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    Can't access SMB share via SMB name but can access via IP.

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      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Yoe777
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      @yoe777 said in Can't access SMB share via SMB name but can access via IP.:

      sing physical interfaces with firewall

      Same thing, its a different network..

      if you ping nas - does it come back as nas.local.lan? Broadcasting for just a hostname or netbios name doesn't work across networks.. They have to be in the same network for that to work.

      Use the fqdn nas.local.lan as you have shown your using local.lan as well..

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        Jarhead @johnpoz
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        Or add it to your hosts file on the computer.

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          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz pfSense is adding it for me again on its own? So I will never get that, when it is working or not.

          PS C:\Users\Bobby> nslookup Rebel12
          Server:  pfsense.home.arpa
          Address:  192.168.10.1
          
          Name:    Rebel12.home.arpa
          Addresses:  192.168.11.20
                    192.168.9.20
          
          
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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Bob.Dig
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            @bob-dig home.arpa is the new default. I had set local.lan long time ago and have not completely moved to it yet.

            But yes your domain should be added to your windows clients via dhcp

            Why is your fqdn coming back with 2 ips, that is not ideal.

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              Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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              @johnpoz Ah ok, that was the difference, when I was not using DHCP, thx.

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                Yoe777 @Yoe777
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                @yoe777 Screenshot 2022-11-12 at 14-30-43 Can't access SMB share via SMB name but can access via IP.png

                My main issue is a media player trying to access the broadcasted hostname, I cannot lookup shares via IP on it. Is there a way to enter a static entry directly in pfsense that will redirect the hostname to the IP?

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                  Yoe777 @Yoe777
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                  @yoe777

                  I am a little bit closer by creating a Host Override Static entry under ServicesDNS -> ResolverGeneral -> Settings. My windows machines and linux can access my NAS via hostname now from manual searching for it.

                  My media player still is not seeing the share on my NAS because the Hostname broadcast is not passing over the interface. You cannot manually place an search entry it only lists the broadcasted names.

                  Any suggestions as a work around?

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                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Yoe777
                    last edited by johnpoz

                    @yoe777 your media player - which is what exactly is most likely doing some sort of discovery - that is not going to work on a different network.

                    What are you trying play? I use my plex specifically on a different network than my players.. It doesn't have to use discovery - it uses a fqdn to know where the server is.

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                      MLH01 @Yoe777
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                      @yoe777 I had a similar issue with accessing my NAS smb shares. My NAS is running TrueNAS CORE. Like you, I added a host override in pfSense (under Services > DNS Resolver > General Settings).

                      NAS details:
                      Network: VLAN10 (192.168.10.x)
                      Hostname: truenas
                      Parent domain: local

                      I was then able to access and map the shares on my Windows computers connected on my default LAN (192.168.1.x) using \\truenas.local[sharename]. I was able to access the shares on my Mac mini the same way.

                      I use MediaPortal for my media server, also located on the default LAN. I still needed to manually set the media source paths (using \\truenas.local[sharename]) as it wasn't able to locate truenas shares on the network by itself. Let me know if you have the same media server and I will post instructions.

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                        MLH01 @MLH01
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                        Note: I meant to write \\truenas.local[backslash][sharename] above. The backslashes don't seem to work...

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                          skogs @Yoe777
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                          @yoe777
                          Frequently those media player apps on a roku or even the service/host discovery on windows doesn't use SMB to find the information. It uses multicast mdns/avahi/servicediscovery/bonjour/whatever. It is expecting to find things automatically with a 224.x.x.x broadcast ip.
                          You might need to add a rule for networks...not sure if the stopping point is pfsense or some other host based firewall but the idea is:

                          src: any/lan
                          destination: 224.0.0.251
                          destination port 5353

                          (at least that is the mdns traffic I see on my network...guessing yours is similar.

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                            rcoleman-netgate Netgate @skogs
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                            @skogs opening 5353 in that manner won't pass multicast traffic -- that's unroutable.

                            AVAHI will do mdns passing between interfaces.

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                              skogs @rcoleman-netgate
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                              @rcoleman-netgate
                              yaya ^^ that thing.

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