Information on SMB?

[Lownote]

Is there some information available about Naim UnitiCore’s handling of SMB and how to set up network access properly? E.g., does it require SMBv1? The manual is silent on it, and a forum search turns up little.

The problem: My QNAP NAS (where my Share folders are for my Core) is kicking out “SMB Login Fail” error messages for my Core at a rate of about 1/sec. Nothing I have done so far stops them. If I set my NAS to accept a minimum of SMB v2.1, I also get “Deny SMB1 Host (security limitation)” messages along with the SMB Login Fail, but they go away if I allow SMBv1 as the lowest protocol - which makes me suspect that SMBv1 is required. I’ve disabled the requirement for access passwords to the Share Folders, so it can at least see the shared folders, but this is rather insecure and I’d rather fix this correctly. Any suggestions appreciated.

[robert_h]

HDX Network Sharing

@Stevesky clarified this workgroups issue recently in a beta group posting. This is the relevant bit of what he said: “Re: Workgroup The Core vs Unitiserve work differently on how they handle workgroups. Its a linux samba vs windows xpe thing. On Unitiserve it will find any network share independent on workgroup name. This was defined by how Windows XPE worked in the depths. On Core the workgroup name will limit what it can find. So by default it’s in the workgroup ‘naim’. If you have a NAS …

Could it be the workgroup “Naim” issue?

The only other relevant thread would be this one with no conclusion:

Core fails log-ins to NAS every 30 seconds - Why?

With 2 QNAP NAS’s - one has music folders, the other backs up everything in sight. My Core happily sees all the music folders on the first NAS, but continually (every 30 seconds) logs into the backup NAS - the logins fail. The NAS logs “Naim login fail (SAMBA)” The Core is on 2.5.3.3858, login credentials used by the Core are - user= Naim, password=(this user’s password). Where would you go looking to discover what’s wrong? Sensible answers appreciated Amusing answers also appreciated (I…

[davidhendon]

UnitiCore does not require SMB1. Unitiserve did but UnitiCore doesn’t.

[sktn77a]

SMB1 is history for security reason. The old streamers/servers (HDX, Unitiserve, etc) required it, the new ones don’t.

[Lownote]

Thanks for the fast responses. My NAS is already in the 'Naim" Workgroup, so I don’t think that’s the issue.

If the UnitiCore works with SMB 2.1, then I’ll need to find out why the NAS is coughing up “SMB 1 host (security restriction)” errors from that IP address. The errors all stop if I unplug the Core, so it’s that unit for sure - not the NSC 222 or Mu-So QB. That’ll be a question I take up with Naim. (By the way, my Core just came back from repair with a new CPU board - fell right over and died - but these errors were happening beforehand.)