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Sandshark
Nov 17, 2021Sensei
Anyone running Win11 with a legacy NAS?
Has anyone tried accessing a legacy (OS 4.1.x, 4.2.x, or 5.x) NAS with a Windows 11 preview? It would be good to know if the current work-arounds have been cut off and whether there are any new ones...
Sandshark
Nov 18, 2021Sensei
That being the oldest of the OSes, I suspect the others will also work fine. Good to know they left in the ability to turn on SMB1. Is yours a Home or Pro version? Just want to be sure turning on SMB1 is possible in the Home version. Even if I get it on a VM, I only have keys for Pro.
StephenB
Nov 18, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Sandshark wrote:
Is yours a Home or Pro version?
This was using Win11 Home.
- SandsharkNov 19, 2021Sensei
Using Win11 Pro on a virtual machine, I can confirm that a NAS running OS 4.2.31 or 5.3.13 is reachable via Edge or Chrome (user or admin GUI) and via SMB with once SMB1 is enabled. Network discovery actually seems to be working better than in Win10.
Last question regarding compatibility with ReadyNAS is if ReadyCloud works on it. Neither I nor StephenB use ReadyCloud, so has anyone tried?
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