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WTFord
Aspirant
Oct 04, 2018
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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 securit...
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  • 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
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

  • WTFord's avatar
    WTFord
    Aspirant
    Nov 02, 2018

    Thanks for giving me a good answer.

    • 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!