Allow access to lan NAS withing wireless networks

malyjak · February 16, 2025, 12:11pm

Hello.

Recently I’ve upgraded our home network with a lovely NAS. It is sitting on one of the lan ports and I have no problem at all using it from my PC on the same network. However, if I try to access it via //MYCLOUDULTRA folder from my laptop connected to wifi a connection error displays instead. Both my PC and laptop are using Windows 11 and have the network set to private with network discovery enabled. Is there some way how to allow connections from wifi networks to the NAS on lan?

Thanks!

holvoetn · February 16, 2025, 1:44pm

And how is that ax3 configured ?
Without that info, lots of guessing…

malyjak · February 17, 2025, 11:48am

Sorry. Here is the configuration:

VLAN: Name: vlan848, Interface: ether1
PPPoE Client: Name: pppoe-out1, Interface: vlan848, Max MTU/MRU: 1492
DNS: 8.8.8.8
NAT: Chain: scrnat, Out interface: pppoe-out1, Action: masquerade
IPv6: Interface: pppoe-out1, Request: Prefix, Pool Prefix Length: 56, Address: ::/64, Interface: bridge, Destination Address: ::/0, Gateway: pppoe-out1, ND MTU: 1492
Wifi 5Ghz: Interface: wlan1, Settings: default, changed - region to Czech Rep., SSID name, and password
Wifi 2,4Ghz: Interface: wlan2, Settings: default, changed - region to Czech Rep., SSID name, and password

I’m new with mikrotik so if there is more simple way how to forward configuration. Please let me know

holvoetn · February 17, 2025, 12:56pm

/export file=anynameyoulike

Remove serial and any other private info, post between code tags by using the </> button.

jaclaz · February 18, 2025, 4:27pm

The default configuration of an Ax3 (and most other Mikrotik Soho devices) has 1st port (ether1) as WAN and all other ethernet and wanports in a bridge as LAN
So a wlan interface (either wlan1 or wlan2) should have exactly the same behaviour of ether 2-5.

Can you describe exactly the connection error you are having and “when/where”[1] it happens?

Also when connected to the wi-fi can you access other devices connected to the LAN (the PC, the cap Ax)?

[1] meaning is it a Windows OS error, is it in the browser, is it in a file manager, etc. ?

malyjak · February 22, 2025, 7:48pm

Sorry for late reply. Finally I have some time off work. Here is dump of my settings:

/interface bridge
add admin-mac=xxx auto-mac=no comment=defconf name=bridge
/interface wifi
set [ find default-name=wifi1 ] channel.band=5ghz-ax .skip-dfs-channels=\
    10min-cac .width=20/40/80mhz configuration.country=Czech .mode=ap .ssid=\
    Gateway-Wireless-5GHz disabled=no security.authentication-types=\
    wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk .ft=yes .ft-over-ds=yes
set [ find default-name=wifi2 ] channel.band=2ghz-ax .skip-dfs-channels=\
    10min-cac .width=20/40mhz configuration.country=Czech .mode=ap .ssid=\
    Gateway-Wireless disabled=no security.authentication-types=\
    wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk .ft=yes .ft-over-ds=yes
/interface vlan
add interface=ether1 name=vlan-848 vlan-id=848
/interface pppoe-client
add add-default-route=yes disabled=no interface=vlan-848 max-mru=1492 \
    max-mtu=1492 name=pppoe-client1 user=cetin
/interface list
add comment=defconf name=WAN
add comment=defconf name=LAN
/ip pool
add name=default-dhcp ranges=192.168.88.10-192.168.88.254
/ip dhcp-server
add address-pool=default-dhcp interface=bridge name=defconf
/disk settings
set auto-media-interface=bridge auto-media-sharing=yes auto-smb-sharing=yes
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=ether2
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=ether3
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=ether4
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=ether5
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=wifi1
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=wifi2
/ip neighbor discovery-settings
set discover-interface-list=LAN
/interface list member
add comment=defconf interface=bridge list=LAN
add comment=defconf interface=ether1 list=WAN
/interface ovpn-server server
add mac-address=xx name=ovpn-server1
/ip address
add address=192.168.88.1/24 comment=defconf interface=bridge network=\
    192.168.88.0
/ip dhcp-client
add comment=defconf interface=ether1
/ip dhcp-server network
add address=192.168.88.0/24 comment=defconf dns-server=192.168.88.1 gateway=\
    192.168.88.1
/ip dns
set allow-remote-requests=yes servers=1.1.1.1,1.0.0.1
/ip dns static
add address=192.168.88.1 comment=defconf name=router.lan type=A
/ip firewall filter
add action=accept chain=input comment=\
    "defconf: accept established,related,untracked" connection-state=\
    established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=input comment="defconf: drop invalid" connection-state=\
    invalid
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept ICMP" protocol=icmp
add action=accept chain=input comment=\
    "defconf: accept to local loopback (for CAPsMAN)" dst-address=127.0.0.1
add action=drop chain=input comment="defconf: drop all not coming from LAN" \
    in-interface-list=!LAN
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept in ipsec policy" \
    ipsec-policy=in,ipsec
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept out ipsec policy" \
    ipsec-policy=out,ipsec
add action=fasttrack-connection chain=forward comment="defconf: fasttrack" \
    connection-state=established,related hw-offload=yes
add action=accept chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: accept established,related, untracked" connection-state=\
    established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=forward comment="defconf: drop invalid" \
    connection-state=invalid
add action=drop chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: drop all from WAN not DSTNATed" connection-nat-state=!dstnat \
    connection-state=new in-interface-list=WAN
/ip firewall nat
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat comment="defconf: masquerade" disabled=yes \
    ipsec-policy=out,none out-interface-list=WAN
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat out-interface=pppoe-client1
add action=redirect chain=dstnat dst-port=53 protocol=udp to-ports=53
/ip ipsec profile
set [ find default=yes ] dpd-interval=2m dpd-maximum-failures=5
/ipv6 address
add address=::xxx from-pool=O2 interface=bridge
/ipv6 dhcp-client
add interface=pppoe-client1 pool-name=O2 pool-prefix-length=56 request=prefix
/ipv6 firewall address-list
add address=::/128 comment="defconf: unspecified address" list=bad_ipv6
add address=::1/128 comment="defconf: lo" list=bad_ipv6
add address=fec0::/10 comment="defconf: site-local" list=bad_ipv6
add address=::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 comment="defconf: ipv4-mapped" list=bad_ipv6
add address=::/96 comment="defconf: ipv4 compat" list=bad_ipv6
add address=100::/64 comment="defconf: discard only " list=bad_ipv6
add address=2001:db8::/32 comment="defconf: documentation" list=bad_ipv6
add address=2001:10::/28 comment="defconf: ORCHID" list=bad_ipv6
add address=3ffe::/16 comment="defconf: 6bone" list=bad_ipv6
/ipv6 firewall filter
add action=accept chain=input comment=\
    "defconf: accept established,related,untracked" connection-state=\
    established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=input comment="defconf: drop invalid" connection-state=\
    invalid
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept ICMPv6" protocol=\
    icmpv6
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept UDP traceroute" \
    dst-port=33434-33534 protocol=udp
add action=accept chain=input comment=\
    "defconf: accept DHCPv6-Client prefix delegation." dst-port=546 protocol=\
    udp src-address=fe80::/10
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept IKE" dst-port=500,4500 \
    protocol=udp
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept ipsec AH" protocol=\
    ipsec-ah
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept ipsec ESP" protocol=\
    ipsec-esp
add action=accept chain=input comment=\
    "defconf: accept all that matches ipsec policy" ipsec-policy=in,ipsec
add action=drop chain=input comment=\
    "defconf: drop everything else not coming from LAN" in-interface-list=\
    !LAN
add action=accept chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: accept established,related,untracked" connection-state=\
    established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=forward comment="defconf: drop invalid" \
    connection-state=invalid
add action=drop chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: drop packets with bad src ipv6" src-address-list=bad_ipv6
add action=drop chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: drop packets with bad dst ipv6" dst-address-list=bad_ipv6
add action=drop chain=forward comment="defconf: rfc4890 drop hop-limit=1" \
    hop-limit=equal:1 protocol=icmpv6
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept ICMPv6" protocol=\
    icmpv6
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept HIP" protocol=139
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept IKE" dst-port=\
    500,4500 protocol=udp
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept ipsec AH" protocol=\
    ipsec-ah
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept ipsec ESP" protocol=\
    ipsec-esp
add action=accept chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: accept all that matches ipsec policy" ipsec-policy=in,ipsec
add action=drop chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: drop everything else not coming from LAN" in-interface-list=\
    !LAN
/ipv6 nd
set [ find default=yes ] hop-limit=64 mtu=1492
/system clock
set time-zone-name=Europe/Prague
/system note
set show-at-login=no
/system routerboard wps-button
set enabled=yes on-event=wps-accept
/system script
add comment=defconf dont-require-permissions=no name=wps-accept owner=*sys \
    policy=ftp,reboot,read,write,policy,test,password,sniff,sensitive,romon \
    source="\r\
    \n   :foreach iface in=[/interface/wifi find where (configuration.mode=\"a\
    p\" && disabled=no)] do={\r\
    \n     /interface/wifi wps-push-button \$iface;}\r\
    \n "
/tool mac-server
set allowed-interface-list=LAN
/tool mac-server mac-winbox
set allowed-interface-list=LAN

Currently, the NAS has IP 192.168.88.246. I can ping it from my laptop on wifi. However, when I try to open it in explorer, it fails. In network tab in the explorer I can see the NAS listed by its full name. But once I try to open it, the same error emerges.

Please note that I changed the lan port of NAS to verify it’s not port issue and completely removed Cap ax from the equation - to verify I’m connected to hAP ax3 wireless network.

jaclaz · February 23, 2025, 10:12am

Very likely it is one of the cases listed here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/networking/cannot-access-shared-folder-file-explorer
https://www.qnap.com/en/how-to/faq/article/what-cant-i-access-nas-shared-folders-with-windows-file-explorer-smb

These kind of issues are usually a big PITA to troubleshoot, as there can be several different settings that affect the behaviour.

What happens if trying to map a drive with net use on command line?
https://ss64.com/nt/net-use.html

BartoszP · February 23, 2025, 12:27pm

Locally saved credentials could not match current NAS settings (even the name is still the same) and Windows deny to access resource.

malyjak · February 23, 2025, 4:04pm

It says the path does not exist

malyjak · February 23, 2025, 4:06pm

So problem is on my laptop? Because previously I connected via ethernet and now I want to use wifi and Windows keeps credentials for ethernet? The root folder of NAS is accessible for anyone on network only user folders need credentials