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Can't access windows/samba share by hostname but access by ip works

Asked by gklein.atc@gmail.com

Hello

I installed Ubuntu 14.04.
I want to access my Windows shares through my LAN.
When browsing the network in Ubuntu's default file browser or the nemo browser, all my computers on the LAN are displayed, I can successfully connect to my Windows 7 computer's shares, but I can't connect to my Synology NAS shares.

When I click on the Win7 computer icon, it shows the availableshares and then username/password prompt.
When I click on the NAS icon, it stalls for a few seconds and then I get this error

(french) Impossible de monter l'emplacement
 L'obtention de la liste des partages du serveur a échoué : Connexion refusée

(it should translate to this in english) Unable to mount this location
Failed to retrieve the share list from server : access denied

However, the weird thing is : when i manually try to access smb://<ip of the nas> , it works.
I tried manually typing smb://<hostname of the nas> , I get the same error as when browsing the network and clicking the NAS's icon.

What can I do ?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you add an entry in /etc/hosts to resolve the name to an IP that way. Sounds like DNS is falling short. The name you use will then translate to the IP you use.

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gklein.atc@gmail.com (gklein-atc) said : 		#2

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.