February 11, 20251 yr Does anyone have their unraid server showing up in the Windows folder in File Explorer? I'd swear it used to work but after a series of unfortunate accidents and a server upgrade I can't get it to appear. While I was trying to figure it out last night it appeared (the array was off) but then it's gone again.
February 11, 20251 yr It is a hit-or-miss situation at best. I am assuming that you mean under the 'Network' section of the left pane of Windows File Explorer. (see below) It is now populated on my Windows File Explorer this morning. Rather than trying to figure out what is going on, (It has been flaky ever since SMBv1 was deprecated) I would suggest using the method described in the March 15, 2024, edit of this post: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/110580-security-is-not-a-dirty-word-unraid-windows-1011-smb-setup/#findComment-1009109 That approach will always work. Some folks are trying to figure out a solution to make 'Network' section work reliably and I wish for their success but without some help from MS, I feel that it won't ever be totally resolved. I will point out that the HUGO_F listing in the figure is a Windows 11 (23H2) client-server (peer-to-peer). And there are times when it does not show up even when both Unraid servers (ELSIE1 and ROSE) do. So it is not strictly an Unraid-Windows issue! What I find aggregating is the inconsistently of the problem. As an example, one Windows client will work perfectly showing all of the servers active and another one ten feet away on the same LAN won't show any of them. If I click on the Quick Access shortcut to one of the Unraid server on that second Windows client both Unraid servers will instantly appear. The Windows 11 peer-to-peer servers may or may not show up. (And I have mapped drives on all my client servers to one of my Unraid servers so that KODI has access to my media files. Those mapped drives always show up connected just as they should.)
February 11, 20251 yr Author 36 minutes ago, JorgeB said: Some users have an issue with v7.0.0, do it show up if you stop the array? That's what struck me as so weird... It popped up while the array was stopped.
February 11, 20251 yr 7 minutes ago, Arbadacarba said: That's what struck me as so weird... It popped up while the array was stopped. What I suspect is happening is that it Samba is sending a WSD (WS-Discovery) message and that gets detected by the client and the client says, "Oh we have a server we need to add." Edited February 11, 20251 yr by Frank1940
February 11, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Arbadacarba said: It popped up while the array was stopped. It's a known issue that affects some users, but not easy for LT to reproduce so far.
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