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Taking ReadyNAS NVX to 2023 | ipsin.org

Taking ReadyNAS NVX to 2023

Feb 21, 07:11 PM

Around 2011 I’d retired a ReadyNAS NVX in favor of something with more storage. “NAS” here stands for “Network-Attached Storage”.

But… it’s still got 8TB of space, and now I’m thinking it’d be useful for making other backups. Twelve years later, it’s time to turn it back on!

I ran into a few barriers, and thought it might help someone to document them here:

  1. The web server only supports TLS 1.0, which means many browsers don’t even support it with configuration settings changes. Chrome and Firefox used to, but the latest versions removed the options. I ended up using falkon in Linux. It provides an option to accept the self-signed certificate using TLS 1, which allows you to connect to the admin page.
  2. This is enough to download the latest firmware for your device here.
  3. At this point you can download apache2 here and install it as an add-on. Once you reboot, it should support TLS 1.2.
  4. Install Enable Root SSH Access.
  5. SSH in using username root and your admin password
  6. Edit the [global] section of /etc/samba/smb.conf, adding max protocol=SMB2.
  7. Restart the device again.

At this point you should be able to connect to Windows shares and access the admin page. But… given the age of the device, it’s probably best to use it as a cold backup.

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