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R9000 problem - Cannot connect network drive located on a Mac for use in Plex
Hello. I have successfully set up a new R9000 router. I am unable to connect a shared network drive for use in Plex. I am able to successfully connect a shared drive located on a PC running Win7, but ...
I can't see the pictures...yet...I guess they have to be authorized by NetGear first - so when I can I'll be able to confirm your settings.
I'm on 10.13.4 at the moment and that's working for me. Could be that there is an issue with 10.13.3 and it will be fixed in the 10.13.4 release.
I'm wondering if this could be down to signing being enforced from the Mac, I have this disabled on the mahine I was connecting to as it caused varioous slowdowns when accessing a QNAP NAS, albeit fine when accessing Windows 2016 shares, which still was confirmed to use sharing.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT205926
Pay attention to the 2nd part of the article, "Turn off packet signing on a macOS computer that hosts SMB shares"
Case850 - No need to be so abrasive. You obviously don't understand macs and the security laters in the OS - High Sierra has changed things and SMB is far more secure than Sierra (for example), some of the apple forums have recommended downgrading the OS where a Windows 2008 server or XP/Vista machine has been unable to connect, and this has worked - personally I think this to be a signing/encryption enforcment issue.
The Mac isn't going to sleep is it?
Definitely not.
Neither is the external drive.
I tried it with a mapped folder and USB stick. They go offline very shortly after being mapped. The same does not occur in Win7.
Thanks.
How are the machines connected to the router? Copper or WiFi?
- They are hardwired - copper.
Thanks.
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