[SOLVED] Viewing a HDD I plugged into my router

[Solf87]

Hi,

I purchased a Xiaomi 3 router and love the router, I also love the smartphone app for managing the router. I have recently plugged a HDD into the router and can view it easily through the app on my phone but i can't find a way to view the files on my computer running windows 10.

I have tried installing clients provided by Xiaomi (miwifi_setup & xqpc_client) for windows but they fail to connect. I have also tried mapping the drive as a network drive but i recieve the error message "You can't access this shared folder because your organisation's security policies block unauthenticated guest access. I tried to map the drive using different credentials and entering my MiWiFi username and password but this did not change anything. I have made sure the computer I am trying to access the drive from has network discovery + file sharing activated and I have given it access privilages through the MiWiFi app as well as making sure that I have shared the folder that I am trying to access.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Solf87]

Sorted. The issue was caused by Guest Access in SMB2 being disabled by default. To fix run Regedit (Win + R type Regedit) and navigate to
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters

You can do this by pasting the above address into the navigation bar at the top.
Once there find file 'AllowInsecureGuestAuth' and change value from 0 to 1 by double clicking on the item and changing the number.
You should now be able to map the drive.