diff --git a/client/lib/engine/bin/NetLib.py b/client/lib/engine/bin/NetLib.py
index 793bf73..866196b 100755
--- a/client/lib/engine/bin/NetLib.py
+++ b/client/lib/engine/bin/NetLib.py
@@ -2,11 +2,28 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import os
 import json
+import re
 
 import ogGlobals
 import SystemLib
 import FileLib
 
+def _ogConnect_options():
+    ## the original bash code does: eval $(grep "OPTIONS=" /scripts/ogfunctions)
+    ## this is highly insecure but we need to keep it for now
+    opt = subprocess.run (['grep', '-o', 'OPTIONS=.*', '/scripts/ogfunctions'], capture_output=True, text=True).stdout.strip()
+    exec (opt, globals())
+    return OPTIONS
+
+## defined in /scripts/ogfunctions. We can't tackle that yet.
+## this is a quick implementation just to unblock development
+def _ogConnect (server, protocol, src, dst, options, readonly):
+    if 'smb' != protocol: return None       ## only supported value right now
+    write_option = ',ro' if readonly else ',rw'
+    options += write_option
+    return not subprocess.run (['mount.cifs', f'//{server}/{src}', dst] + options.split()).returncode
+
+
 #/**
 # ogChangeRepo  IPREPO [ OgUnit ]
 #@brief   Cambia el repositorio para el recurso remoto images.
@@ -15,57 +32,48 @@ import FileLib
 #@return  Cambio recurso remoto en OGIMG.
 #*/
 def ogChangeRepo(ip_repo, og_unit=None):
-    ogprotocol = "cifs"
+    ogprotocol = os.environ['ogprotocol'] or 'smb'
+
+    if og_unit:
+        SystemLib.ogRaiseError ([], ogGlobals.OG_ERR_GENERIC, 'the og_unit parameter became unsupported')
+        return None
 
     try:
-        rw_option = ",rw" if "rw" in subprocess.getoutput("mount | grep 'ogimages'") else ",ro"
+        mount = subprocess.run (['mount'], capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
+        ro = not not list (filter (lambda line: re.search (r'ogimages.*\bro,', line), mount.splitlines()))
 
         current_repo = ogGetRepoIp()
-        current_og_unit = subprocess.getoutput(
-            "df | awk -F ' ' '/ogimages/ {sub(\"//.*/ogimages\",\"\",$1); sub(\"/\",\"\",$1); print $1}'"
-        ).strip()
-
         new_repo = current_repo if ip_repo.upper() == "REPO" else ip_repo
-
-        if new_repo == current_repo and og_unit == current_og_unit:
-            return 0
+        if new_repo == current_repo: return True
 
         subprocess.run(["umount", ogGlobals.OGIMG], check=True)
 
-        src_img = "ogimages" if not og_unit else f"ogimages/{og_unit}"
-
-        result = subprocess.run(
-            ["ogConnect", new_repo, ogprotocol, src_img, ogGlobals.OGIMG, rw_option],
-            text=True,
-        )
-
-        if result.returncode != 0:
-            subprocess.run(
-                ["ogConnect", current_repo, ogprotocol, src_img, ogGlobals.OGIMG, rw_option],
-                text=True,
-            )
+        SystemLib.ogEcho (['session', 'log'], 'info', f'{ogGlobals.lang.MSG_HELP_ogChangeRepo} {new_repo}')
+        options = _ogConnect_options()
+        if not _ogConnect (new_repo, ogprotocol, 'ogimages', ogGlobals.OGIMG, options, ro):
+            _ogConnect (current_repo, ogprotocol, 'ogimages', ogGlobals.OGIMG, options, ro)
             SystemLib.ogRaiseError(
                 "session",
                 ogGlobals.OG_ERR_REPO,
                 f"Error connecting to the new repository: {new_repo}",
             )
-            return 1
+            return False
 
         SystemLib.ogEcho(
-            "session",
-            "log",
-            f"Repository successfully changed to {new_repo} {og_unit or ''}".strip(),
+            ["session", "log"],
+            'info',
+            f"Repository successfully changed to {new_repo}".strip(),
         )
 
-        return 0
+        return True
 
     except Exception as e:
         SystemLib.ogRaiseError(
             "session",
-            ogGlobals.OG_ERR_FORMAT,
+            ogGlobals.OG_ERR_GENERIC,
             f"Error executing ogChangeRepo: {e}",
         )
-        return 1
+        return None
 
 #/**
 #         ogGetGroupDir [ str_repo ]