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Connecting to TrueNAS

I'm not sure where I was going to put this post, since my 'server' is definitley not considered a server (an old laptop 8GB ram and i57200U), but I installed TrueNAS on it and connected a 4TB Drive.

The problem is I don't know how I can connect to it from my windows laptop.

From my iPad and iPhone, and even from my android, I just entered the IP address (192.168.40.109) and entered my username and password.

When I tried from Windows, I entered the IP address but an error is coming up 'Windows cannot access 192.168.40.109'

(I shared it using SMB)

What is the way to connect it to windows?

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1 minute ago, George Vella said:

I'm not sure where I was going to put this post, since my 'server' is definitley not considered a server (an old laptop 8GB ram and i57200U), but I installed TrueNAS on it and connected a 4TB Drive.

The problem is I don't know how I can connect to it from my windows laptop.

From my iPad and iPhone, and even from my android, I just entered the IP address (192.168.40.109) and entered my username and password.

When I tried from Windows, I entered the IP address but an error is coming up 'Windows cannot access 192.168.40.109'

(I shared it using SMB)

What is the way to connect it to windows?

you just exposed your ip, edit it out

i dont think a damn laptop is best, butttt fine, since i still prefer just getting some damn old i5 and just using that

 

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1 minute ago, ComputerBuilder said:

you just exposed your ip, edit it out

i dont think a damn laptop is best, butttt fine, since i still prefer just getting some damn old i5 and just using that

 

thats a private ip, everyone can use that ip, and it isn't routable on the internet.

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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

thats a private ip, everyone can use that ip, and it isn't routable on the internet.

ohhhh i was wondering why it was 192

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4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

DId you map the network drive in windows? Did you put the correct share name in? Screenshot?

As you can see in the first screenshot, I opened the wizard and put in the ip address. Then when I clicked enter the error in the second screenshot popped up, but the same ip address worked on iOS and Android

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Just now, George Vella said:

As you can see in the first screenshot, I opened the wizard and put in the ip address. Then when I clicked enter the error in the second screenshot popped up, but the same ip address worked on iOS and Android

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put the share name after that slash

 

Can you ping that ip?

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Also diagnosing doesn't do anything. It just tells you it couldn't identify the problem

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10 minutes ago, ComputerBuilder said:

you just exposed your ip, edit it out

i dont think a damn laptop is best, butttt fine, since i still prefer just getting some damn old i5 and just using that

 

Don't say stuff if you are not sure about make you look bad, its just a private IP and not a security risk

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2 minutes ago, Biomecanoid said:

Don't say stuff if you are not sure about make you look bad, its just a private IP and not a security risk

all foreign ips scare me

but thanks for KINDLY REMINDING me since others will just yell at me for a hour

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3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

put the share name after that slash

 

Can you ping that ip?

I can ping it, now I put the share name after it, and somehow logging in with the same username I used from my iPad, it keeps telling me it's a wrong password, even though I copied them directly from lastpass

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Just now, George Vella said:

I can ping it, now I put the share name after it, and somehow logging in with the same username I used from my iPad, it keeps telling me it's a wrong password, even though I copied them directly from lastpass

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Is the domain set right?

 

Might have to put the correct domain\username in.

 

If you put the \\192.168.40.109\ in the top bar(no mapping) does it show shares?

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15 minutes ago, George Vella said:

I'm not sure where I was going to put this post, since my 'server' is definitley not considered a server (an old laptop 8GB ram and i57200U), but I installed TrueNAS on it and connected a 4TB Drive.

The problem is I don't know how I can connect to it from my windows laptop.

From my iPad and iPhone, and even from my android, I just entered the IP address (192.168.40.109) and entered my username and password.

When I tried from Windows, I entered the IP address but an error is coming up 'Windows cannot access 192.168.40.109'

(I shared it using SMB)

What is the way to connect it to windows?

* Can you see the GUI of TrueNas from that laptop ?

* Can you Ping the IP

* What is your Share name ? You network folder name ?

* In most cases the syntax is \\IP\ShareName

* What services do you have enables on TrueNas ?

* Can you access any other services on TrueNas ? FTP, SSH etc ?

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1 minute ago, Biomecanoid said:

* Can you see the GUI of TrueNas from that laptop ?

* Can you Ping the IP

* What is your Share name ? You network folder name ?

* In most cases the syntax is \\IP\ShareName

* What services do you have enables on TrueNas ?

* Can you access any other services on TrueNas ? FTP, SSH etc ?

1)Yes

2)Yes

3) FOURTERRYBITES

4) In my case, I did 192.168.40.109\mnt\FOURTERRYBITES

5)FTP, S.M.A.R.T, SMB

6)Yes, I used ssh and it worked perfectly fine

 

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Is the domain set right?

 

Might have to put the correct domain\username in.

 

If you put the \\192.168.40.109\ in the top bar(no mapping) does it show shares?

When I put it in the bar, it surprisingly worked. The thing I can't understand is how the username and password I have set work on iOS and andorid, but not on windows

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Just now, George Vella said:

When I put it in the bar, it surprisingly worked. The thing I can't understand is how the username and password I have set work on iOS and andorid, but not on windows

Is the domain set right? Set the domain to the hostname of the freenas box.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Is the domain set right? Set the domain to the hostname of the freenas box.

 

 

By domain, what do you mean exactly? (sorry, this is my very first time doing anything network related)

 

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1 minute ago, George Vella said:

By domain, what do you mean exactly? (sorry, this is my very first time doing anything network related)

 

in windows there are domain, basically a group of logins. If its set wrong it can't find the login and will fail.

 

Set the domain to the hostname of the freenas box, so probalby something like truenas\username will work.

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11 minutes ago, George Vella said:

1)Yes

2)Yes

3) FOURTERRYBITES

4) In my case, I did 192.168.40.109\mnt\FOURTERRYBITES

5)FTP, S.M.A.R.T, SMB

6)Yes, I used ssh and it worked perfectly fine

 

When I put it in the bar, it surprisingly worked. The thing I can't understand is how the username and password I have set work on iOS and andorid, but not on windows

 

 

I guess #4 should be :

 

*   \\192.168.40.109\FOURTERRYBITES

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6 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

in windows there are domain, basically a group of logins. If its set wrong it can't find the login and will fail.

 

Set the domain to the hostname of the freenas box, so probalby something like truenas\username will work.

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7 minutes ago, George Vella said:

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Simple home networking is workgroup based not Domain

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1 minute ago, Biomecanoid said:

Simple home networking is workgroup based not Domain

So should I change my Workgroup name?

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6 minutes ago, Biomecanoid said:

nop

I asked that because @Electronics Wizardy said to change my domain name

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