Frank1940

Network trouble?

Network trouble?

Hi guys,   I have been away for a few months because of moving to another house and getting settled there. I just finished setting up my server, running unraid 6.2.1, and find that I can't access the server from my Windows 10 laptop. Windows just gives a message can not access \\Tower.   In network settings I see under eth0 that bonding is active although I never ever enabled it, and I can't change anything there. eth1 isn't connected BTW.   The server appears under Network on the lapto
This sounds like a Local Master Browser issue.  There can be only ONE Local Master for the Network.  The Local Master Browser is a DNS like server for the SMB network and is determined by an 'election among the computers on the SBM network.  The entire process takes place in the background and has a very low priority.  It can take many, many  minutes to resolve a a network.  For that reason, it is best if you have your unRAID server end up as the Local Master.  "Settings"  >>>  "SBM"  &