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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)?
I would keep it at 2 levels of access; i.e. root and non-root, where non-root supports "user"/pw. And while I have no interest in guest access, I expect Netgear would likely continue to support it for backward compatibility; i.e. users could connect with "user"/pw -or- if they're not running into the SMB1 guest issue, they could connect using "guest" without password.
Thanks for the links, once this thread goes dormant I'll go ahead and submit something and we'll see what happens.
I have little concern regarding the "user" password being leaked; i.e. it's simply a replacement for the guest access which does not have one.
However, having said that, I would still like to be able to set the user password and be able to disable the "guest" access; i.e. while a shared password is poor security, I'd consider it a step above no password.
You are STILL confused over SMB 1 and Guest it seems:
radon85 wrote:if they're not running into the SMB1 guest issue, they could connect using "guest" without password.
There is NO 'guest' and SMB 1 problem. Read the links I posted about this above. This is for access to a Windows Server that it was changed.
The 'Guest' SSID can access the USB drive IF given LAN access, not just Internet (via a router setting), but due to Windows 10, will need to be running SMB 1. Another thing, once any W10 PC connects to your LAN, if they are not running SMB 1 as well, you may lost Sharing capability with the router and other PC's... just the way that MS has created the problem with depricating SMB 1 while some installations of W10 require it and the Computer Browser operating with NETBIOS.