Cannot connect from iMac to Windows Home Server 2011 shares

Hi guys,

I am having dificulties connecting from iMac to Windows Home Server 2011 shares.

First of all it takes so long time to discover the share in iMac, which it's called "mediaserver". After finding it i cannot connect and gives "Connection Failed: message. If i choose "Connect As.." option i wait some time and then pops out with an error: "There was a problem connecting to the server "mediaserver". The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again."

If i try from Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server ... write in Server Address : smb://mediaserver it fails. But if i write the IP address, like: smb://192.168.1.42 it works after couple of tries. If i try now to Make an Alias for the share i get "The operation can't be completed. An unexpected error occurred (eror code -8060)."

Has anyone experienced these problems ? I have updated to Mac OS X version 10.7.3. Could that be the problem ?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Simi