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Zero_G_
May 14, 2019Aspirant
Different shares when using IP / hostname with ReadyNas 528X
Hey
I have a problem, which is as follows:
My Network looks like this: Netgear Orbi, with DHCP Enabled = True .
My ReadyNas has a fixed IP adress (192.168.1.18). On Orbi, I have reserved t...
- May 14, 2019
Your screenshot shows that you are accessing 192.168.1.18 with admin credentials (you are seeing admin, data, and home in the share list).
What happens if you enter this via cmd:
net use * /delete
net use t: \\mynas\data /user:admin nas-admin-password
using the real nas admin password of course. Be careful on the typing (spaces and slash direction).
The first command will end any open SMB sessions. The second will attempt to mount the NAS admin volume (accessing it by hostname) as drive letter T. If that works, see if you get the correct share list there.
schumaku
May 14, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Various misconsepctions ...
- Names can be translated to IP addresses by various protocols, WS-Discovery/mDNS, NetBIOS, ... and sometimes also DNS. Do you run an operate a DNS server? The Netgear routers do _not_ - different from other vendors - automatically rin DNS for e.g. DHCP hostnames for a certian local domain.
- Any specific reason you have the NFS client enabled on your Windows 10 system? What you see when accessing by name are some more or less default NFS exports on the ReadyNAS - the "obvious" leading \ (don't ask me why they do it like that) indicated these are NFS exports. You can compare with your ReadyNAS by checking # cat /etc/exports
- ... and very last, I don't now why Windows 10 NFS client seems to prefer NFS over more common transport protocols like SMB. Challenge Microsoft.
StephenB
May 14, 2019Guru - Experienced User
The puzzle here is why \\mynas was using NFS, but \\192.168.1.18 was using SMB.
schumaku wrote:
- Any specific reason you have the NFS client enabled on your Windows 10 system? What you see when accessing by name are some more or less default NFS exports on the ReadyNAS - the "obvious" leading \ (don't ask me why they do it like that) indicated these are NFS exports. You can compare with your ReadyNAS by checking # cat /etc/exports
FWIW, I have NFS enabled on one of my Windows 10 PCs also. That's because my company's security policy disables SMB except when I am connected to their VPN. Seems silly to allow NFS always (while selectively blocking SMB), but they do.
When the VPN isn't connected, File Explorer gives me a list of \data\sharenames, but I don't see \run or \run\nfs4. However, I haven't enabled NFSv4 on the NAS
When the VPN is connected, File Explorer chooses to use SMB, so I see the usual share list.
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