Connecting to SMB server

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Connecting to SMB server

Hi, Im running 10.4.8 trying to connect to a server using the Go>connect to server thing. Ive typed in the server nname and protocol correctly which is smb:\\192.xxx.xxx.xxx and the machine tries to connect. Except it THEN puts AFP:\\ in front of what Ive typed in so you get AFP:\\SMB:\\192. etc which is not going to work obviously.

How do I stop it doing this. I can connect just using AFP no problem, but I am then restricted to short file names etc.

G5, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Mar 6, 2007 3:16 AM

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Mar 6, 2007 4:00 AM in response to Wisdo

I can connect to a local server using SMB, but I am not sure why! Two things to try:
use / instead of \
make sure the SMB port (TCP 445) is open

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Mar 6, 2007 9:03 AM in response to Wisdo

That worked, obviously a typo in the manual \ for / I thought it was odd.

My main problem is still the same though - Long file names will not transfer to the disk for backup. I thought using SMB instead of AFP would fix it. Alas, it did not.

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