AFP Out Of Date In OS X Lion

Sorry I have nothing more constructive to add than a "me too" as a dev now running Lion GM and now unable to Time Machine to my Duo. I wrote a little script that rsync'd my backup to an off-site host each night from the Duo so I'd really like to keep things running on there rather than hanging another disk off my Mac Mini (which has no redundant disks) for backing up to.

http://www.netafp.com/open-letter-to-th ... unity-501/

Well Done Netgear

Yup, that's the truth almost noone wants to hear. There is no such thing as "free software" as well as there is no "free beer". At the end of the day someone has to pay for either. And yes, well done, Netgear.

-Stefan

mdgm wrote:
Usually is a little while after the major OS upgrade goes production, I think. NetGear doesn't support beta OSes (the GM is a Release Candidate, but still a beta). Being an early adopter of a major update does have it's drawbacks. I generally wait for at least a few point updates.

As a consumer, that's probably a very wise attitude to take--wait for the dust to settle and adopt when all the kinks are worked out. But as someone who has to ensure that his projects work in developer seeds of OSX and with versions of Xcode that are only available in said developer seeds, it's not always an option. And not being able to use Time Machine backups stings quite a bit. I don't have any unreasonable expectations about Netgear pushing software updates before they're needed, mind you. But I would find it hard to believe that they aren't testing all their products against Lion developer previews, Windows alphas, et cetera. That's one of the main reasons why OS vendors even offer pre-releases to the public, after all. I was merely wondering if, since the last post before mine, anyone had heard any news, rumors, or gossip about when Netgear might be adding Lion compatibility. It's not uncommon for marketing departments to announce this sort of thing in advance, developers to let something slip in their private blog, etc.

I'm not holding my breath. There is a modest multitude of DGND3300v2 router users who have been waiting for a bug ridden firmware which was released in March to be fixed.

Suddenly finding myself without Time Machine makes me feel particularly vulnerable - especially as the only way back to Snow Leopard without erasing and installing is via a Time Machine restore.

I’ve just confirmed that AFP authentication isn’t working with the GM of Lion. :(

buzzy wrote:
I’ve just confirmed that AFP authentication isn’t working with the GM of Lion. :(

And where's the news? ;)

-Stefan

sphardy wrote:
http://www.netafp.com/open-letter-to-the-netatalk-community-501/ Well Done Netgear

I agree. I'm a Mac user and the AFP and Time Machine support attracted me to purchasing the product. It's great to see they really care about Mac users and have the best Mac support in the NAS market.

Whocares? you said:

I'm running the latest publicly available beta of NetAtalk on my Pro against the latest incarnation of Lion on my MBP and I have no issues whatsoever.

Could you make that available as an add-on?

I think I could but considering that Lion is due to be out in less than a week and since I'm suspecting that Netgear will release an updated firmware shortly after that, I don't see a pressing reason for doing so. That's especially true because being a sponsor gives Netgear access to code that is newer than the code base I'm using and thus may well have fewer bugs (see http://www.netafp.com/pricing/). My major reason for building this version was to confirm that it actually will work, using my own data and on my own risk. So for the moment I'd rather wait for Netgear to release a new firmware than risking your data's safety by providing an add-on of questionable production readiness.

-Stefan