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Contributor I
Jun 8, 2020 11:26 AM UTC
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Does Sonos S2 support SMB V2 V3?

I just updated flawlessly to S2 & V12. Are SMB shares with v2 or better v3 supported by now?

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Contributor I
Dec 12, 2021 7:13 PM UTC

Release notes for S2 v13.4.1 confirm support was added for SMBv2 and SMBv3 shares, installed it yesterday and it has been running great against a Synology backed library. I am very pleased that this has been finally added, getting SMBv1 out of environments is great for security!

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3521?language=en_US

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Enthusiast II
Sep 7, 2022 3:14 PM UTC

That makes sense, and would seem to agree with reality. tx. It would be nice if Sonos had an accurate document of which protocols are required for both S1 and S2. As it is there’s only “teh internet”. I can assure you “teh internet” has claims that S2 also requires SMB1, but I can easily believe those posts are incorrect.

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Airgetlam
Sep 7, 2022 3:27 PM UTC

Like the content of this FAQ? Or are you asking for more information?

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Bruce
Lyricist III
Sep 7, 2022 11:38 PM UTC

That makes sense, and would seem to agree with reality. tx. It would be nice if Sonos had an accurate document of which protocols are required for both S1 and S2. As it is there’s only “teh internet”. I can assure you “teh internet” has claims that S2 also requires SMB1, but I can easily believe those posts are incorrect.

There would definitely be claims that SMB1 was required, because a year or more ago SMB1 was required. That’s a fact. But, those claims would be timestamped. If you know of any forum that it still saying that SMB1 is required with no follow-up posts since SMB2 onwards is supported, do let me know I’d be happy to login and update that forum.

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Airgetlam
Sep 8, 2022 12:48 AM UTC

S1 still requires SMB v1. There wasn’t enough space in memory on the Sonos devices to update the linux kernel to allow the use of later versions of SMB.

S2 can use up to SMB v3.

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Bruce
Enthusiast II
Sep 8, 2022 3:14 PM UTC

thanks everyone! Been meaning to update to S2, so this may give me the kick that I need. TX again for the great info.

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Trending Lyricist I
Jan 27, 2023 10:33 AM UTC

I am on S2 and have been having issues with my Synology NAS Music Library going missing. I have just finished a support call with Sonos and was informed my problem is using smbv2 on my NAS - apparently Sonos only officially support smbv1. Thus, I have to decide between security or music - my music library has a lot of music not available on Spotify or Amazon, so it is not a straightforward choice.

 

When I mentioned that I had seen an announcement that Sonos now supports smbv2, which was why I changed my NAS settings, the agent expressed surprise. He indicated that Sonos were still working on it. I guess the “announcement” I had in mind must have been a thread on here. However, I just looked at the FAQ referred to above, and that is Sonos indicating support for smbv2.

Does anyone else have a Synology-NAS-based music library keep disappearing using smbv2?

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Trending Lyricist I
Jan 27, 2023 10:58 AM UTC

That makes sense, and would seem to agree with reality. tx. It would be nice if Sonos had an accurate document of which protocols are required for both S1 and S2. As it is there’s only “teh internet”. I can assure you “teh internet” has claims that S2 also requires SMB1, but I can easily believe those posts are incorrect.

There would definitely be claims that SMB1 was required, because a year or more ago SMB1 was required. That’s a fact. But, those claims would be timestamped. If you know of any forum that it still saying that SMB1 is required with no follow-up posts since SMB2 onwards is supported, do let me know I’d be happy to login and update that forum.

A Sonos support agent just told me on the phone that SMBv1 is required, and that SMBv2 is not officially supported.

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Local Superstar
Jan 27, 2023 11:09 AM UTC

That is simply wrong.  And the Support agents should be 100% aware of this .

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buzz
Grand Maestro
Jan 27, 2023 7:55 PM UTC

Does anyone else have a Synology-NAS-based music library keep disappearing using smbv2?

No issues with S2 and Synology. In fact I have successfully flipped between SMBV versions while music is playing.

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Airgetlam
Jan 27, 2023 11:09 PM UTC

SMB v1 is required only for S1 installations. Any version of SMB should work with S2. 

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Bruce