Does Sonos S2 support SMB V2 V3?

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June 8, 2020
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I just updated flawlessly to S2 & V12. Are SMB shares with v2 or better v3 supported by now?

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Best answer by Wanderlust

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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robokitty

Enthusiast II

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.

Airgetlam

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

Bruce

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Tom_UniqueUsername

Lyricist III

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.

Airgetlam

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.

Bruce

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robokitty

Enthusiast II

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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apbliv

Trending Lyricist I

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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apbliv

Trending Lyricist I

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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sjw

Local Superstar

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