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michaely1
Jul 20, 2011Aspirant
Lion & Time Machine - NV+
Will there be an update to the NV+ to support Lion, especially around Time Machine. I've picked up the AFP fixed add-on, that's all working on the filesystem, but I have no backup at all now. If yo...
mdgm-ntgr
Jul 20, 2011NETGEAR Employee Retired
Yes the Duo, NV+, 1100, Infrant ReadyNAS and OEM-rebranded ReadyNAS units are Sparc ReadyNAS.
That is weird.
You can't do Time Machine backups via CIFS. Time Machine backups over a network use AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) for obvious reasons. It seems you may have had a problem with your system if most of what you said is correct.
ChrisMc73 wrote:
How come before Lion I could only connect to NV+ via CIFS, and not AFP. Now I can connect via AFP but not CIFS?
That is weird.
ChrisMc73 wrote:
Let me clear that up. Before Lion no AFP, only CIFS and Time Machine via CIFS.
Now I can only connect to NAS via AFP via Finder and not Time Machine and no CIFS at all.
You can't do Time Machine backups via CIFS. Time Machine backups over a network use AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) for obvious reasons. It seems you may have had a problem with your system if most of what you said is correct.
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