If your problem is host name resolution, you can probably do
this:
1) Run a WINS server on your storage machine.
2) On the workstations, go to network adapter settings, IPV4
Advanced and tell it where to find the WINS server.
I think WINS has been deprecated for about a decade but it
still works.

Do you use DHCP? If so you would probably want to assign a
fixed IP for the WINS server. You can set a reservation in
the DHCP server to do this.

In a previous post I mentioned Storage Spaces, I forgot to
mention it defaults to a dedicated share folder but it is
easy to change it and share the entire drive.

Allen

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[mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of RussellMc
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:31 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Cc: ApptechNZ; RossGMail; ken@elecsyn.com
Subject: Re: [OT]:: WIN10 LAN access - suggestions sought.

Progress report:

:-(.
Keep them cards and letters coming.
All input welcome but so far no joy.

*I think the key may lie somewhere in this long, interesting
and "scary"
page (so many many "maybe"s.)*


https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10
-networking/connecting-pcs-users-for-sharing-xp-vista-7-8-10
/fb92e439-5dbc-4367-9857-1ef360e9ffdf

______________

eg (didn't work but indicative of what some say is
related...)
>From elsewhere but covered on that page:

......  Win Key ... "Services", locate the following
services, start them
and set Start type to Automatic (Delayed Start).


   - Function Discovery Provider Host

   - Function Discovery Resource Publication

   - SSDP Discovery

   - UPnP Device Host


NOT the only "possible problem areas" suggested by many but
indicative of
what lying underneath may need fixing in some cases (such as
mine).


Also suggested are host file issues, use of or need to use I
addresses, ...
.. much more ... .


       Russell

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