cannot connect synology via Mac book

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cannot connect synology via Mac book

Hi I am lost,

Since I had an IP conflict within my network, I cannot connect my synology DS212 NAS anymore to my mac book pro. The strange thing is that I have no issue with connecting with eacht other device to the nas like windows laptop Iphone Ipad. I think there is still something wrong with IP addresses but when I run the synology assistant to find the NAS, the ip address is located but get's the message the connection failed

Would be great if somebody has some tips or tricks.

Thanks Jack

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 21, 2013 3:47 AM

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Shotgun00

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Apr 21, 2013 3:52 AM in response to Jacknly20651

What is the IP of your Mac and the IP of the NAS. Do you have the OS X Firwall turned on? If so turn that off as it is not needed and will only cause problems.

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Jacknly20651 Author

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Apr 21, 2013 4:03 AM in response to Shotgun00

mac ip address 192.168.0.110 and nas 192.168.0.193 are different OS X firewall is off.

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Shotgun00

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Apr 21, 2013 4:08 AM in response to Jacknly20651

Does your NAS support Mac sharing AFP Bonjour? If not you may have to network with it using SMB (Windows Sharing).

When Finder is in the menu bar click Go, then Connect to Server and type in the IP address of the NAS.

What happens?

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Jacknly20651 Author

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Apr 21, 2013 5:36 AM in response to Shotgun00

Hi, both protocols are supported, get still an error with the following message " there is a problem with connecting to serve 192.168.0.193" the server does not excist or is not accessable. Check the servername or the ip address fromthe server, check network connection and try again. In my opinion network is ok because otherwise i could not connect also via another device. thks

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Shotgun00

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Apr 21, 2013 7:34 AM in response to Jacknly20651

Then it might be a permissions problem on the NAS. I don't know anything about your make of NAS but log on to it from some other device, through a Web browser, and check the persisions and add your Mac username to the Allowed devices.

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cocogaga

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Mar 9, 2015 8:32 PM in response to Shotgun00

I have the same issue with my synology and Imac. Can connect with all others devices but impossible with my Imac. Synology Assistant find the ip but the connection failed.

Did you find how to fix it?

Thanks!

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gonmb

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Aug 5, 2015 1:44 PM in response to Jacknly20651

add the nas hostname and IP to the MAC "hosts" file, that's how fixed it today.

to edit the host file on a MAC, best way is through terminal, google it.

Good luck

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