SMB1 solution?

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Blanker-2 wrote:

..., I created a user in the nas with the same name as my windows profile and the same password as my user on the nas (I just use admin on the nas). 

1. Every time I want one of my computers in my home to access the nas will I have to create another user on the nas with the same name as the profile of that windows user?  What about cell phones, my dune, etc?  This sounds pretty undesirable.

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A user is to identify the user - not a specific system. Ideally, users are combined into groups with similar/same access rights. And the shared folder access is based on groups, not individual users.

An exception might be Dune or other media players potentially using DLNA/UPnP AV - in DLNA, there is no user access right design, so watch your steps.

Blanker-2 wrote:

 

This worked but I also see the volume shares and other folders - no big deal.  I'm assuming that my nas is using SMB1?  So what are my options here? 

3. I saw the SMB plus app on my readynas, would this help?

ReadyNAS OS 6 and most consumer NAS have the share enumeration wide open, this will allow to browse the shared folders by using a non-authenticated connection. The competition has introduced controls to the readily available SAMBA "access based share enum" with recent updates.

Blanker-2 wrote:

2. I understand this is a Windows thing but is Netgear providing any solutions?

Amazingly (not so...), Netgear promoting ReadyNAS more for the business environment is always behind - my requests to add these controls to OS 6 were ignored - there it went your business, Netgear.

The SMB plus app has controls for the SAMBA "hide unreadable" and "hide unwriteable" affecting (sub-)folders and files only, so it's only a part of what you are behind.

Edit: All this is independent of the SMB 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, or 3.0 protocol level used to access the NAS.