Why can't Mac OSX cope with my FreeNAS sharing both AFP or CIFS at the same time? When both are on, only my CIFS shares show up on Finder. But if I disable CIFS shares, the AFP show up.
This seems to be an issue with the MAC Finder seeing both sharing types, because network AFP drive still work after I re-enable CIFS and the AFP shares disappear.
Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11)
OS X does not support NAS technology. Contact the developers of FreeNAS for support, it's their product ask them for help.
It maybe down to the following.
When Yosemite was released i.e. OS X 10.10 and therefore the version before the current El Capitan version, Apple changed things so that if a server has both SMB and AFP available then the Mac will default to using SMB to connect to the server. El Capitan will therefore like Yosemite default to using SMB in preference over AFP.
However there should still be a way to connect specifically using AFP or specifically using SMB regardless of this. You are probably connecting to the FreeNAS server by seeing it listed in the Sidebar in the Finder, i.e. in the left of a Window. This method will default to SMB, as will the browse network option. (Go Network from the Go menu.)
If you however (in the Finder) select 'Connect to Server' from the Go menu and type in an address like this
afp://name-of-server.domain.com
or
afp://name-of-server.local
or
afp://192.168.1.10
They should all force an AFP connection, likewise the following would all force an SMB connection.
smb://name-of-server.domain.com
or
smb://name-of-server.local
or
smb://192.168.1.10
Thanks john, suspected this was the case.
Problem with sharing AFP and CIFS on FreeNAS
