Selecting Services For Share Access; Standard File Protocols - NETGEAR ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Manual

Selecting Services for Share Access

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The Services screen allows you to manage various services for share access. This in effect controls
the type of clients you wish to allow access to the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition. Three types of
services are available: Standard File Protocols, Streaming Services, and Discovery Services. These
different services are explained in the following sections.

Standard File Protocols

The standard file protocols are common file-sharing services that allow your workstation clients to
transfer files to and from the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition using built-in file manager-over-
network file protocols supported by the client operating system.
The available services are:
• CIFS (Common Internet File Service). Sometimes referred to as SMB. This protocol is used
mainly by Microsoft Windows clients, and sometimes by Mac OS X clients. Under Windows,
when you click on My Network Places Network Neighborhood, you are going across CIFS.
This service is enabled by default and cannot be disabled.
• NFS (Network File Service). NFS is used by Linux and Unix clients. Mac OS 9/X users can
access NFS shares as well through console shell access. The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition
supports NFS v3 over UDP and TCP.
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