Perhaps I misjudged Windoze networking....

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bumble Newbie Joined: 01/09/2023 Location: Australia Posts: 3	Posted: 04:30am 26 Jun 2025       Changes in SMB networking in recent years have rendered SAMBA/Windows interoperability somewhat 'tricky'  If you want a dedicated NAS, you might want to look at SME Server from koozali (koozali.org).  This is based on Centos and provides inter alia, comprehensive Windows compatible network facilities.  I have used SME Server for more than 20 years for many clients to replace Windows Server (does that even exist any more?). Very stable - I had one client went more than 5 years without a re-boot... If you want to run anything other than SME Server, you would need to implement a VM of some sort.