Network connection to a NAS with W7

[dark halo park]

Hello everyone,

I have been setting up a FreeNas with a second system I had on hand.

I set up the volume and as I tried to connect to it using the W7 browser, W7 ask me for a network password. Wich I have never set. I'm kind os stuck here W7 is asking for a password that I have never ever st myself.

I tried a few password like admin admin or even use the freenas passord and login but with no result......

 

[gpsguy]

What user are you logged into on your Win7 machine? One way to tell - if you run "cmd", what directory does it put you in. c:\users\? That's your username. Did you create user's on your FreeNAS box? If the username/passwords match the one's in Windows, you won't have to enter your credentials into FreeNAS when you connect. If they don't match, you'll need to use the username/password you created in FreeNAS.

If you follow protosd's instructions: http://protosd.blogspot.com/2011/12/general-permissions-sharing-folders.html -- it's what I used and it works!

 

[dark halo park]

create folder for different users ? no that's not what I'm looking for.

My problem is that I can't connect to the network from W7 (with CIFS activated obviously...)

this is what I'm getting when I try to go from the W7 browser.



It's asking me for a network password wich I never set up ?

 

[venkavis]

I am new to freeNAS, But I did have a similar problem when I first installed and started using freeNAS a week ago.

Try putting the IP Address of your windows machine in the Share defintion for the folder and see. I had the same userid/pwd window and after I did that there was no login windows. I started with allow anonymous access and moved step by step with user setup.

 

[dark halo park]

I found my IP adress but where should I put I ?

could you guide me a little more step by step ?

 

[gpsguy]

One way to do it, would be to go to a command prompt in Windows and type: net use o: \\192.168.1.46\sharename <enter> where o: can be any unused drive letter and sharename (CIFS share name). My guess, is that you'll still be prompted for a username/password.

What are the properties of the share? If you're using anonymous access, did you check the box to "allow guest access"?