FREENAS not showing in network - win10

dipsomaniac

i usually connect to hp server (running FREENAS) via network in win10 but for some reason FREENAS vanished yesterday. i have now mapped drive using \\freenas\username

Anyone any ideas why it vanished? server is connected to pc via a lan switch

were

the human readable name thing is often dns or hostfile on the win 10 box. Is it part of a domain too? You can ping the ip, and can you ping the name?

try mapping using the ip address instead of the name

dipsomaniac

do i need to go into the router to find the ip?

unforeseen

Try forcing the Freenas box to be the master browser on your network.

Synology boxes suffered the same with Win10 and the answer was to make the Synology box the master browser. I think it's down to Windows 10 only looking for Windows machines if it is the master.

See the last page of https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=107196&sid=f179237d03652bafbdee485c008e32c5&start=90

were

dipsomaniac wrote: »

do i need to go into the router to find the ip?

Er....

Think unforeseen has given you the answer.

However technically you would set your nas box to 192.168.1.10 and a fixed ip. Also change your router to only deliver dynamic ip addresses from say 100 range upwards for phones, tablets and computers.

Also things that like fixed ip you would set to 192.168.1.11, 192.168.1.12 etc. I would put security cameras, heating, fridges and servers on fixed ip (write down their addresses if you have loads) This way you always know when the router is rebooted what the ip addresses are, rather than going to the router, finding the addresses and reconfiguring software. If it issues or stores information that other devices rely on, make it fixed.

a tv.... well really has no software that links to it, so leave it as dynamic ip.