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Aspirant

Jun 23, 2021

Windows 10 network drive Readynas Duo V2

Hi, I would be really grateful if anyone could help me please. I have a ReadyNas Duo with a 2tb drive I have fitted myself. I have literally just bought this and hoped it would be significan...

Sandshark

Sensei

Jun 23, 2021

Your "new" NAS is really quite old. The OS on it only supports SMB1, so you have to enable that in "Turn Windows Features on or off".

Since the NAS is new to you, you may be confused as to which model you actually have, though the answer I gave applies to both in this case. Netgear originally used the "v2" designation as an indicator of a minor difference, and that indication was only on the label. It then created an entirely new using that is also labeled "V2", but is so labeled on the front. Knowing which one you have doesn't matter this time, but will for other issues since they run entirely different versions of the OS and have different hardware limitations. If your unit doesn't say "V2" on the front and run OS version 5.x, then we refer to it as a V1 here.

Joe4563

Aspirant

Jun 23, 2021

Hi,

I have tried SMB, and everything is turned on, along with network sharing.

Completely appreciate it is pretty old, it is a boxed new version from amazon but appreciate it is old tech. I am just unsure as to how it isnt showing on my network list as previously my cloud solutions have shown up fairly easily.

Will check what revision the drive is.

Thank you for your reply

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 23, 2021
Joe4563 wrote:
I have tried SMB, and everything is turned on, along with network sharing.

Did you go into "turn windows features on or off" and make sure that the SMB 1.0/CIFS Client is enabled?
- Joe4563
  Aspirant
  Jun 23, 2021
  Hi,
  
  Yes I have, all turned on.
  
  Thanks
  
  Joe
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 23, 2021
    Joe4563 wrote:
    
    Yes I have, all turned on.
    
    Do you have any internet security software installed? (avast or kaspersky for example)
    
    Also, set the NAS admin password to something other than the default (netgear1 for systems running 4.1.x firmware, password for systems running 5.3.x firmware). Then see what happens if you enter this in cmd:
    
    net use * /delete /y net use z: \\nas-ip-address\C /user:admin nas-admin-password
    
    using the real NAS ip address and the real NAS admin password of course. Be careful on the typing - particularly the two different slash directions.
    
    The first command terminates any open SMB sessions, the second attempts to map the NAS data volume to drive letter Z.