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Guide

Sep 07, 2018

SMB1 solution?

Hi guys, I'm assuming my RN312 unit (bought in 2017) is using SMB1 but how do I know? I was doing a fresh wipe of my readnas system at the same time as upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I co...

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powellandy1

Virtuoso

Sep 08, 2018

Having done a couple of fresh Win10 installs and ReadyNAS factory resets recently I can echo what mdgm and StephenB have said.

I have always needed to do two things:

1) On the NAS - make sure the workgroup is set to the workgroup name you use in Windows

In ReadyNAS -> System -> Settings -> Click on SMB -> Change Workgroup name WORKGROUP to whatever you use. I also tick the Legacy Windows Discovery box as I have a few Win7 media centres.

2) In Windows type Credential Manager into the search box (or find it in the old control panel) -> Select Windows Credentials at the top -> Select Add Windows Credential -> network address is name of NAS (set during inititalisation and on overview screen in ReadyNAS OS) and then username and password to admin and whatever your password is.

This has always worked for me. Hope it helps.

Andy

Blanker-2

Guide

Sep 08, 2018

Thanks everyone. The nas is on the same worgroup as my pc., Windows credentials manager already has the nas in there, and my new nas user is in the users group, not Admin. That's fine though. I think I was messing around with the access setting of the share.

So if it seems I am using SMB3, and this is a Win10 issue, as far as accessing the share from 3 other computers in my house, I need to add a new user to the nas for each machine I want to connect to it?

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 08, 2018
Blanker-2 wrote:

as far as accessing the share from 3 other computers in my house, I need to add a new user to the nas for each machine I want to connect to it?

No, you can use the same NAS credentials on all the PCs.