SOLVED Network issue with multiple Truenas boxes

[jools72]

Hi all,
hope somebody can shed light and educate me. I have a Truenas server built for my home use and I'm currently working with an old Dell pc my brother gave me to use as a test nas to try different things on. It is an older machine but I got it running ok. No serious data on it so if the pool goes "pop" it's inconsequential. However once it was up and configured and I could see it on my local network, Windows could not access the shares on either machine. As soon as I shut the test server down, my shares came back. I gather there is a conflict and I tried changing hostname. Do I need to change domain or another setting to allow both boxes to operate their shares at the same time?
I am literally going to use it as a test bench to get a better feel for Truenas without risking my data.

Both systems are running 12.0 U-4
The Dell is an Optiplex 780
Intel core Duo @ 3Ghz
8GB Ram
Intel NIC

 

[Samuel Tai]

Check the names and IPs for both boxes.

 

[jools72]

Hi there Samuel,
they both have different names and ip addresses. They have addresses ending in .100 & .105. I ask about domain as they are both the same. Would that be the culprit?
The test box is ironically named "testnas" and is quite different to my personal rig.
On the screen the boxes say <name>.local
Any help is appreciated.

 

[Samuel Tai]

What subnet mask are you using on both systems? Did you typo the default gateway on one? Please provide full details of both boxes, please.

 

[jools72]

solved it. I'm a dunce. Got the shares running but forgot to set permissions! Windows could see it but had no access beyond the hostname and my home nas is unaffected. D'oh!
well as i said, i'm using this box to experiment. I basically went back to the start and started from scratch.
So I'm going to go back now and try not to be such an idiot.
Thank you!