Windows 8 Connected Hosts Can't See FreeNAS-Stored Files

[NASA]

Has anyone figured out how to make FreeNAS stored files visible on your network to computers running Windows 8? I am running version 8.3 of FreeNAS and I can access files stored on my server via computers running Windows XP and Windows 7, but I can't seem to make my computer running Windows 8 see the files over my network.

 

[toddos]

Works just fine for all of my Win8 machines, including a Surface. More details about your setup? How are things not showing up? Can you navigate to your nas shares manually (\\ip.address.of.nas\sharename) even if you can't see them in your network map?

 

[NASA]

Thanks, toddos:

I'm glad to know it is not a problem endemic to Windows 8 (Pro). I will try your suggestion. The only thing I have done different from the default network setup is to rename my workgroup. Another problem I have is accessing the GUI page of the server with the new version of IE: if I restrict cookies to only allow session cookies I get an error instead of the page. I'll get back to experimenting tomorrow and let you know.

 

[toddos]

I'd avoid using IE for the FreeNAS admin page. At least for me, it doesn't render the treeview on the left. Works just fine in Firefox and Chrome. The error I see is:

Code:

SCRIPT438: Object doesn't support property or method 'getRoot' 

Looks like this and probably your cookie problem are issues with the Dojo toolkit on IE.

 

[NASA]

I just downloaded Firefox on my Windows 8 machine and tried accessing my server via "\\ip.address.of.nas\sharename" but I still cannot get there.

 

[JaimieV]

"\\ip.address.of.nas\sharename" is to the shared volume, use that in Explorer, not a web browser.
"\\ip.address.of.nas\" is for the web browser.

And (forgive me!) swap out the "ip.address.of.nas" for its actual IP address! :p

 

[JaimieV]

You're getting jaded, dude. Happens easily, I know.

 

[NASA]

"\\ip.address.of.nas\sharename" is to the shared volume, use that in Explorer, not a web browser.
"\\ip.address.of.nas\" is for the web browser.

And (forgive me!) swap out the "ip.address.of.nas" for its actual IP address!


I have tried this, believe me, and for some strange reason, I have not been able to get it to work. My Win 8 machine does not want to see my XP machine either.

 

[NASA]

Ah ha! Just got it working by entering my FreeNAS IP address (only) in explorer!

 

[JaimieV]

Probably a workgroup problem - make sure all the boxes have the same workgroup set, it helps Win7+ immensely.

 

[win8man]

Win 8 Cant connect to NAS

Has anyone figured out how to make FreeNAS stored files visible on your network to computers running Windows 8? I am running version 8.3 of FreeNAS and I can access files stored on my server via computers running Windows XP and Windows 7, but I can't seem to make my computer running Windows 8 see the files over my network.

Try making this change to your registry..
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters\RequireSecuritySignature

set parameter to 0

Hope this helps


win8man

 

[NASA]

I was already able to solve the problem: turns out I was using an illegal name for the server (two words with a space between them), Windows 8 is sensitive to this but Windows 7 is not, but thanks--what exactly does your fix do?