At that point I was expecting my itunes library to refresh and to show me all the music on my NAS drive, but it does not, and when I exit itunes and restart it, the original media folder location is showing
If I through "Finder" go and access my NAS drive, and go to the music and play a track, the music plays in itunes, and the track just played then is showing in my list of music in tunes
I'm really lost whats going on, and hopefully someone can point me the error of my ways here!
Appreciate in advance any help
Thanks
Gary

This sounds like it might be a network problem.
First, quit then relaunch iTunes and see if that helps.
Second shut down the computer and pier cycle the Internet router and power up the computer. Let us know how those steps work.

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