As of version .47 QIE uses jCIFS-NG. With this new API QIE can connect to SMB versions SMB1, SMB2, and limited support for SMB3.
Previous versions of QIE used the original jCIFS library to make the SMB connections to other systems using the network share option. The old jCIFS API only supports SMB 1, and does not support SMB 2 or SMB 3.
If you are using an older version of QIE a work around is to run the QIE service as a named account (see https://www.qvera.com/kb/index.php/646 ). If you are running QIE on a linux server, you can mount the network share as a samba mount, then just use regular file access to the mounted drive. On windows map the drive and use regular file access to the mapped drive.
Below lists the Windows OS each version was introduced:
SMB Version |
Introduced on Windows OS |
SMB 1 |
Legacy. Predates Vista |
SMB 2.02 |
Windows Vista+ |
SMB 2.1 |
Windows 7/Server 2008R2 |
SMB 3.0 |
Windows 8/Server 2012 |
SMB 3.0.2 |
Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2 |
SMB 3.1.1 |
Windows 10/Server 2016 |
NOTE: Allthough still supported on all Microsoft OS versions, Microsoft began disabling by default SMB 1 on 10/17/2017 with the release of Windows 10 version 1709.