Latest revision as of 00:41, 2 May 2024

Settings

Services

SMB Client

Image 1 - MS Windows installations
Image 2 - All other platforms

General

Workgroup

Settings level:	Advanced
Description:	If a WINS server is running on the network, enter its workgroup name here. Otherwise, leave it blank.

Client

WINS server

Settings level:	Advanced
Description:	If a WINS server is running on the network, enter its IP address here. Otherwise, leave it blank.

Minimum protocol version

Settings level:	Advanced
Description:	Set the minimum allowable SMB protocol version to negotiate when making connections. Forcing SMBv2 may be required to prevent SMBv1 use on some OS. We do not recommend using SMBv1 due to severe security vulnerabilities.
See also:	SMB

Maximum protocol version

Settings level:	Advanced
Description:	Set the maximum allowable SMB protocol version to negotiate when making connections.
See also:	SMB

Use legacy security

Settings level:	Advanced
Description:	Force weak SMBv1 security for compatibility with the USB sharing features on some WiFi routers and NAS devices.

WS-Discovery

Enable WS-Discovery Service

Settings level:	Advanced
Description:	Enable the WS-Discovery Service which allows browsing of SMB network folders
See also	w:WS-Discovery

Chunk Size

SMB Chunk Size

Settings level:

Advanced

Description:

Allows the selection of the chunk size which may improve data throughput. May aid in better playback of high bit-rate UHD files, especially on low-powered devices or slow networks. ^[1]

Select from:

16 KB
32 KB
64 KB
128 KB (default)
256 KB
512 KB
1 MB

References

↑ https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/24019

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[1] ttps://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/24019

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-{{bigger|This category contains the settings for how to setup and configure the SMB services and it's respective versions}}
+{{mininav| [[Settings]] | [[Settings/Services|Services]]  }}
-{{divbox|red|Note: Those settings are not visible if you are using Windows as an OS for Kodi!!}}
+__TOC__
-==General==
-[[File:SettingsServicesSMBClient-leia.jpg|600px]]
-===Workgroup===
+<gallery mode="packed" widths="700px" heights="394px">
+File:Settings-Services-SMBClient-02.jpg | Image 1 - MS Windows installations
+File:Settings-Services-SMBClient-01.jpg | Image 2 - All other platforms
+</gallery>
+= General =
+== Workgroup ==
 {|
 |- valign="top"
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 | '''Description:'''
 | If a WINS server is running on the network, enter its workgroup name here. Otherwise, leave it blank.
-|-valign="top"
 |}
-==Client==
-[[File:SettingsServicesSMBClient-leia.jpg|600px]]
-===WINS server===
+= Client =
+== WINS server ==
 {|
 |- valign="top"
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 | '''Description:'''
 | If a WINS server is running on the network, enter its IP address here. Otherwise, leave it blank.
-|-valign="top"
 |}
-===Minimum protocol version===
+== Minimum protocol version ==
 {|
 |- valign="top"
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 |- valign="top"
 | '''Description:'''
-| Set the minimum SMB protocol version to negotiate when making connections. Forcing SMBv2 may be required to prevent SMBv1 use on some OS. Please be aware, that we do not recommend to use SMBv1 at all for security reasons as it's known vulnarable. So please enable SMBv1 only if you know what you are doing.
+| Set the minimum allowable SMB protocol version to negotiate when making connections. Forcing SMBv2 may be required to prevent SMBv1 use on some OS. We do not recommend using SMBv1 due to severe security vulnerabilities.
 |-valign="top"
 | '''See also:'''
-| [[SMB]]
+| '''[[SMB]]'''
 |}
-===Maximum protocol version===
+== Maximum protocol version ==
 {|
 |- valign="top"
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 |- valign="top"
 | '''Description:'''
-| Set the maximum SMBB protocol version to negotiate when making connections. Forcing SMBv2 or SMBv1 compatibility may be required with older NAS and Windows shares. Please make sure if the SMB server you want to connect to supports at least SMBv2 and do required changes on the server side (and also for the shares) before enabling SMBv1.
+| Set the maximum allowable SMB protocol version to negotiate when making connections.
 |-valign="top"
 | '''See also:'''
-| [[SMB]]
+| '''[[SMB]]'''
+|}
+== Use legacy security ==
+{|
+|- valign="top"
+| width=120px | {{nowrap|'''Settings level:'''}}
+| Advanced
+|- valign="top"
+| '''Description:'''
+| Force weak SMBv1 security for compatibility with the USB sharing features on some WiFi routers and NAS devices.
+|}
+= WS-Discovery =
+== Enable WS-Discovery Service ==
+{|
+|- valign="top"
+| width=120px | {{nowrap|'''Settings level:'''}}
+| Advanced
+|- valign="top"
+| '''Description:'''
+| Enable the WS-Discovery Service which allows browsing of SMB network folders
+|-
+| '''See also'''
+| '''[[w:WS-Discovery]]'''
 |}
-===Use legacy security===
+= Chunk Size =
+== SMB Chunk Size ==
 {|
 |- valign="top"
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 |- valign="top"
 | '''Description:'''
-| Force weak SMBv1 security for compatibility with the USB sharing features on some WiFi routers and NAS devices.
+| Allows the selection of the chunk size which may improve data throughput. May aid in better playback of high bit-rate UHD files, especially on low-powered devices or slow networks. <ref>https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/24019</ref>
-|-valign="top"
+Select from:
+* 16 KB
+* 32 KB
+* 64 KB
+* 128 KB (default)
+* 256 KB
+* 512 KB
+* 1 MB
 |}
-{{updated|18}}
+= References =
+<references />
+{{top}}
+{{updated|21}}
+[[Category:Settings]]
+[[Category:File sharing]]