How do I mount my Simpleshare NAS drive?

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How do I mount my Simpleshare NAS drive?

Hello to all,

I'm desperate trying to mount my Simpletech Simpleshare NAS Drive. I've tried with a direct Ethernet connection, with a direct usb connection (which usually works very well), I've tried by connectiong it to my wifi server. It just appears nowhere. It used to work flawlessly with tiger. I just had to connect to the SMB://simpleshare server and there it was. Thinks started getting a little more complicated in the latest 10.4.5 os x. But the drive is now totally unaccessible with Leopard.

Please heeeeelp.

 MB 2.2 WH +  MB 2.4 BL + 3 x  Mac Mini Core Duo 1,66 combo, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Jul 10, 2008 1:09 PM

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Answer 1

Mailman42

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Jul 10, 2008 5:52 PM in response to Mark Dannau

3 questions, and they ma not have anything to do with it, but we can eliminate them.

1. what is your mac IP address?
2. what is your router IP address?
3 and finally, what is the IP address of the NAS drive?

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Mark Dannau Author

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Jul 11, 2008 7:11 AM in response to Mailman42

My mac's IP is 192.168.1.200.
My router's 192.168.1.1
The Simpleshare's IP I have no idea as it doesn't appear anywhere to check (when I connect by ethernet directly on my macbook, I get an IP 169.254.133.65 -IPV4 Address /via DHCP/in TCP/IP tab- , but isn't that the ethernet port IP?).

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Mailman42

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Jul 11, 2008 7:24 AM in response to Mark Dannau

Thats' what I was looking for, but hoping I would not see.

The NAS has a different IP address/network than yours.

You will need to read through the docs, or google for help, getting the NAS to a similar IP address of 192.168.1.*.

I'm looking at "a" SimpleShare PDF manual, and it looks like their software can assign (page 41 on the manual I am looking at) a static IP address.

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BKD

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Jul 18, 2008 11:57 AM in response to Mailman42

Was this issue ever resolved. I have encountered a similar situation with my simpleshare NAS. It completely disappeared from the network (AEBS accessed by macbook (10.4.9), iMac (10.4.9) and macbook pro (10.5.4). I pulled this information from simpletech:

Does the SimpleShare work with Vista or Mac OS 10.4.X?
A: There is currently limited compatibility between the SimpleShare and Windows Vista. Microsoft added new security features that have caused issues with the Linux base of the SimpleShare. While most users have been able to get basic data access, the advanced features of the SimpleShare are not working in Vista. This applies most specifically to the password protection options in the SimpleShare. This feature cannot be enabled if you would like to access the SimpleShare from Vista.

With the release of Mac OS 10.4.9 new security features have been added to the OS that limit compatibility with the SimpleShare. While some users have been able to continue accessing the SimpleShare, most new setups fail. We are investigating these issues, but do not currently have a work around available.

Does anyone know of a fix yet?
Thanks

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Mark Dannau Author

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Jul 21, 2008 8:43 AM in response to BKD

I've been looking into this problem (Internet, Simpletech etc) for quite a while now and haven't come accross a single way to solve this.
Are there no others with the same issue there?

Mark

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