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Readyshare not working Windows 10.
I'm tired of waiting on the SMB1 fix. Am I missing something or wouldn't it be easier if Netgear simply added support for an additional user (other than guest and admin)?
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ReadySHARE works fine here.
No messing around with SMB.
Not all routers are born equal. You might get better answers if you told people what your router is.
What firmware version do you have on this unnamed device?
A number is more useful than "the latest". (It may not be by the time people read this.) There can also be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware in the browser interface.
I suggest searching the community help for "SMB1" if you wish to learn about the issue. I'm simply asking whether support for another user would be a faster/easier way to work around the problem. i.e. it seems the complexities in the SMB1 fix is taking years to address, while adding support for an additional user could be done relatively quickly.
the reply pages jumps around too much for me to type any of that info in. it flies all over the place when i try to enter it.
the attempted firmware updates always came back as "no firmware update needed" or something to that effect.
router = netgear R6220
believe it or not i've picked thru enuf of this to actually get most of everything figured out and working
the one thing that eluded me for another couple days was why i couldn't get data on/ off that usb i had stuck in the back of the router
finally, a few minutes ago, it occured to me to just go grab a new usb out of my stash
i unplugged the one i'd been using, stuck the new one in and the whole thing woke up instantly
wether or not it was the act of reinserting or the previous usb itself is actually bad, that first usb is going right into the crusher
not taking any chances with it again, even tho it works at other times....
most of this whole struggle has boiled down to simple errors like that. getting too caught up with settings, etc. when it was stuff like cable connections, basic rebootings and a bad usb that seemed to be most of the problem....
the other stuff seems to have fallen into place for now, as the usb access was just about the final problem i think i had....
regardless, thank you for your response on how to actually reply during efforts like this....
radon85 wrote:I'm tired of waiting on the SMB1 fix. Am I missing something or wouldn't it be easier if Netgear simply added support for an additional user (other than guest and admin)?
There is NO SMB1 fix, not from NG, and MS has already made its fix as far as security goes. SMB 1 is old, uses NETBIOS and Computer Browser. MS has depricated SMB 1 and along with that the Computer Browser. NG aleardy has many routers (you didn't specify what router you have by the way) running SMB 2 and 3. What NG has to do is enable and use the WSD protocol for sharing, and they have NO PLANS to do that.
Not even sure what you are asking for? Additional User? I suspect you mean another set of SSID's? Why would that be 'simple' and provide any protection? How will that solve anything or have anything to do with SMB 1 needed for sharing?
My understanding is that insecure guest logins have been disabled; see link. As an admin, I have no issue accessing the share. However, my users are unable to access the share as a guest. Since "admin"/password works but "guest" (with no password) appear to be an issue, I'm simply suggesting support for an alternate user account with a password; e.g. "user"/password. This "user " account would simply provide access to the share as "guest" did in the past; it would not allow allow the user to log into the router.
radon85 wrote:My understanding is that insecure guest logins have been disabled; see link. As an admin, I have no issue accessing the share. However, my users are unable to access the share as a guest. Since "admin"/password works but "guest" (with no password) appear to be an issue, I'm simply suggesting support for an alternate user account with a password; e.g. "user"/password. This "user " account would simply provide access to the share as "guest" did in the past; it would not allow allow the user to log into the router.
Nice link, you might notice I was active in there too (2018-02-01 10:04 AM on....).
You are confusing a few things... Guest Network on the router and Guest access to a share under W10 PC attached to a LAN.
My R8000 is not active right now, but the GUEST SSID has the capability to be isolated from YOUR LAN. There is a ALLOW setting if I'm remembering correctly you have to check. In that case, Guests will have COMPLETE access to everything the NORMAL (your word is ADMIN it seems) can access, all SHARES on ANY device as well as the USB drive on the router.
Of course, this might not be what you want. However, the PC's that have shares can be set to only allow share access via UID and PC.
