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KB ID: 5713

Product: TS5020 Series | TS71210 Series

How to configure SMB Multichannel on TeraStation with a Windows 10 PC

Last Updated: 08/01/2025

The TeraStation allows you to improve read and write speeds via SMB connections by using SMB multichannel to concurrently connect multiple Ethernet cables.
This KB article will show you how to configure SMB Multichannel on TS71210RH with a Windows 10 PC.
For more information about Managing SMB Multichannel, please visit this Microsoft KB article.

Note: To use SMB multichannel, a computer that will be used for file access should support SMB multichannel.

 

Example network configuration

 

1.    From WEBUI Settings , click the File Sharing tab.
2.    Click the settings icon the right of “SMB”.
3.    Click Edit.

4.    Make sure the “Network Credentials” option has been set to “Show network credentials window”.
Note: If you are not able to access the NAS share folder after changing this, refer to this KB to Add Windows credentials using the Credential Manager.

5.    Enable “Multiple Network Connections”, then click OK

6.    In our example, we configure our network IP as:
TeraStation

Win10 host (Intel X540-T2 network adapter)

7.    To enable/re-enable SMB Multichannel on the Win10 client side, use the following powershell cmdlet:
Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableMultiChannel $true

8.    To verify that SMB Multichannel is enabled:
Get-SmbClientConfiguration | Select EnableMultichannel

9.    Confirm that SMB correctly identifies the network adapters:
Get-SmbClientNetworkInterface

10.    On the Win10 host, perform a large file copy operation that creates an ongoing session with the TeraStation. While copy is running, use the following cmds to verify that SMB Multichannel works.
Get-SmbConnection
Get-SmbMultichannelConnection
Get-SmbMultichannelConnection -IncludeNotSelected

Also check the copy session is utilizing both LANs from the TeraStation WEBUI network dashboard.