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Blues11
Jan 03, 2017Luminary
File access confusion with afp and smb
My environment is all Mac. Years ago I read that afp was the best access method in an all-Mac environment and my ReadyNAS 516 was set up that way. I've since learned that it's preferable to use smb. ...
FramerV
Jan 11, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Blues11,
We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if the information we provided has helped resolve your issue or if you need further assistance.
If your issue is now resolved, we encourage you to mark the appropriate reply as the “Accept as Solution” or post what resolved it and mark it as solution so others can be confident in benefiting from the solution.
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- Blues11Jan 11, 2017Luminary
Thank you for the follow-up. I've downloaded this latest version of the OS but will probably not have a chance to install it until the weekend. I'll let you know once I've installed it.
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