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jimcocteau
Jun 05, 2019Guide
Ready NAS 104 Network Name "?"
I recently updated to 6.10.1 and also Edited the Names of both my ReadyNAS 104 (all fine), I now see a Question Mark (? - NetworkName) in Finder Sidebar (Connected Servers). The APF looks fine / norm...
- Aug 27, 2019
Hi,
We have fixed this problem on 6.10.2. It will be released soon.
Thanks!
hmuessig
Jun 11, 2019Luminary
Since I upgraded both the NAS and MAC OS at about the same time I'm not sure but my guess is that this is a Mojave (Mac) issue 'cause prior to Mojave things were fine.
I did a bit of poking around and don't see how to change the icon for the NAS in the finder.
Marc_V
Jun 12, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi All,
OS 6.10.1 FW uses a version of SMB wherein they are using fruit module that enhances compatibility with SMB on Apple SMB clients and makes it work better. However, the issue with "?" is because of the module and if I got it right, they are now working to get this issue fixed but might be with the next release of FW (No ETA) but this should not hinder the operation of the NAS.
Will try to get more information on this.
HTH
Regards
- drlowreyJul 23, 2019Aspirant
Marc,
It's been 6 weeks now. OS 6.10.1 still checks as the latest. Do you have an ETA yet?
Meanwhile is there any kind of a workaround, patch, hack, etc. that we can do?
BTW, I'm using ReadyNAS 424 different from the OP. Am I wrongly presuming your "fix" in a future release will work for me too?
- furghellaJul 23, 2019Tutor
I have had this issue for a while now, I thought the latest MacOS update (10.14.6) would solve it, but it didn't.
I can connect to my ReadyNas just fine, but in the Finder its icon is missing, I just get a question mark. See attachment.
I tried to add an icon as I would usually do on MacOS, but in this case I can't. Not sure if it's a MacOS or a ReadyNas OS issue.
Has anyone here seen this problem?
- schumakuJul 23, 2019Guru - Experienced User
In the Bonjour protocol NAS service announcement there is a value passed which was used by many NAS vendors and which made to show an Xserver icon. Appears Apple has removed it - appears they think there are no Xserver in the field anymore. So the change clearly happened on the MacOS side.
The "?" isn't indicating a critical error, it's just a fall-back icon set in place on the MacOS side.
- lightsabreJul 05, 2019Guide
Golly, been away for a very long time but much preferred the older board format. Sometimes progress isn't.
Which brings me to the matter at hand...
Since 'upgrading' to firmware version 6.10.1, the Finder icon no longer is the normal network drive icon, but is a question mark, for the SMB connection. AFP is the normal icon.
Where is this controlled, and how does it get restored to the proper icon? Everything is functional, but there is clearly something different causing this issue.
Perhaps it will be resolved in the next firmware release?
Thanks.
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