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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Tutorial: How to copy ANY files, both directions between Windows and iOS/iPadOS using built-in functionality
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Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:
> Hank Rogers wrote:
> [snip]
> >>
> > The drive is a samsung 500 gb hard disk attached to a netgear  router?s
> > USB port.  It works perfectly with several windows machines on my network
> > but not with iPhones or iPads.
> 
> I've seen very variable performance when connecting a disk to a router's 
> USB port - any router, not necessarily Netgear.  Sometimes they don't 
> work at all, other times they might be read-only.  I suspect the 
> router's implementation of the necessary protocols is inadequate.
> 
> Please can you try a real NAS connected to your network.

  In the meantime he responded that he (Hank) can not, because he
doesn't have a real NAS, but IMO he doesn't have to try, because if it
works with his Windows system, but not with his router-connected disk,
the problem is in the router and is - as Paul mentioned - probably a SMB
version issue.

  Perhaps the iOS Files app or iOS itself can - temporarily - be
persuaded to use SMB 1.0 protocol?

  Another test: Make sure that SMB 1.0 is *not* enabled on his Windows
system [1] and let his Windows system try to access the router-connected
disk as a Network Share. If that also fails, it's very likely that the
router-connected disk is SMB1-only.

  Perhaps, as a final test, enabling/ticking 'SMB 1.0/CIFS Client' (only
Client, *not* Server) can prove it works with SMB 1.0.

[1] Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on
or off -> SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support -> make sure all four boxes
are unticked.