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RN2120 "Problem connecting to server" message at each Mac start
Dear all, I get everytime I start my Mac the following pop-up: There was a problem connecting to the server “********”. The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the ...
Not at the moment the message appears. Some background OS X services maybe, but nothing special.
jangoloti wrote:
Not at the moment the message appears. Some background OS X services maybe, but nothing special.
He's asking about services/apps on the NAS, not the PC.
Ooops..
No apps on the RN, only the Antivirus plus, and at the beginning I did not have it and it was the same.
I think anyway it is an issue with the Finder server options: I cannot remove the NAS from the servers that connect (or try to connect) at start, it is three times there (SMB+AFP+other) and one may not be properly configured.
The procedure to remove is quite complicated it seems. Anybody familiar with MAC OS X there?
jangoloti wrote:
Anybody familiar with MAC OS X there?
I'm not, but others are.
If you have the AntiVirus service running on the NAS, disable it on system->settings->services. Note this is the AV service itself, not the AV plus app. It has a serious performance issue in 6.4.1 and 6.4.2 beta. It might not be related to your immediate problem, but still Netgear is recommending that it be disabled for now.
I would try disabling the AV service and updating to ReadyNAS OS 6.4.2 and see if that helps.
I am on a Mac right now, I use them all the time.
The three entries would be for SMB, AFP and for Time Machine (or if Time Machine is disabled advertising SMB to Windows machines).
Can you send me your logs (see the Sending Logs link in my sig)?
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