SMB sharing (V1?) broken after firmware upgrade
Hello everyone / TP-Link support,
1st of all, thank you for your products, long time customer for years and I feel the price/functionality of your routers are great. Now the issue :p :
Since the FW 1.2.1 Build 20250804 rel.79639(4555) of the BE230, my Playstation 2 (that used SMB v1 for file sharing) can't stream files properly.
Troubleshoot so far :
- Worked perfectly with the FW Archer BE3600(EU)_V1_1.1.4 Build 20250318 (previous FW)
- SMB sharing works perfectly with other client (Windows client, Apple TV client, ect...)
- Playstation streaming works perfectly with Windows SMB V1 server and Linux SMB server.
- Some leads : PS2 SMB client uses SMB V1, log on my Windows SMB server shows PS2 SMB client seems to close the connection when I select the file to stream and re-open it just after to start streaming. The issue, I understand with the new firmware is that the 1st connection works to select the file to share but when the client close & re-open to start streaming, the SMB server of the TP-link doesn't respond anymore. Issue was not present on previous firmware. It is just a guess as I don't have access to BE230 logs of the SMB server.
Conclusion on my side : Issue is located on SMB server side of the BE230 as my PS2 client has no issue with Windows SMB server or Linux SMB server.
Questions :
- Did you change anything on SMB functions on the firmware 1.2.1 (changelog said Enhanced the stability and security of device) ?
- Any chance to provide me some help with SMB sharing (as the UI just provide ON/OFF Toggle) ?
- Is there a way to revert back to FW 1.1.4 (changelog said This firmware release cannot be downgraded to the previous version) ?
I understand this use case is niche, but as long time customer, I felt like the auto-update just disable a key feature for me without possibility to revert it back officially :(
Thank you for reading, any help/feedback is appreciated. I can provide more info if requested.
Regards
Kalagan
Hello and thank you very much for your reply.
On Playstation side, I used OPL homebrew for streaming ISO files. here is the link of the github page of the project in case you need i;t : Open PS2 Loader. Behavior is the same for stable & beta release (not working on FW1.2.1/working with 1.1.4)
You will find the log of the working windows SMB server during the ISO stream, I will try to explain just after as I am not an PS2/network developper :
When launched, the OPL server will connect to the server to list the files on the shared folder and display UI. 192.168.0.22 is the PS2 IP. During the browsing of the shared folder, *.cfg/png files are read from the server. The red arrow (sorry for my painting skills) in the log is the time I select a file to stream (*.iso). Then, as the PS2 IO chip as to reboot from "SMB client mode" to "game mode", we see the SMB Playstation client disconnected and reconnect 4 times in a really short time (see timestamps). The last time it's reconnect, the streaming is starting and the iso load properly.
With the BE230 FW 1.2.1, OPL client can connect to browse file, but during this reboot phase, the OPL SMB client can't reconnect to the BE230 (black screen on PS2 like it's trying to load files from an unresponsive SMB server). I confirm that it's was not the case with FW 1.1.4 (althrough I didn't revert it back yet), the SMB server on router side don't drop the connection and the files are streamed correctly (althrough slower than on Windows Server, but that's not an issue for this application).
Regarding the opportunity for your R&D team to reproduce the issue with a real PS2 hardware, I don't know if I can link a tutorial on this forum. I just let you know I have all the disc versions of the *iso ripped on my HDD. Nevertheless, I guess that the issue can be replicate with any SMB client that have "fast" disconnection/reconnection behavior.
Thank you in advance for taking to read and sharing with tech team. If you need more information, don't hesitate to ask.
Kalagan
