Windows Share help

[jooroth18]

In my home I run a Windows 7 box with UniFi, Plex, and some Samba shares. I have it configured with a static IP and DMZ hosted for access outside the home network. Recently, my main rig couldn't find the server. It appeared on the network, but could not connect. I did the windows troubleshoot, and it said the server was online but not responding. I already checked that the firewall was off and the network was set to private. I also tried using a spare router in hopes of it working. I do run microsoft security essentials to keep the PC, secure. Not shure if that's the problem. I also tried to update the PC but no luck. Also, when i go to the folder im sharing, if i right click and click on properties, then sharing, the server momentarily freezes and explorer sometimes crashes.

 

Please help as i really need this server to work as soon as possible. Thanks in advance.

[SpanishMoss]

Did you check the permissions for the share? if the share is set to "everyone" with read, but folder security says only specific users then it will supersede the share.

[jooroth18]

10 hours ago, SpanishMoss said:

Did you check the permissions for the share? if the share is set to "everyone" with read, but folder security says only specific users then it will supersede the share.

Yes, the share was set to everyone, the share was working earlier it just stopped. For no reason. Thanks for your reply though.

[NelizMastr]

On 4-11-2017 at 4:14 AM, jooroth18 said:

In my home I run a Windows 7 box with UniFi, Plex, and some Samba shares. I have it configured with a static IP and DMZ hosted for access outside the home network. Recently, my main rig couldn't find the server. It appeared on the network, but could not connect. I did the windows troubleshoot, and it said the server was online but not responding. I already checked that the firewall was off and the network was set to private. I also tried using a spare router in hopes of it working. I do run microsoft security essentials to keep the PC, secure. Not shure if that's the problem. I also tried to update the PC but no luck. Also, when i go to the folder im sharing, if i right click and click on properties, then sharing, the server momentarily freezes and explorer sometimes crashes.

 

Please help as i really need this server to work as soon as possible. Thanks in advance.

[rant]Highlighted in red is what you're doing wrong. If you need to use these measures to reach the "server" at all, you're exposing this machine to the entire internet. 

 

If the firewall is to blame, figure out the ports you need and forward them through the firewall instead of turning it off. Same goes for the external access. Find out which ports you need and forward them in your router. DMZ will make it vulnerable to all kinds of attacks since every port in existence can be attacked now. [/rant]

 

You're dealing with a connectivity issue on the "server" itself. It's probably a driver issue. Reinstall the driver, occasionally reboot the machine to clear caches etc.

 

 

[Mikensan]

"Also, when i go to the folder im sharing, if i right click and click on properties, then sharing, the server momentarily freezes and explorer sometimes crashes."

If right clicking the shared folder freezes that's a bad sign. Is this on an external hard drive of sorts? Share another folder on a local disk and see if you can access that remotely. 

 

Also what happens if you just go to start > run > \\IP-ADDRESS\SHARE instead of navigating to it?