Post by therebechips on Aug 7, 2007 17:42:44 GMT 7
I now have an N5200 Pro, and it works really well with my network of macs - most of the time. Changing access permissions on an existing folder or resizing the share folder limit can cause the share to disappear when using AFP - you simply cannot connect to it. And occasionally trying to delete large amounts of data in one go has the effect that the files in the share folder seem to dissapear when connected with AFP, which can be a real brown pants moment 
Luckily there is an easy fix for this if this happens to you:
1. Log in to the Thecus as admin and make sure CIFS/SMB is enabled (under Network > Services)
2. On your mac choose Go > Connect to server and type in cifs://[WAN host name]
3. Enter your username and password. You may get a message like "Username or password is incorrect". If this happens, go back to the Thecus admin and re-apply the ACL for the share, then try again. If that fails, make the share public, then try to connect again.
4. Once connected via cifs to your share, you should now open a Terminal window and type this command to show hidden files on your mac:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
5. Relaunch Finder (option click on the icon in the dock and choose 'Relaunch')
5. Open your share and you will see a folder called .AppleDB. Delete this folder. Be careful not to delete anything else.
6. Back in the Terminal window hide hidden files with this command:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles No
7. Relaunch Finder as before.
8. Disconnect from the cifs share, and reconnect using afp://[WAN host name]
Your share and files will all be there.
Luckily there is an easy fix for this if this happens to you:
1. Log in to the Thecus as admin and make sure CIFS/SMB is enabled (under Network > Services)
2. On your mac choose Go > Connect to server and type in cifs://[WAN host name]
3. Enter your username and password. You may get a message like "Username or password is incorrect". If this happens, go back to the Thecus admin and re-apply the ACL for the share, then try again. If that fails, make the share public, then try to connect again.
4. Once connected via cifs to your share, you should now open a Terminal window and type this command to show hidden files on your mac:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
5. Relaunch Finder (option click on the icon in the dock and choose 'Relaunch')
5. Open your share and you will see a folder called .AppleDB. Delete this folder. Be careful not to delete anything else.
6. Back in the Terminal window hide hidden files with this command:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles No
7. Relaunch Finder as before.
8. Disconnect from the cifs share, and reconnect using afp://[WAN host name]
Your share and files will all be there.