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Netgear RAXE500 SMB (SAMBA) Readyshare USB3.0 slow/ buggy on Android
Hi, just bought the RAXE500 router to replace the RAX80. I'm very happy with the WiFI performance on it compared to my previous RAX80. The only issue which I and many others I believe are facing ...
The SAMBA (SMB) needs to be fixed, add that to the known issues.
The SMB file server is buggy for Android devices, and requires you to enter username and password each time you access something eventhough the username/password is unchecked on the GUI of the router.
Added to that, the speed is capped between 5-6 MB/sec for Android Devices.
Request: It is believed that the new SMB version on the router is causing the issue, so if Netgear can add a feature where one could select the smb version on the GUI of the router's ReadyShare menu, that would be grateful.
Note: Once again, just to be very clear, It's only a problem on Android devices.
It would be better if Netgear offered more control over the storage settings. From many different routers that they have released, they tend to implement their storage similar to how Linksys has been implementing it where they take the latest SMB implementation and apply the standard/ default type configuration that Microsoft would use as a default. Beyond that, outside of configuration settings for choosing whether to set a password or not, they keep all other default security functions enabled.
Ideally, it would be good if they could offer a level of control similar to what you would fine in free NAS software such as TrueNAS Core, which while not offering every possible variable, it offers enough control to tailor the compatibility for all of your devices, and essentially allowing the user to balance security, performance and compatibility.
Anyway, if you have a PC running windows 10 or later, access the SMB storage of the router that doesn't have the performance issue (or even map it as a network drive), then you can open powershell as administrator, and then run the command
Get-SmbConnection
After running that command, it should tell you which SMB version is being used. That will at least help to narrow down which SMB version your smartphone does best in when it comes to a default implementation of it.