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Jan 26, 2017

SMB shares dying on OS X

Hi All, Has anyone run into the problem of SMB shares dying between Mac clients and ReadyNAS OS 6? I connect SMB shares using auto_fs, and they are usable, but after some period of time, after I...

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bobaloca

Guide

Jan 28, 2017

Only SMB and DLNA, but I have considered switching to NFS to see if it resolves the issue. That said, SMB is supposed to be the preferred protocol for OS X now, so I would prefer to figure out what's going on.

FramerV

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Jan 30, 2017

Hi bobaloca,

You could probably consider the information found on the link below:

Recommendation for using AFP and SMB in the same environment

Regards,

bobaloca
Guide
Jan 30, 2017
Thanks. I don't actually have AFP enabled in my environment, though. No one else has this issue? I'm not even sure if there are useful logs I should be checking to troubleshoot.
- mdgm-ntgr
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Jan 30, 2017
  Is the Mac going to sleep?
  
  Which services are you running on the NAS?
  
  Also do you have any apps installed?
  - bobaloca
    Guide
    Feb 02, 2017
    Mac is not going to sleep.
    
    Services: SMB, ReadyDLNA, UPnP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH
    Apps: CouchPotatoServer, NZBGet, SickRage, uTorrent