How to make a Raspberry Pi NAS - A NAS-Berry that Runs Open Media Vault

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I had success using Zero Tier as VPN to transfer files to and from NAS outside of your local network. Works perfectly and I use it in current productions
Easy to install and configure.
Hope this helps

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Hi
Just wondering: I assume this setup uses SMB 2.0. I have a drive connected to my broadband modem & it has limited access as it only runs SMB1.0
Brian

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Hi @Brian94175,

OMV lets you select the Minimum SMB version under the Advance Settings of the SMB/CIFS Settings.
You can set the minimum version from SMB1 through to SMB3.

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Hi Aaron
Thanks for the info.
Brian

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Iā€™m trying to set up a Raspberry Pi NAS by following your guide. Iā€™ve been through the set up process three times now and every time I get to the part where I change the hostname, the Pi/NAS disappears from the Network. That is, I type in the new hostname, click save, then apply, then I get the spinning wheel for a moment followed by an error message. The Pi is no longer accessible via the IP address used previously, and does not appear as a connected device on my local network. No amount of restarting the Pi and/or my router fixes this. I could go through the entire set up again (from flashing the SD card) and leave the hostname as default I suppose, but Iā€™d prefer to set my own hostname. Any thoughts on why this is happening or how to fix it?

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Hi @Paul274815, Welcome to the Forums!!!

Sorry to hear youā€™re having issues. would you be able to share a screenshot of the error you are receiving? It might help to narrow down the issue.

If you have access to your home networkā€™s router, have a look in there to see if you can see the MAC Address or IP of the Pi in the connected devices to see if the Pi is on the network but the interface page might not be available.

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Hi Aaron
Thanks for responding. The Pi does not appear in the list of connected devices on my router and therein lies the issue I think. After changing the hostname, the original IP address is dropped and no new IP address is ever assigned.
This is the error message I get:

pi_error
pi_error768Ɨ83 2.58 KB

Possible not all that helpful?

Pressing the left mouse button results in a spinning wheel image for a few seconds and then the error message returns. That is, pressing the left mouse button achieves nothing.

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Hoping for help. Noob-ish here, followed the directions and everything else seems to be working fine. Macbook can smb into the external drive and sees the folders and files, but I canā€™t transfer any files from my Mac to the external drive connected to the raspberry pi. Working with Raspberry pi 3(b?), omv 7. All permissions for my user are set to read/write. Just canā€™t figure out why I canā€™t add files. Also using Rpi as a Plex server. Can also ssh in just fine, but could never get VNC to work either, working headless. Thanks!

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Hi @Paul274815,

Apologies for the slow reply. I didnā€™t see this reply in my notifications.

The Admin Web Interface Caches on the machine you access it from. The error message shown is what happens when it canā€™t reach the Server.
It sounds like there may be an issue with the DHCP server of your router.

If possible I would try to see if before you change the Hostname if you are able to set a DHCP reservation on the router to see if its still able to connect after the Hostname change.

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Hi @Cara280382, Welcome to the forums!!!

Iā€™m not quite sure why you canā€™t access files on the drive. It sounds like it could be a permissions issue but its strange if theyā€™re set right.

I would try creating a new user and giving them permission for the shared folder to see if that works.
It may also be worth checking with another device such as your phone to see if you can access the files on there. My Mac is usually fairly stable when access drives over the network but it does occasionally have issues when thereā€™s unexpectedly high traffic or slower than normal drives.

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Thank you for the response! I had been considering doing that. I will try that and see if it works. Thanks again!

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Thanks for the turtorial. I have done this on my Mac and it has worked but whenever i log in from my ipad/phone it is only read only, despite it being the same account. Any ideas?

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Hi Aaron

My apologies also for taking so long to respond. I was away for several weeks with limited internet access and itā€™s taken me a while. after getting back home, to revisit this.

I was able to solve my problem by setting a suitable hostname when flashing the micro SD card. This doesnā€™t resolve the issue of what was going wrong when I tried to change the hostname but it provides a work-around which gets the job done :slight_smile: .

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Paul

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Glad to hear you were able to resolve it :slight_smile:

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This is a great tutorial and exactly the solution I was after. Simple and just works.