CIFS shares in Windows 8?

[Chris230291]

Hello. Can someone please help me get access to my CIFS share in windows 8? In Windows 7 it gets detected with no problems, but in 8 it doesn't appear at all.

I did some Googleing before i started this thread but nothing i found made any sense to me. Hopefully someone here as already sorted this problem.

Cheers,
Chris.

 

[alpenwasser]

Hi Chris,

Ah, the eternal woes of network sharing :lol:. Running a mixed Linux/Windows network, I've had my fair share of "fun" with these sort of problems.

Anyway, if I understand correctly the client which you'd like to use to access the share is running Win8. What's the server running?

 

[Chris230291]

Haha. This is the first time I've had a problem with mine. I've read it's a windows issue but I can't seem to find anything other than a couple of commands, which didn't fix the problem.

The server is running FeeNas. My AFP shares are running fine but the CIFS shares won't appear in Windows 8.

 

[Chris230291]

Something else i have noticed is that i can see and access the CIFS share under OS X, but windows doesn't wanna know :/


I just tried this...

click the start button and type secpol.msc in the search function.
Browse to "Local Policies" -> "Security Options". Now look for the entry "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" and open it. Click on the dropdown menu and select "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated". Apply the settings.
In the Advanced sharing settings page of Network and sharing center, you need to have it set as Work/Home profile. Try
-Enable network discovery
-Turn on file and print sharing
-Turn off password protected sharing
-Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers

But it didn't seem to work.

Can anyone help? I also noticed that Windows 7 no longer sees the share. I have been playing with settings on the server (no idea what the defaults were) so i may have broken it, but then how come i see the CIFS share on a Mac?

Confuzzled!
Chris.


EDIT: Just noticed i can connect if i type "\\10.0.1.200" in the search box. Before though it would just appear under network.
Going by that^, can anyone think what i might have done or have set wrong?

 

[alpenwasser]

Confuzzled!

That comes with the territory :lol:

EDIT: Just noticed i can connect if i type "\\10.0.1.200" in the search box. Before though it would just appear under network.
Going by that^, can anyone think what i might have done or have set wrong?

Can you access it by using "\\servername\sharename" or only using the IP address? I've encountered both in my time. Sometimes "\\servername\sharename" would still work even though the share was not displayed under "Network" on the client, and sometimes I could only access it via the IP address.

 

[Chris230291]

I can only access it with the IP address. When i try "\\Server\Software-windows-share\" nothing is fine.

I'm happy that i have gotten it working now, i would just like to know why it doesn't appear by itself anymore. I have given the share a drive letter in windows so it's always there now.

 

[alpenwasser]

"Yippie, it's working, but I have no idea why!" has generally been my experience with networking :headscratch:

Although I have to admit, I'm curious about this as well. I shall possibly do some experimenting and Google Fu over the weekend, my network is in need of some maintenance anyway :lol:

 

[hmmblah]

Can you ping by using the server name? If you can only use IP that indicates a problem with DNS. Are you using a local DNS server or one provided by your ISP?

 

[Chris230291]

Haha yeah alpenwasser.

Hello hmmblah, how do i ping the server? Do i need any special software?

Chris.

 

[hmmblah]

Open a command prompt and type ping followed by the server name. Do the same thing with the IP address.

 

[Chris230291]

Ok cool thanks. I'll try it when i'm back in front of my PC.

Chris