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falco1
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Jan 01, 2018
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Cant connect to ReadyNas Pro SMB1 Protocol ??

My readyNas Pro has being going great for quite a few years. I have three computers that connect to it, a laptop and two desktops. Last week after the latest windows 10 updates, both desktops couldn...
  • StephenB's avatar
    Jan 01, 2018

    You can enable the SMBv1 client on the desktop systems by opening CMD (right-click and "run as administrator").

     

    Then enter 

    sc.exe config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/mrxsmb20/nsi
    sc.exe config mrxsmb20 start= auto

     

    Longer term, you probably should look into installing the NFS client on your PCs - that will give you an alternative to SMB1.

     

    Another option is to upgrade your Pro to run OS-6.  That will require a factory reset, so you would need to restore your data from backup.  OS-6 support SMBv3.

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