CIFS access generally won't work until I access the gui in some way

[Wrayth]

I'm currently using nightlies, but this problem has existed for a while for me.

Not sure what kind of information would be needed here, so here's my problem.

When I attempt to access my network share via my desktop (Win 8.1, now Win 10), I get the generic "cannot access" error. As soon as I hit the gui login page via browser, though, the connection works fine and I can get into the share. I don't even have to actually login.

 

[anodos]

I'm a bit curious, why are you running nightlies?

 

[Wrayth]

Mostly just out of curiosity, but this problem has existed for me before I started with them.

 

[joeschmuck]

I'm a bit curious, why are you running nightlies?

BINGO, Me Too.

Could you just install the current stable version and check it all over again. If it happens again I'd have to say you likely have a permissions issue. It is quite odd that you would need to access the GUI to make this work. Also, report what hardware you are using, CPU, RAM, Drives, running in a VM, etc... Something may help us.

 

[Bidule0hm]

I don't think it's the fact to access the GUI but more the fact to ping the server who do that.

The next time can you try to ping the server instead of accessing the GUI to see if it has the same effect?

 

[BigDave]

some thing in the network sleeping???

 

[anodos]

some thing in the network sleeping???

Possible. It could be waking the nic which then sends some NetBIOS broadcast packets making it appear in the browse list.

 

[DrKK]

My money is on NetBIOS ridiculousness, or hippie ethernet/NIC functions. :)

 

[Wrayth]

I was thinking somethink along those lines, too. Obviously simply hitting the gui isn't truly doing it, I generally am just too lazy to ping instead. I'll test that. I figured it was some kind of sleep mode or something.

I'm using the following:
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/wrayth/saved/#view=TjvCmG

My jails don't seem to be impacted, though - Plex, Sonarr, etc.

 

[anodos]

I was thinking somethink along those lines, too. Obviously simply hitting the gui isn't truly doing it, I generally am just too lazy to ping instead. I'll test that. I figured it was some kind of sleep mode or something.

I'm using the following:
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/wrayth/saved/#view=TjvCmG

My jails don't seem to be impacted, though - Plex, Sonarr, etc.

you only have a "GeForce GTX 750 Ti". Your freenas server's gpu is clearly under-powered.

Please post full hardware specs. 99% probability that it is NetBIOS.

 

[DrKK]

you only have a "GeForce GTX 750 Ti". Your freenas server's gpu is clearly under-powered.

I just totally snarfed the coffee.

 

[Wrayth]

I'm sorry, what about a GeForce GTX? That url is the full build... Are you not seeing it? I've tested in incognito and still see the full list.

 

[DrKK]

I'm sorry, what about a GeForce GTX? That url is the full build... Are you not seeing it? I've tested in incognito and still see the full list.

The minimal GPU needed for a FreeNAS server, sir, would be something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487134

 

[DrKK]

OK OK OK OKOK

We're kidding sir. We're kidding.

We're making fun of the fact that you are putting a video card in a server at all.

 

[anodos]

I'm sorry, what about a GeForce GTX? That url is the full build... Are you not seeing it? I've tested in incognito and still see the full list.

Last night when I clicked on the link it brought me to a parts listing with a GeForce GTX and another gaming PC component. I guess the site had a hiccup. My bad. :D

 

[DrKK]

Last night when I clicked on the link it brought me to a parts listing with a GeForce GTX and another gaming PC component. I guess the site had a hiccup. My bad. :D

Oh well, it was fun. :)

 

[anodos]

Oh well, it was fun. :)

Ah... figured it out. The mobile version of the site "ca.partpicker.com" pulls up all of the OP's builds. The top one (the one I looked at) was a gaming PC of some sort.

TL;DR I blame Canada.

 

[Wrayth]

Ohh, ok. That's a build for my friend, if I recall. Very strange behavior from the site lol.

 

[DrKK]

I liked it better when we thought you were building a FreeNAS with a GPU.