Mac server X 10.4.11 AFP connectivity problem

Hi,
We have been using the Mac servee X with OS 10.4.11 for 4 years along with X RAID. It works well all these days till I do the last update( I think so). However after the update none of the clients could access the server through AFP but SMB is working. I have restarted the AFP service, no luck. Also I couldn't run some of the server management tools like Workgroup Manager( Error: You can't use this application workgroup manager.app with this ver of Mac OS X. But I can access the same through a Mac client.
I desperately looking for a solution. Thanks in advance
Rgds
Babu.S

SMB Service is separate from the AFP Service and is started and controlled by "Windows" service in WGM. They are two separate things and are managed separately. If smb is running you should be able to connect to the server from the Mac clients using "Go to Server" smb://myserver.com/ just like you do afp.
I don't understand exactly what you're saying about the Server tools but be aware that you should generally be using a client of the same OS level (eg 10.4, 10.5, 10.6) as the Server you are controlling and the Server tools should be the ones developed for that OS.
HTH,
=Tod

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