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RN314 OS 6.8.1 - Win10 Pro 64-bit Fall Creator 1709 - Can't access Shares
Hi A few days ago I have created a new instance of Win 10, and this has just upgraded to Win10 1709 Fall Creator. Before upgrading to 1709 the instance was connected to the shares, and the shares w...
Skywalker wrote:
1) Create a user account on the NAS that matches the name of the user that you're logged in to Windows as. So, if your Windows account name is stephenb, create a NAS user account named stephenb.
Yes, as long as you also match the passwords across the machines.
Skywalker wrote:
2) Change the SMB3 Transport Encryption option to Required. (However, this will have a major performance impact on RN31x and lower desktop models)
Also, some older devices accessing the NAS might not support SMB3. If you have that situation (and I do), those devices will no longer have access.
Though of course you will have better security with SMB3 and transport encryption.
StephenB wrote:
Skywalker wrote:
1) Create a user account on the NAS that matches the name of the user that you're logged in to Windows as. So, if your Windows account name is stephenb, create a NAS user account named stephenb.
Yes, as long as you also match the passwords across the machines.
No, that's not necessary. The account just needs to exist so it won't fall back to guest authentication.
Skywalker wrote:No, that's not necessary. The account just needs to exist so it won't fall back to guest authentication.
I guess it depends on whether you simply want to prevent guest access, or if you also want to prevent the prompt for the network password.
I found that a brand-new computer I received recently running Windows 10 Pro was prompted for authentication when accessing the NAS -- the same behavior as to prior Microsoft making the SMB change, whereas the computers that were upgraded to the Fall Creator update continued to be denied without any authentication prompt.
I may re-install all my machines anyway and see what happens, but I wanted to point that out.
Also of note may be that I am now running ReadyNAS OS 6.9.1.
hksscom wrote:
I found that a brand-new computer I received recently running Windows 10 Pro was prompted for authentication when accessing the NAS -- the same behavior as to prior Microsoft making the SMB change, whereas the computers that were upgraded to the Fall Creator update continued to be denied without any authentication prompt.
All my Win10 systems were updated to Fall Creator update, and they all can access my NAS shares on an RN526x running 6.9.1.
The NAS shares allow full access (including guest), but all the systems are using NAS admin credentials (added with the Windows Credential Manager).
How does this compare with your setup?
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