I had a rude awakening this week when I attempted to connect to the web-based management interface for my legacy Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 2 unit. Netgear stopped shipping software updates in 2017, and as of 2022 the common web browsers only accept TLS 1.3 connections. Fortunately, I was able to put Firefox into backwards-compatibility mode using about:config - and connect to the unit again that way (whew!) Just the same, I'm stuck with a unit that has usable life, but that today's browsers won't connect to easily!
I did some searching on the Internet and found this discussion for upgrading from ReadyNAS 4.x to 6.0, which should include TLS 1.3 support. The first step is to upgrade the unit's DDR3 memory from 1 GB to 2 GB (the maximum it will support.)
I found a used Micron 2GB DDR3 PC3-8500S Single-Rank module on Newegg and I ordered it with crossed-fingers. When it arrived, I was able to drop it into the Ultra 2 OK and it powered up just fine! Now, I will proceed with the indicated software upgrades and see how it goes. So far, so good!
