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Windows 10, mapping drive unreliable, slow or fails
I have had onging issues with mapping drives to or accessing my NAS (OS 6.9.3) since switching to Windows 10. Each update to Win 10 aggravated the problem with the latest update to 1803 making the pr...
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given that SMB1 has been deprecated because of its poor security & exploitation by malware possibly not a good idea on a portable device that gets connected to other networks in its travels.
I think Win 10 resolves names via DNS or WSD by default. The root cause is probably something to do with the DNS config of my router meaning the NAS doesn't always get registered. If I crack that I will post but in the interim the Hosts file is a simple workaround for anyone else with this problem.
Hi Dorset_tx, thanks for letting know. To control some of the parameters of protocol SMB through the graphical ui you might want to checkout app "smb plus". If you already are using that, don't feel bothered.
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