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Is it possible to use a ReadyNAS Duo v2 as Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
I need to know if it is possible to use a ReadyNAS Duo v2 just as a Direct Attached Storage (DAS) device as opposed to a NAS. Strange question I know. However, I'm not an IT pro by any means, but fro...
So all you have to do is to enable the Windows [7,8,]10 feature (type: "feature" in the Windows search!) for the user friendly control, scroll down to "SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing" - required is only the "SMB 1.0/CIFS Client". Let it rattle, reboot the WIndows system - and ta-taa your Duo v2 will be discovered again, and the file share access is back.
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I've looked at this before due to post I read on another forum, but SMB 1.0 just doesn't exist in the Windows Feature list on my machine. I've opened up all the sub files in the list, just to check, it's just not there anymore.
Rustie- wrote:
So all you have to do is to enable the Windows [7,8,]10 feature (type: "feature" in the Windows search!) for the user friendly control, scroll down to "SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing" - required is only the "SMB 1.0/CIFS Client". Let it rattle, reboot the WIndows system - and ta-taa your Duo v2 will be discovered again, and the file share access is back.I've looked at this before due to post I read on another forum, but SMB 1.0 just doesn't exist in the Windows Feature list on my machine. I've opened up all the sub files in the list, just to check, it's just not there anymore.
SMB 1 is enabled on your Win7 machine, unless you ran specific commands to disable it.
Can you try rebooting the PC and re-entering the commands I gave you above? You can also change C to a share name.
Also, are you running internet security software on the PC?
StephenB wrote:
Rustie- wrote:
So all you have to do is to enable the Windows [7,8,]10 feature (type: "feature" in the Windows search!) for the user friendly control, scroll down to "SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing" - required is only the "SMB 1.0/CIFS Client". Let it rattle, reboot the WIndows system - and ta-taa your Duo v2 will be discovered again, and the file share access is back.I've looked at this before due to post I read on another forum, but SMB 1.0 just doesn't exist in the Windows Feature list on my machine. I've opened up all the sub files in the list, just to check, it's just not there anymore.
SMB 1 is enabled on your Win7 machine, unless you ran specific commands to disable it.
Can you try rebooting the PC and re-entering the commands I gave you above? You can also change C to a share name.
Also, are you running internet security software on the PC?
I understand what you are saying but this isn't a problem that has happened just now, I first noticed it a couple of months ago. I don't use the NAS every day, it's used as a back up for my files and photo's etc. rather than it being used as a full system back up every time I switch my pc on, so the PC and the NAS have both been rebooted numerous times since I first noticed I couldn't see it as a drive in explorer, it makes no difference, I still can't see the NAS as a drive. I definitely haven't disabled anything myself that might cause this issue.
I am using internet security on my pc, but it's the same software I've been using for the last couple of years without any problems, so unless an update a couple of months ago caused a conflict I'm not sure why that should now be causing the problem.
Rustie- wrote:
I am using internet security on my pc, but it's the same software I've been using for the last couple of years without any problems, so unless an update a couple of months ago caused a conflict I'm not sure why that should now be causing the problem.
You should rule that possibility out by disabling that software and then trying the commands I gave you again. Some internet security software will block SMB 1 access by default, and it is possible that your software was updated to do that.
If you don't use the NAS much, you could also enable FTP access for the shares, and use an FTP client like FileZilla or WinSCP to access the shares. Though we should be able to get SMB 1 to work, FTP would give you an immediate way to upload and download files.
StephenB wrote:
Rustie- wrote:I am using internet security on my pc, but it's the same software I've been using for the last couple of years without any problems, so unless an update a couple of months ago caused a conflict I'm not sure why that should now be causing the problem.
You should rule that possibility out by disabling that software and then trying the commands I gave you again. Some internet security software will block SMB 1 access by default, and it is possible that your software was updated to do that.
If you don't use the NAS much, you could also enable FTP access for the shares, and use an FTP client like FileZilla or WinSCP to access the shares. Though we should be able to get SMB 1 to work, FTP would give you an immediate way to upload and download files.
So I disabled the software and retried the commands but I'm still getting the the same error message as previously.
So going back to SMB1. I rechecked the Windows Feature list once I had disabled the internet security software, assuming I am looking in the right place, SMB1 still wasn't there to re enable.
To be honest I'm starting to think it's not worth the effort to try and resolve this, it's proving more problematic than I thought it would be. I think perhaps I need to get my laptop upgraded to Windows 10 then see where I am after that. If that doesn't resolve anything I think I might resort to a couple of HDD enclosures to put the disks from the NAS in and just use them for direct access to back up my files. If I then get some disk encryption software to secure them I think this is probably simpler than trying to resolve the issues with the NAS. Seems a shame to get rid of something that in essence is perfectly useable but it's starting to get frustrating.
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