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Troubleshooting complex network issues on a home NAS can be frustrating, especially when VLANs, firewall rules, and SMB services all interplay. In this post, I walk through diagnosing connectivity problems between VLANs and a TrueNAS server, fixing permission errors with Samba, and configuring firewall rules to allow seamless SMB access — all without exposing sensitive…