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EX8000 USB drive uses "obsolete" SMB1 protocol
When trying to access a drive connected via USB3.0 to my EX8000, Windows 10 gave the following error:
You can't connect to the file share because it's not secure. This share requires the obsolete SMB1 protocol, which is unsafe and could expose your system to attack. Your system requires SMB2 or higher.
Microsoft supplies a link to SMBv1 is not installed by default in Windows 10 version 1709, Windows Server version 1709 and later versions | Microsoft Docs.
Is Netgear going to issue a firmware update which solves this problem?
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RamosWashington wrote:
Is Netgear going to issue a firmware update which solves this problem?
Unlikely. This issue has been around some time.
Did you find this?
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By the way, you have posted your message in the section of this community given over to Nighthawk WiFi Routers. (This is easily done, given Netgear's complicated community structure.)
Many questions apply to different types of device, so you might get responses here, but you might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your hardware, in the appropriate section for your device. That's probably here:
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