Lost network drive path {SOLVED}

[Tom Markert]

Everything has been perfect for weeks.
Suddenly this evening when I open file explorer on my windows desktop PC (Or if using my laptop which is Linux) the "Main Storage" folder is no longer there.
My choices are :
Homes
Root
Media
The first two I cannot connect to. I get an error "The network name cannot be found"
Media folder works fine

This even happens of I search the network using the NAS's IP address.
I can connect to my Plex server fine and I can connect to my owncloud fine, either through my remote ip addy OR my local internal IP addy.
It's almost as f the share was removed, but I went into the CIFS and everthing points to the correct folder on that drive /mnt/main

 

[SweetAndLow]

Read the forum rules again. Freenas version and hardware spec's required for all questions. Also try to included any errors or log messages you see.

 

[Tom Markert]

Sorry about that.. It was late and I was tired
FreeNAS 9.10.1
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core Processor
Memory 7906MB
6TB of WD Reds (2*3TB)
1TB WD Black cache drive
30G Adata (I think) OS Drive
And the only errors I see are on the monitor on the freeNAS machine so I took a picture because theres a lot of text..

Cant figure out how to put it in here. But windows says "Error 0x80070043 Network name cannot be found" when I click on root or homes folders..
There used to be a folder that said "Main storage" and that was it, and everything worked fine.
I have just today figured out how to (using my linux laptop) get into the root of the file system and when I go to /mnt/main storage I can get in and everything is in there.. So the drive hasn't crashed (they're only a month old) and nothing was wiped.. It's as if FreeNAS lost track of where the share directory was.

 

[dlavigne]

Did the IP address of the FreeNAS system change? Do you have a hosts entry for the FreeNAS server on the Windows system? Does restarting the Windows client fix it?

 

[Tom Markert]

In that text on the FreeNAS monitor I see the IP address is there, but backwards (10.1.168.192). How can I upload a picture of that? Or is there a way to just send it to you?
I've restarted FreeNAS and my PC's to no avail.
And as far as having it in a hosts list I am a networking noob so I have no idea how to check it. But the fact that it's also effecting the normal way of accessing even on my Linux only laptop I doubt this is the issue

 

[SweetAndLow]

What address are you using to access the GUI? Maybe that 10.1.168.192 address is correct? Very strange that it is backwards ish

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[depasseg]

How can I upload a picture of that?

You can just paste it, or you can upload it as an attachment.

 

[Ericloewe]

Maybe that 10.1.168.192 address is correct? Very strange that it is backwards ish

It's funny since it's backward, but it's a perfectly valid private network address.

It's either a cruel joke to make developers chase endianness issues or a very weird coincidence.

 

[Tom Markert]

To access using google chrome, 192.168.1.10, since day one it's never changed. Will try to upload that picture tonight

 

[Tom Markert]

No clue why that posted the picture upside down.. Sorry.. Will repost if you'd like

 

[SweetAndLow]

You're address isn't backwards you are just looking at a log message that is telling you something not related to what you use to access the GUI.

Can you take a screen shot of the windows shares section in the freenas GUI? Also a screen shot of the datasets and permissions of main storage.

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[pirateghost]

To access using google chrome, 192.168.1.10, since day one it's never changed. Will try to upload that picture tonight

http://help.dnsmadeeasy.com/managed-dns/dns-record-types/ptr-record/

 

[Tom Markert]

It's all better... I noticed on the share that it said "Use as home share" and it was checked.. I unchecked it and rebooted everything... Main Storage is back and even that weird log on the freenas monitor is gone...
Thanks for all your help! No idea of why I had checked that box recently.

 

[Tom Markert]

http://help.dnsmadeeasy.com/managed-dns/dns-record-types/ptr-record/

That made my brain hurt! It's funny, I can tear down a brand new BMW and reassemble it, diagnose a crippled Mercedes, and rebuild an old chevy with my eyes closed,. But this networking PC stuff is either "Yay it works" or "Time to guess something else"

 

[BigDave]

No idea of why I had checked that box recently.

Hi @Tom Markert,
Don't be too hard on yourself. My guess is you've been working on cars a bit longer ;) than computers.
If you just HAVE TO click on stuff to see what happens, keep a log sheet of your changes and learn to save
a copy of your configuration settings before making any change. Kinda like saving your progress in a game.

 

[Tom Markert]

Hi @Tom Markert,
Don't be too hard on yourself. My guess is you've been working on cars a bit longer ;) than computers.
If you just HAVE TO click on stuff to see what happens, keep a log sheet of your changes and learn to save
a copy of your configuration settings before making any change. Kinda like saving your progress in a game.

Will work on the configuration saving idea right away! LOL.. Because my next adventure is setting up sickbeard and Headphones.. And I have NO IDEA how to do those and any google searches result in FreeNAS v. 8 at best

 

[pirateghost]

Will work on the configuration saving idea right away! LOL.. Because my next adventure is setting up sickbeard and Headphones.. And I have NO IDEA how to do those and any google searches result in FreeNAS v. 8 at best

You don't really need FreeNAS specific directions. Figure out about jails storage and then use any basic instructions to set up those apps.

 

[Stux]

In-addr arpa addresses are backwards. They're for reverse lookup. So they're in reverse ;)