simon_lefisch
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- May 24, 2020
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Hello everyone,
I have setup a private SMB share for myself and created a list of allowed devices in Hosts Allow (laptop, phone) using the hostname. However I cannot seem to connect to it. I receive an error on my MacBook Pro saying "There was a problem connecting to the server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Check the server name or IP address and then try again. Contact your system admin if issue persists." Using IP addresses instead of hostname works fine. I tried to find a solution online and added the hostnames to the Hostname Database in Network >> Global Configuration to be sure but still nothing. Is there something else I'm missing? I tried just the hostname, hostname and domain (hostname.domain) but still nothing. I know I could use the IP address but would rather use hostname since these devices are DHCP.
I have setup a private SMB share for myself and created a list of allowed devices in Hosts Allow (laptop, phone) using the hostname. However I cannot seem to connect to it. I receive an error on my MacBook Pro saying "There was a problem connecting to the server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Check the server name or IP address and then try again. Contact your system admin if issue persists." Using IP addresses instead of hostname works fine. I tried to find a solution online and added the hostnames to the Hostname Database in Network >> Global Configuration to be sure but still nothing. Is there something else I'm missing? I tried just the hostname, hostname and domain (hostname.domain) but still nothing. I know I could use the IP address but would rather use hostname since these devices are DHCP.