Release an update to the My Passport Wireless to allow use of SMB2 protocol

WD External Drives My Passport Wireless
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At the moment the My Passport Wireless only has a Samba server that supports only the SMB1 protocol and this is being depreciated by Microsoft. Please release an update that allows the My Passport Wireless to support the SMB2 protocol.

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Hi @Myron,

Have you opened a Support Case? If not opened, for more information, please contact the WD Technical Support team for the best assistance and troubleshooting:
https://support-en.wd.com/app/ask

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Wow.

Let me know if “support” actually does anything. . . . .this product (sadly) has not had a firmware update for several YEARS. . . .and I think is off of store shelves.

I would have hoped we could get SMB 3 on both this and all the OS/3 drives; but I fear that will never come to pass (The cure for OS/3 devices is to upgrade to OS/5 if you can. If you can’t - → you are SOL)

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I will do @NAS_user , but I also don’t hold too much hope. One can but try.

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@NAS_user My reply from WD support, after second attempt was: “Thank you for your valuable feedback and recommendations we will push your feedback to our engineering team.”

If anything id done is anyone’s guess. I think my suggestion is a simple one. Just requires Samba updating?