I’ve been battling with this for a while with mixed results. I frequently move my laptop between it’s dock (wired) and my couch (wireless). Anytime I switch networks, I have to manually run “sudo mount -a” to get my shares back. It’s not a huge deal, but I’d like to fix it. Here’s my fstab … Read more
i have really strange situation today over one of my Ubuntu Server. this is a web server, where One PHP website is running and i have programmed this web to move the File between the Mounted drive within the Network. Basically this Web app is providing the nice user interface , where user can put … Read more
I use an program (Matlab) which is giving errors about exhausting the number of change notification handles (CNH), known in Windows as server message blocks (SMB). Matlab’s tech support said that MATLAB uses CNHs to track if a file has been updated in a directory and by default Windows 7 has 50 CNHs available. How … Read more
In this specific case, I have a folder called “games” which is all emulators. I used to have 2 separate PC’s, so I had this folder synced with my FileServer, but now that I use a VM on the same PC, I wondered if I could launch the emulators from the FileServer without losing performance. … Read more
I use Ubuntu12.10 with Gnomeshell. Installed latest version of samba share, configured to share my Video folder, access restricted via login (uid and password needed). SMB share accessed via Solid explorer when I tried to open the video file (size 600MB, type MKV) the player used BS Player MX Player were not able to play … Read more
I have two wireless routers at home with the same ssid to have better coverage. Both operating at 802.11b/g/n mixed mode. My laptop shows it’s connected at 144Mbps 802.11n when close to Technicolor router and file copy from a server share goes at 10MB/s which is about 80Mbps. When I go to another room and … Read more
I have two wireless routers at home with the same ssid to have better coverage. Both operating at 802.11b/g/n mixed mode. My laptop shows it’s connected at 144Mbps 802.11n when close to Technicolor router and file copy from a server share goes at 10MB/s which is about 80Mbps. When I go to another room and … Read more
I’m curious as over several years ever since I started researching about computer security, SMB has been a place where remote code execution happens the most on the windows OS. Therefore I am wondering if the Windows 7 SP1 installer has port 135 and port 445 opened by default? Answer AttributionSource : Link , Question … Read more
In an environment with PCs that have no domain connectivity where the only network connectivity is possibly to a networked printer, what are the implications of disabling SMB entirely? Imagine a local library, where there are (5) PCs and a printer on the same subnet. SMB should not be needed and merely presents a security … Read more
Tried to connect with 2 different devices windows 7 and windows 10 with no luck and diagnostics didn’t help. Also in the info center I hit test and it says LAN accessible even tho my devices say otherwise. Here are my DSM settings: Control Panel>File Services>[x]Enable SMB service -Advanced Settings> Max=SMB3 Min=SMB2 Control Panel>Info Center>Service>SMB … Read more
