Anyone who have found an external harddrive with end-to-end encryption SMB3?

Maybe this is the “only” parameters that I can configure in the router regarding the SMB:

Hi @Piar, have you used your router as a file server with Sonos in the past? I’d guess that it supports only SMBv1 (which will not work with Sonos) but that is only a guess.

Back to your original question, let me clarify something: an external USB drive does not change the version of SMB. Your ‘old’ Samsung drive will produce the exact same result as a brand new external drive.

I’d be happy to suggest a few NAS boxes that support SMBv2 and work with Sonos. Worth noting that this would be a separate device that sits on your network, connected to your router via an Ethernet cable (not via USB).

Your other option could be zero cost: setup a shared directory on your Windows 11 machine!

Let me know what appeals to you.

I suspect you will be out of luck trying to enable smb v2/v3 it if it’s not visible there or in an advanced options section.

Unfortunately it is yet another of the Technicolor range which is usually branded for different ISPs and rarely available direct so has no ‘default’ openwrt firmware available. Technicolor brand and usually quite heavily restrict the user interface options to the bare minimum based on the telco/isp requirements that they are branding it for. The 799 series is based on openwrt which is more than capable of supporting and configuring different smb versions, until Telcos add their firmware lock down requirements.

There is a healthy community unlocking Technicolor routers and freeing them from the ISP restrictions due to so many being supplied and rarely good security on them.

Press250 & Sigh,

Thank you - my brain is going at high speed now - this is not my area … ;)

I would very much like to not have my music on any of my computers - when Im working in my studio below - there I just like to handle my music thru my phone - and I like to have all computers shut down up here. 
Just to go by I have moved some music to a shared folder on my computer … 

Ok -
1. IF buy a real NAS supporting SMB3 - connecting trhu RJ45/Ethernet to my router.
   - Will that be like an separate “unit” that has its own will and the NAS would not to be restricted by the routers configuration?

2. Unlocking/remove restrictions on my Technicolor router - is that for real. I mean for an non technichal person  as med and also - the router is provided from my internetsupplier - can they have a say?

Conclusion?:
We are down to that my external hardddrive is not the problem. (Right?)

I have 2 options (?) - buy a “real” NAS or get my self o new router that is configurable for SMB3. (Right?)

Is there other options? 
Any advice on how to proceed?

🙏 Pia

Hi Stanley,

thank you for clear answers.

Now I know how to proceed. 

Time to close this question:

Happy for all help I have received!

Allt gott,

Pia