Automatically reset file sharing in Server

Hi everyone.
I have a Mac mini with Server (Mountain Lion) and file sharing enables. When I turn tehe unit on, computers on the same network can't find the shared folders until I turn file sharing off and on again.
Does anyone knows what's happening?
Is there a way to automatically do this (turn off and on)?
Thanks

Everything you can do in the Server.app you can do via the command line. For example, you can setup a launchd script to execute the following commands:
     serveradmin stop afp
     serveradmin start afp
You can find out more about serveradmin via terminal, with the command
     man serveradmin
The problem you describe sounds unfamiliar to me. You should look at the server logs to see why afp is not working.

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1:: [13/04/05 16:11:20.782] ==========================================================
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