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windows not showing ReadyNAS name in network
My windows systems (win7 & 8.1) are not showing my ReadyNAS when I browse the network: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. ...
Hello, I'm not sure if this reply is in the correct spot but after searching for a solution myself I read many of the comments here I also have had problems over the last few days since upgrading the Firmware to 6.4.1 on my NAS RN202 - I wasn't sure if was a Windows (10) update that caused it or something else but everything changed and my NAS202 stopped showing up under 'Network' - I was able to improve this by moving some files and folders into different directories as it seemed that the more files the unit had to refresh (or what ever the NAS does) the more often it couldn't find things, I also found that some of my permissions seemed different (always take a screenshot of what works) but the REAL kicker was when I discovered that under Accounts >> Authentication >> Workgroup Name: this had somehow become VOLUME... I would never have called it this opting for the more obvious choice of WORKGROUP... once I changed this everything started working correctly again including on my Laptop connect wirelessly to the network. Might be something to check :-)
I meant to update sooner. Rather than change the settings on the PC side, I decided to stop the ReadyNAS from ever becoming the master browser, as the default seems to sometimes become a local master..
Adding:
/etc/frontview/samba/smb.conf.overrides
to the overrides file has windows managing the NetBIOS for me full time, and the other PCs now see the NAS under Network properly. I'm still thinking there is a breakdown in samba's current implementation of NetBIOS. As long as Windows is doing the lifting it appears to be ok (Windows receives and processes the NetBIOS info from the NAS box and broadcasts it out properly). Which is a shame since the NAS box is more of the "always on" piece most of the time. However my TV-PC is always on the network and only occasionally sleeping, so this setup should work for me.
So others that see it occasionally working, and occasionally not working, probably want to stop the NAS box from trying to become a master browser to work around this. Maybe a future update to the samba client may resolve it.
Thanks for all the help.
Adding:
local master = no
/etc/frontview/samba/smb.conf.overrides
to the overrides file has windows managing the NetBIOS for me full time, and the other PCs now see the NAS under Network properly. I'm still thinking there is a breakdown in samba's current implementation of NetBIOS. As long as Windows is doing the lifting it appears to be ok (Windows receives and processes the NetBIOS info from the NAS box and broadcasts it out properly). Which is a shame since the NAS box is more of the "always on" piece most of the time. However my TV-PC is always on the network and only occasionally sleeping, so this setup should work for me.
So others that see it occasionally working, and occasionally not working, probably want to stop the NAS box from trying to become a master browser to work around this. Maybe a future update to the samba client may resolve it.
Thanks for all the help.
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