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[Fish1423]

Hi various forum users,

 

I'm trying to set up a file server for my various PC's to backup too. Currently, I'm running Windows Server 2016 off of a virtual machine on one of the aforementioned PC's. I want to grant access to another PC to the share to test before actually deploying the server. How do I do that? Is there any port-forwarding involved?

 

Thanks,

-Fish

[tt2468]

Just now, Fish1423 said:

Hi various forum users,

 

I'm trying to set up a file server for my various PC's to backup too. Currently, I'm running Windows Server 2016 off of a virtual machine on one of the aforementioned PC's. I want to grant access to another PC to the share to test before actually deploying the server. How do I do that? Is there any port-forwarding involved?

 

Thanks,

-Fish

Right click folder, share, go to advanced, something along the lines of edit permissions, add a user, go to client pc windows explorer, go to \\(ip address of server), use the same username/password

[Fish1423]

10 minutes ago, tt2468 said:

Right click folder, share, go to advanced, something along the lines of edit permissions, add a user, go to client pc windows explorer, go to \\(ip address of server), use the same username/password

So this is the error that comes up when i go to the IP. What do I do now?

[tt2468]

10 minutes ago, Fish1423 said:

So this is the error that comes up when i go to the IP. What do I do now?

You're sure that that is the right IP address?

[Denned]

Are you trying to access it from the PC you're hosting the VM on?

Since it is virtual, your server probably isn't connected to the same network as the rest of your PC's.

[Fish1423]

@Denned Yeah you are correct. The server is on a completely "different" network. So how do i go about changing the network of the server to the rest of the network?

[JPotze]

depending on the software used to virtualize, you need to use bridged mode and not nat mode

 

set the ip adress of the server in the same network space as your 'real' network.