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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)?
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.