Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 4 device : can access shares via https://IP/Share but not the admin page

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diventa wrote:

but i still have some issues: from windows10 the CIF (SMB) shares cannot be reached anymore ( believe still due to the TLS issue ? is there a fix also for that ?

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No TLS involved on SMB.

I believe (no, I know) that your Windows 10 system does not have CIFS (SMB 1.0) enabled or had it disable over time because it was not in use.

Simple: Open the Control Panel, search Turn Windows Features on and off and enable SMB 1.0/CIFS Server and Client.

no tricks, no power shell, no editing the registry. 

Same for the unauthenticated (public) access you are behind for your phones phonebooks and so on. Just do as advised above. There can be a little "if". Some Windows builds refuse to do unauthenticated (public) access to shares. Chime back if this proofs to be an issue.

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diventa wrote:

 

but i still have some issues: from windows10 the CIF (SMB) shares cannot be reached anymore ( believe still due to the TLS issue ? is there a fix also for that ?

 

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Not TLS, this is because Microsoft is deprecating SMB 1.  Go into "Turn windows features on or off" and enable the SMB 1/CIFS client.  You'll need to ignore a security warning.  FWIW, OS 6 would resolve this, as it supports SMB 3.

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diventa wrote:

 

my cisco phones used to access some xml files on a share on this NAS but now ( i've checked accessing the share from a browser ) the share asks to login ( btw with admin credentials ) and the phones aren't capable to ligin - before it was a guest share "open to anyone" ie public share

 

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Try resetting the file permissions for the share - clicking the "set ownership..." box here, and clicking apply:

This will happen in the background - there will be a popup in the browser when it finishes.

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diventa wrote:

 

lastly you suggested to go to OS6 , is there a document that explains how to do it ( Netgear never advised ) and in this upgrade do i loose all files stored or is just like a firmware/OS  upgrade ?

 

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Netgear doesn't support it (but they don't support your NAS any more anyway).  You will need to backup the NAS first, and the process does involve reformatting the disks and switching to a new file system.  Also, I strongly recommend upgrading the RAM in the NAS to 2 GB first (which is not difficult).  

I can post detailed instructions if you want more info on this option.