Can't connect to NAS - AFP protocol incompatibility

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Can't connect to NAS - AFP protocol incompatibility

Hello,
I just bought a Buffalo LinkStation NAS - connected to a Linksys Gigabit ethernet router - to a PowerMac G5. The disk shows up in Network, but when I click to connect, I get this message:

"Connection failed. This file server uses an incompatible version of the AFP protocol. You cannot connect to it."

I can't find anything on Buffalo's support site, anyone familar with this problem? Thanks.

Will

PowerPC PowerMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Jul 30, 2007 10:59 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 31, 2007 3:53 AM in response to william Mak1

Try connecting to this drive using
SMB://[IP_address]
or
SMB://[Disk_Name]
instead of AFP://[etcetera]

AFP=AppleFIle Protocol. This seems not to be supported much anymore.

(If this drive is only going to be used for Mac's, investigate reformatting the partition as "MacOS Extended", using DiskUtility on your Mac, or the utility software that might have come with the drive.

Message was edited by: Rick Van Vliet (spelling)

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Answer 2

Jul 31, 2007 4:52 AM in response to Rick Van Vliet

AFP is well supported by some products, for example the Infrant ReadyNAS, which is a far superior product to the Buffalo Linkstation.

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Answer 3

Jul 31, 2007 5:02 AM in response to William Lloyd

Thanks William. I think I was thinking of AppleTalk.

Are you saying, that attempting to connect with SMB is a bad idea?
or that this user shouldn't try to reformat the drive to MacOS filesystem?
How does pricing compare between this Buffalo and your Infrant (a netgear company)?

thanks for your advice.

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