Best approach ?

[Rick Hughes]

I have a 323 ... and been advised due to the issues of SMB 1.0  I should upgrade to ALT-F firmware.

I have not done anything clever with 323 just been using it as my online backup repository.

Is there an 'idiots guide' on how to upgrade it ?

Lable advises its p/n ENS323M   B1g

HW ver B1   F/W ver 1.06

I looked at: https://sourceforge.net/p/alt-f/wiki/How%20to%20Install/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email#h-how-to-upgrade

But it jumps straight into "Start uninstalling ffp if you have it installed."

How ? .... don't know how to connect into it at the configuration level.

[Hell Fish]

Honestly, at this point, given the aging hardware it might be better to replace it with a current device than going this path, as time invested will exponentially rise with lack of prior experience/knowledge unfortunately.
If you don't know what ffp is you most likely didn't install it 10+ years ago and can skip this part, you need to find the alt-f firmware matching your model, flash it through the web interface. Then search through the wiki and this google group for additional steps, the pinned ones and whatever else people over the years already solved.

[Rick Hughes]

Maybe getting a new NAS is a better idea.

I had the 323 on recommendation... what 2 Bay NAS devices would you recommend?

The current D-Link DS223 2 Bay NAS seems quite slow and expensive compared to UGREEN 

The DH2300 is only £149     compared to £262 for DS223

or next up would be DXP2800   but that jumps to £291

[Hell Fish]

personally I stay away from Dlink because my experience with their NAS and router software in the past, for "just works" I'd go for synology or qnap, even used and a older models should do just fine. Ugreen has interesting hardware, but I have not used it and they are kinda green, without track record regarding updates/security, for me. 

[rick_hughes]

UGreen seem very well priced!, they ny good ?

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[gra...@xtra.co.nz]

I have 2 DNS-323s, one with the DLink firmware which I have had for many years (bought it mid 2000s).   The second one I bought a few years after the first one and that runs Alt-F .   Both have had replacement hdds from time to time when a drive has failed but continue to work ok despite plastic parts of the enclosure now brittle and falling apart.     Only downside is transfer speed is very slow.   Although others have found SMB1 can be problematic (and poor security) I haven't had any issues using it on 2000, XP, W7, 8, 10 or 11 over the years.   One thing I liked about the DNS was that if the hardware has a meltdown the drive can still be read and data recovered (with a Windows computer and EXT driver software).  I have''nt tried to see if I can do that with the drives from the later Synology or Asustor units. 

Some years ago I purchased a Synology NAS which was going to be a faster replacement for the DLinks.    Very disappointing and the hardware failed just after the warranty expired. 

Since then I have purchased 2 Asustor units, one installed at a friend's remote city location and we both backup to each local & remote unit to hopefully give some protection against fire, natural disasters etc. 

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