Enthusiast I

SMB2 (or SMB3) support must be supported NOW!

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June 14, 2019
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We are writing summer 2019 and still Sonos only supports SMB version 1 for the Music Library share.

This is not acceptable.

A file share running SMB1 is extremely vulnerable to all the variants of cryptolocker virus that exists today. File share servers (NAS, Windows, Apple OS) can only support one version of SMB - so you cannot from the same box have one file share (for Sonos) using SMB1 and the other file shares using SMB2 or SMB3. This way Sonos puts each and every file share at serious risc - just because they don’t update their file share protocol to comply with this century.

And for the record - the “solution” through PLEX is not a solution. Unstable at best.

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Airgetlam

No.

Bruce

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

Been covered here ad nauseam. Given the size of this thread, probably several times in this one alone.

I read the full thread but all I see is speculation. Is there an official answer on why SMB2/3 isn’t supported?

If you’ve read the full thread you’ll know there is no official answer.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

The closest I’ve seen is that the issue was being referred to the developers.

Waiting for a Sonos solution isn’t a good idea, I’ve been waiting for many, many years.

Just avoid the issue with a NAS to SMBv1 gateway and take it off your worry list.

A Raspberry Pi or other computer will work: https://stan-miller.livejournal.com/357.html

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TreeGuy

Trending Lyricist I

Just avoid the issue with a NAS to SMBv1 gateway and take it off your worry list.

A Raspberry Pi or other computer will work: https://stan-miller.livejournal.com/357.html

Such a shame that the “solution” requires yet another box burning electricity when we should be trying to reduce energy consumption.

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Tompom

Lyricist I

@SONOS: please finally add the SMB2 support that has been requested for years to your products, at least for the S2 product line ... and don't think too long about it, just do it, it's time to finally deliver.

Thanks and best regards

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Compared to the power that a Sonos device uses in sleep mode, roughly 3 to 8 Watts depending on the device, the 1 Watt that a Pi Zero draws isn’t much.

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/256?language=en_US

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mhja

Lyricist I

I still do not understand the problem of changing from SMB1 to SMB2 or 3.

Can anyone explain me exactly why the hardware cannot run software using SMB2?

First of all SMB1 is very vulnerable and for that reason been depreciated as protocol, and secondly the SMB drivers are not using specific hardware, that is not present in the mentioned old units, right?

SONOS, you have a problem. If any user gets hacked or encrypted through SMB1 due to your missing support of SMB2, it may fall back on you and the Sonos brand.
We need SONOS to change the version of SMB, and ensure it will run on older hardware.

bockersjv

Local Superstar

For Systems running S1, I doubt if there will ever be and SMB upgrade. The memory constraints of those speaker restrict what can be done.

For S2 it may be possible, but probably requires a significant development commitment, and given the bulk of new customers tend to use streaming services (and that there is a workaround), I can’t see this being high on the list for Sonos.

I run a dedicated Pi based NAS running SMB1 ,for my Sonos music only, that is sacrificial.