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So, like many, I have older S1 SMBv1 compatible units that can no longer access shared drives on my NAS, even if I enable SMBv1 on the NAS. I was frustrated and had read many on here with the same issues and frustrations. So I set about finding a way around this.

My solution will not work for everyone (I know, sorry) but those with a compatible NAS should be able to do this.

What worked for me.

I run TrueNas on my Beelink NAS. (It’s available as a installable package on many NAS brands) I installed Plex server on my NAS and configured it to run a media server on my local network only. I then added the Plex music service to my old S1 devices and now have access to all my music again! Here’s a video to help with the setup of Plex on the NAS. I only have the free version of Plex and it is working fine, so far.

I hope that helps some of you! I was getting really annoyed not being able to access my music since I upgraded my storage but as the saying goes “there are no problems, only solutions” Good luck!

 

Plex on S1 app on my mobile showing access to my music library on the NAS again

 

Adding the path to the Plex app in the NAS config page, all in the linked video

 

Music server access 

 

Application running on TrueNas 

 

Seems overly complex. I too only have S1 capable Sonos kit, so enabled SMB1 and NTLMv1 on my Synology NAS and it works perfectly.

It worked on my old Qnap without a problem too but that one has had it’s day sadly. I enabled SMBv1 and NTLMv1 on the new NAS but my Sonos still didn’t want to connect. I spent many days trawling forums for answers as presumed it was just a config issue. The NAS logs showed it was authenticating fine but Sonos wasn’t having any of it. Maybe it’s a Truenas issue or even more config changes than I had tried, either way, I’m just happy it’s working again. Thanks!

Maybe simpler, but less features than the Plex option.

https://www.openmediavault.org/

Tried it on a Raspberry Pi with added USB storage and it worked well.

The Pi and Samba (included SMB file service) also works but is a bit harder to set up.

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