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    Windows "Enter network password"

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    • L
      laneo
      last edited by

      Hi,
      I installed pfSense and now when i try to access a public folder from one PC, windows asks me to "Enter a network password".
      I never had a password, public folders are open to everyone, but since pfSense i cant get into any shared folder from another PC.
      I dont know if this is related to 2.0 or if its a common thing on pfSense (im new on this as you can see).
      Any help will be much appreciated !
      thanks
      l

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        laneo
        last edited by

        I just want to add that i can still get into the PCs from a Mac without entering any password. But i cant get into a Mac from a PC (it asks for a password).
        It seems like pfSense is restricting PCs to get into another computer on the LAN, but it doesnt have the same power to do so on Mac computers.
        Any ideas ?

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        • GruensFroeschliG
          GruensFroeschli
          last edited by

          pfSense is a router.
          It has absolutely nothing to do with how your computers behind it communicate with each other.
          –> Traffic from one computer to another never goes over the pfSense.

          We do what we must, because we can.

          Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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            laneo
            last edited by

            @GruensFroeschli:

            pfSense is a router.
            It has absolutely nothing to do with how your computers behind it communicate with each other.
            –> Traffic from one computer to another never goes over the pfSense.

            Well, if i disconnect the pfSense box from the network everything works well. When i plug it back, windows starts asking for a network password.

            I think that pfSense is creating some kind of domain, cause the network logon windows is like the ones that appears when you have the computers on a domain (not on a workgroup, which is what i have here).

            Do you know why pfSense may be creating this confusion ?

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            • K
              kpa
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              PfSense is certainly not creating a windows domain but the default DNS domain which is .local may not be what your windows hosts expect. You can change the DNS domain at System->General setup.

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                laneo
                last edited by

                @kpa:

                PfSense is certainly not creating a windows domain but the default DNS domain which is .local may not be what your windows hosts expect. You can change the DNS domain at System->General setup.

                Thats it ! Thanks !!

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