Windows 11 Home [25H2] Accessing ROCK NUC

Roon Software Discussion
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I’ve a new laptop used as remote. I couldn’t access ROCK as I could via my former Win 11 Laptop. Thus, I found this Can’t access NUC with Rock Post. Within the post I found this link. On the link I found the following instructions:

8. If you’re running Windows 11 Home edition, the guest fallback option is still enabled by default, so you’re probably not reading this blog post. But if for some reason it is on, or you need to turn off SMB signing due to some third-party NAS, you will need to use PowerShell to configure your machine because there is no gpedit tool by default. To do this:

a. On the Start Menu search, type powershell then under the Windows PowerShell app, click Run as administrator. Accept the elevation prompt.

b. To disable SMB signing requirement, type:

Set-SmbClientConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false

d. Hit enter, then hit Y to accept.

c. To disable guest fallback, type:

Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableInsecureGuestLogons $true

e. Hit enter, then hit Y to accept.

OK, I did as instructed and :clap: I can access my ROCK NUC via Windows Explorer.
With that said and done: has some sort of security flaw been opened, for which there should be a concern?

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The short answer is no.
The longer answer is that fully authenticated access makes sense in work environments, but can be considered overkill in a home network.

However, Roon Labs are said to be working on updating RoonOS to support fully authenticated access. If that gets implemented the Microsoft workaround will no longer be necessary.

BTW, this workaround is documented in the Roon Knowledge Base. See Step 3, Method 1 here as an example:

Nucleus Internal Storage

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Geoff_Coupe: I assumed the answer of “no”, but I always defer to what is said about the word assume and prefer to double check.

BTW, this workaround is documented in the Roon Knowledge Base. See Step 3, Method 1 here as an example:

Nucleus Internal Storage

With my reference post find, it appears that I backed-in to what’s contained in the Roon Knowledge Base link. If others are looking for the solution I was, this link should be helpful…Cheers, -Mike