Mixing workgroups and domains

Curiouser and curiouser, I just checked and the workgroup of my home PC is different to the workgroup that is set on the ReadyNAS, yet it can access it without issue.

I tried the obvious tests:
1. I can ping the ReadyNAS from the laptop.
2. I can access the web interface of the ReadyNAS from the laptop, so networking between the two devices is all find and dandy.
3. I can access a share on the ReadyNAS from the home PC with no problems.
4. I cannot access that self-same share using the same command from the laptop.

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Did you try changing the workgroup of the NV+ to the domain name?

Not an idea I would have tried since I thought that domains and workgroups were completely different but I went ahead and tried it anyway. Sadly it failed.

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What operating system is the laptop running?

Is the network connection classified as "work", "home", or "private"?

The laptop is running Windows 7 and the network is classed as "Home" which I thought allowed full open access to all machines on the same network.

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"Home" should allow that access, though you might check the properties, since your domain administrator might have pushed different policies to the PC.

Thanks, I have full admin rights but the machine was set up by someone else so it's possible that there is a policy in effect that I am not aware od. I will go ask and report back though they are in the USA so it will take a while to respond.

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Well I finally got to check with my support group and they say that there are no policies in place, there is no reason they are aware of that would stop SMB shares from being accessed.

I've found the option to download all the logs so I tried it again and am going to take a look to see if anything is listed there.

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Nope, nothing in the logs. I also tried just accessing the unit itself (\\192.168.10.5) but got the same error so it's looking more like a problem at the laptop end... I just don't see what though :(

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Got it! Having moved my gaze away from the NAS it took only a quick search to find the issue and resolution. The full description is here but the short version is:

In the Local Group Policy Editor, go to: Local Computer Policy->Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Security Settings->Local Policies->Security Options Find the policy: Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always) If this is enabled, change it to Disabled. Be sure and restart your machine for the change to take effect! Pressing the "Apply" button in the Policy Editor after the change is made is not sufficient...

Thanks for your time Stephen.

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