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grahami
Oct 26, 2016Aspirant
Why shouldn't I mix AFP and SMB protocols?
Hi New here and this is my first post, so please forgive me if I missed anything obvious! Looking at this article, http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23094/~/what-file-sharing-prot...
- Oct 27, 2016
Good day,
Welcome to the community.
I think the link below will best explain why NETGEAR is not recommending using both protocols.
Recommendation for using AFP and SMB in the same environment
Regards.
FramerV
Oct 31, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi grahami,
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