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(Still) Can't connect via AFP
Hi there. I'm running a ReadyNAS NV+ for home use. It's on firmware version RAIDiator 4.1.14. For no apparent reason, I stopped being able to connect using AFP (you can see the original thread relating to this problem here – it was never resolved). I can still connect to the shares using SMB / CIFS. Not being able to connect via AFP means that the disk cannot be discovered by Apple's Time Machine.
Today I performed a factory reset on the volumes (clearing all disk contents), in the hope that this would fix the AFP problem. It remains. Any suggestions how I could go about fixing this?
I thought maybe it was a permissions problem like this but that post refers to a different readynas firmware version.
Ok, so I think this is now solved.
I could connect to the server via AFP by:
1. going Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server
2. inputting the server address (afp://192.168.xx.xx)
3. Selecting "connect as guest" on the resulting dialogue box.
This mounted the share under the "devices" header in the Finder sidebar, and then eventually the share appeared under the "Shared" header in the Finder sidebar (as AFP).
However, it was still not visible under the Time Machine configuration, despite having Time Machine enabled. To fix that, I had to reconnect as the username and password specified in the Time Machine tab of ReadyNAS frontview.
So it seems to be a permissions issue. I have no idea why the previously working configuration stopped reconnecting suddenly, but I guess it's all back now.
Thanks for the assistance.
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