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WTFord's avatar
WTFord
Aspirant
Oct 04, 2018
Solved

AC1200 R6120 ROUTER SMB2 compatibility

Windows stopped seeing my  external HD  when SMB1 was disabled by MS.   The router sees the HD.

I Windows sees the HD if I enable SMB1 but I'd prefer to use a more modern version of SMB for security reasons.  

 

Is this router compatible with SMB2?   Is my HD the issue?

R6120 

Firmware V1.0.0.44

Windows 10 home version 1803

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS

 

Troubleshooting
  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    Nov 02, 2018

    Hi WTFord,

     

    Welcome to the community!

     

    As confirmed by engineering, the device has flash size limitation which does not allow the implementation of SMBv2.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

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  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    NETGEAR Moderator
    Nov 02, 2018

    Hi WTFord,

     

    Welcome to the community!

     

    As confirmed by engineering, the device has flash size limitation which does not allow the implementation of SMBv2.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

      • Chemist18's avatar
        Chemist18
        Aspirant
        Nov 29, 2018

        I'm glad to get a concrete answer though I'm not at all pleased with the answer!