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mbaas

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Accessing TeraStation from Virtualbox VM (running W10)
« on: December 29, 2017, 04:27:11 AM »
I am trying to use my TeraStation LS 441 from a VM, but the Navigator does not find it. Also accessing the drive using its IP does not seem to work.
Presumable the VM's network-settings need to be adjusted - but I am surprised this should be neccessary, because I can access all other LAN-devices from inside the VM as well as the web.

I have set up two adapers in the VM's config: NAT and a "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter".

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Re: Accessing TeraStation from Virtualbox VM (running W10)
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2017, 08:32:57 AM »
Does the VM have an IP address in the same subnet as the NAS? Can you ping the NAS from the VM?

mbaas

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Re: Accessing TeraStation from Virtualbox VM (running W10)
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2018, 04:21:42 AM »
Thanks for your quick reply! I can ping the NAS. VM's IP is 10.0.2.15, NAS is 192.168.178.71 and both use subnetmask 255.255.255.0, so if I understood corrrectly they're not on the same subnet. (I'm also accessing the company's network via VPN, I guess that is the reason for the VM'sIP)

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Re: Accessing TeraStation from Virtualbox VM (running W10)
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2018, 11:30:06 AM »
The file sharing protocol SMB is not routable, so both the client and the NAS must be on the same subnet to work correctly.

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Re: Accessing TeraStation from Virtualbox VM (running W10)
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2018, 04:08:52 AM »
Argh - ok, thanks!