Connection to network drive drops

Here's my info in case this helps anyone/Apple solve the networking issues with Leopard.
I have an Airport Extreme base station with an attached USB drive. My MBP is experiencing dropped connections similar to what others have. My Mac Pro doesn't seem to have a problem staying connected to the internet, but Firefox has slowed to the point where it's not even usable. Safari works fine. However, I frequently lose the connection between my Mac Pro and the attached network drive even though I am still able to access the internet through the base station just fine.
Changing the DNS setting on the Base Station to the OpenDNS DNS solved the Firefox issue.

No.  The problem will have to be resovled by Western Digital.   Many Western Digital drives have their own firmware which will need to be upgraded to meet standard.   Better would be to get a hard drive from http://www.macsales.com/ which makes every effort to maintain Mac compatible hard drives.

Similar Messages

  • Sandbox cause my app kept connecting unavailable network drive

    Sandbox cause my app kept connecting unavailable network drive, can it be fixed?
    I have to manually delete sandbox config every time to prevent app hang.

    Hi Jaggs,
       nice question!
       I think the problem is that is not only your LabView application which stops, but the Operating System which hangs, if Storage device access fails.  I experienced this problem under many OSs, Win, Linux, Dos-like...even RTOSes (try to access a corrupted Flash card in PharLap ETS for FieldPoint!).
       To check if drive is present, you can ping it... it's quite naive, but at least you avoid the "drive disconnected" problem... I think a ping shouldn't hang PC...
       What Hardware are you controlling? You know, some NI boards (many...) have onboard memory, and can sample independently of PC control....for a while, of course!
       I hope some guru will answer to your question (which I didn't answered, I know! ), because I'm interested too!
       Have a nice day!
    graziano

  • Time Machine will no Longer connect to network drive.. Although the drive is visible and accessible by the system.

    Time Machine was working fine, until one day back up was failing due to being unable to delete the old backup. now it will no longer connect to the network drive although the external drive is accessible through the system.. any ideas?

    Time Machine is completely unrlable on any networked drive unless that drive is connected to one of the new Airport Extremes. I'm not surprised that you're encountering problems with it if you're using a networked drive. Can you plug the drive into your MacBook Pro and see if it will backup? The backups may - probably are - corrupt.
    Clinton

  • Windows 8.1 windows explorer does not connect to network drives

    I have a network drive (SAN) on my local network which everytime I re-install windows I cannot connect to it anymore.
    Last time I fixed this issue it was just a single checkbox(or radio button) but I cannot remember where it was and what was it called.
    I am getting error
    "Error Code: 0x800704b3
    The network path was either typed incorrectly, does not exists. or the network provider is not
    currently available. Please try retyping the path or contact your network administrator."
    Which none of them are true and by the way, I am the network administrator in my home network and sorry that I cannot contact myself (ain't sometimes Microsoft error messages as stupid as their developers?)
    1- I can connect to internet and browse web and receive mail too. so my network connection is working perfectly.
    2- I can ping my device (using both its IP and name). I can see an IP assigned to my device.
    3- I can browse my device and even access its management service using firefox (I don't have internet explorer because I removed it)
    4- I have File and printer sharing for microsoft network (in ethernet properties) installed and activated too.
    5- windows installation is new so nothing is changed in it.
    6- my firewall is not blocking the access to device either (If I disable it still cannot see the network drive)
    7- Network and sharing center is empty!
    8- In IPv4 advanced properties Netbios over TCP/IP is enabled too (which I think that was what fixed it last time)
    9- there is no error event is listed in event viewer.
    What is this problem that I have to fix every single time I install windows 8.1 I have to fix?

    Hi Bob,
    It seems like your network is working properly. So If you make sure your network path is correct, let us check other settings for mapping network drives.
    Check if the issue persists under safe mode and make sure that “TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper” in service.mcs is running.
    Make sure your computer name is unique and using NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
    The computer name could be either a Netbios name or a DNS name. so if one doesn’t work check the other one.
    You also could try the net use command, to see if it might return additional infomation
    About netuse command:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/bb490717.aspx
    Regards

  • Connect External Network Drive to Apple TV

    I have already connected my external network drive to my PC itunes as "Shared library" and I can access the songs from the shared library (external network drive) from PC itunes.  However my Apple TV is only able to access my music in my PC itunes but cannot access the songs from the shared library.  Everything (PC, Apple TV, external network drive) are hardwired to a router and home-sharing is enable on both PC itunes and apple TV.  Please help.  Thanks.

    When you said
    "I have already connected my external network drive to my PC itunes as "Shared library" and I can access the songs from the shared library (external network drive) from PC itunes. "
    I assumed that the NAS has a UI to share iTunes libraries.
    If you are using a NAS to host files, not an iTunes library, it is a different problem.
    1. Take a backup of your local (non-NAS) iTunes library, including all media files.
    2. Go to iTunes -> Preferences -> Advanced. In the iTunes Media Folder location, click on Change. Point to your NAS iTunes location. This should typically be the "iTunes Media" folder, but older libraries can use a different layout. See this for reference iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
    3. Once it shows you the content from the NAS, verify it. You can now share this library.
    4. Turn on Home Sharing on ATV using the same Apple ID, and you should be able to see your NAS library on the ATV.
    Caveat: In this configuration, any new content which is added, it will be located on the NAS, not on the PC. If you do not want this configuration, then you will end up merging the two content sets into a single iTunes library and choose where to locate the content (NAS or PC) and share it once the content has been consolidated into a single library.
    Here is an example. I have two Macminis which host 720p and 1080p content respectively. I have shared these on my home network. On the ATV3 using the same Apple Id, here is a screen shot from the ATV3 with both libraries.

  • Imported Photos when NOT connected to network drive is missing

    I connect to external disk drive for my photos.
    But when I wasn't connected to the drive, I imported photos just fine - was able to see them all (the just imported one). I could see "blank" thumbnails for the network photos (because I wasn't connected).
    Next time I connected to the external drive, the photos i just imported, when I wasn't connected was missing?
    ANY HELP? PLEASE? THANKS.

    daveyd_00
    Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
    My guess is you have two libraries. One is on the external, has all the older pics, the other has the new additions.
    To find the other, go to the Finder Go Menu -> Go to Folder and type in /Volumes/The Name of Your External HD...
    Can you see the opther library there? If so, drag it to the desktop, and then use iPhoto Library Manager to merge the libraries.
    Regards
    TD

  • Leopard iMac can No Longer Connect to Network Drive

    We've had a new iMac in my office for 2 1/2 months and have never had this problem. When we first set it up, we set it up to connect automatically to a shared drive on our corporate network. However, today it suddenly stopped connecting and tells us A) our username and password are bad or B) it can't find the drive. We've tested the username to map the drive on our Windows machines and made sure that the account has the proper permissions, but it still won't allow us to connect. I'm wondering how to correct this issue and prevent it from occurring in the future.
    I realize I've been kind of vague in this post - if more information is needed, please let me know.
    Thanks.

    The problem was identified as a network problem, not one with the iMac.

  • Can't connect to network drive in Homehub.

    Hi,
    I want to connect to a USB stick plugged into the back of my BT Homehub so I can use it to wirelessly back up my mac with TM. I have plugged it in, but when trying to map the drive, I get 'This file server is available on your computer. Access the volumes and files locally.'. The drive can't be accessed locally with the 'Network' in Finder because it's not mapped, so I get an empty Network folder and I can't connect it. I've used afp and SMB, but both return either 'This doesn't exist' or 'This file server is available on your computer. Access the volumes and files locally.'.
    HELP?
    Tony

    Actually, on second thoughts, TM drives have to be Mac OS Extended format, and Homehub only works with FAT32 drives so it wouldn't work anyway. Oh well.

  • Apple TV 2 connects to network then drops connection

    I have had an Apple TV 2nd generation for a few weeks now and it has worked perfectly. I've been staying at a friend's house for a few days so, I took it there and connected it to their network and it worked fine. I have now brought it home, and it won't work properly. I went to settings and set it to my home wireless network and it sees it and connects properly. Then after 3 of 4 minutes, it disconnects from the network and I have to reconfigure it, only for it to disconnect again. I tried resetting the router but to no avail (mind you I have an Ipad 2 and a home computer connected to the network that doesn't lose connection). I have tried unplugging my apple tv, plugging it in, holding the down arrow and the menu button so that it resets but this has not helped. Some of the forums say that after doing this I should see an option to restore or use a diagnostic utility, but that is not the case when mine restarts. I have also tried going in to setting to restore it to factory defaults,  but I get an error message saying "apple TV can't download the latest update right now. Try again later." It seems absurd that I should need to download something to restore it to factory settings....since I want to restore it to fix a network connection error! I would appreciate any suggestions since I'm not sure what else to try. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

    Have you tried rebooting or restoring the device?

  • MBA not connecting to network drives after waking from sleep

    I have been having this problem over the past few days. When my lat 2010 MBA wakes from sleep it will not connect to my NAS. If I try to force it too connect finder will crash and I get the cannot find finder.app error -10801. The only way I have been able to get the MBA working is a hard reset. Then all is well until I close the lid and wake it up at some point.
    I was thinking about re-loading SL, but thought I would check here for any thoughts on this problem.
    Thanks
    Jim

    Hi Carl,
    This will fix many problems AND clean up a lot of useless stuff.
    Get Applejack...
    http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
    After installing, boot holding down CMD+s, then when the prompt shows, type in...
    applejack AUTO
    Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
    One other "Wake" problem... ignore the HW and other symptims because it works in many other situations...
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304482

  • NAS drive-does it matter how connected to network?

    I have a La Cie NAS drive connected via ethernet to my Speedtouch modem. The modem is connected by ethernet to Airport Extreme BS. There are 3 desktops and two laptops on the network. Does it make any difference if I were to connect the network drive to the WAN port of the Airport BS?

    Not positive, but don't think the WAN port will work... isn't that where your Modem is plugged into?

  • Slow and crash when activity in Windows network drive

    A weeks ago I clean install my Mac Pro using Snow Leopard and upgrade it to 10.6.2, I fell that connection to network drive is very slow, got crash and stuck when delete file in the network drive. I tried to relaunch the Finder but it become dead finder I can't execute the finder anymore then I have to restart my machine. And also I got Kernel panic several times that I never have any in 10.5.7. And also so many problem I got since I install Snow Leopard on my machine.
    I really disappointed and just wasting my money and my time dealing with all these problems, and downgrade to 10.5 I think the cheapest way to deal with this.

    HI,
    *"And also I got Kernel panic several times that I never have any in 10.5.7"*
    *"And also so many problem I got since I install Snow Leopard on my machine."*
    Anytime you upgrade from one Mac OS X to the next it's reallly important do check to see if all your peripherals, third party software are compatible BEFORE you upgrade your Mac. You can save yourself the problems you are experiencing.
    Read the post here by "a brody"..
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10180165#10180165
    Go here for help to Resolve Kernel Panics
    Carolyn

  • WORD WON'T OPEN FROM NETWORK DRIVE OR ANY LOCATION.

    Windows 7 Pro
    Office 2010 Standard
    Computer is connected to the network drive domain. 
    Word is the only office program with this problem.
    Whenever i Clicked on word file on network drive. Work tries to open then it just stop working. After that i tried to open it again and it tells me that will open in save mode.
    Tried to reestablish connection with Network Drive, Repair Office, Re install Office. 
    Any suggestion would be appreciated

    Hi,
    This behavior may occur if the connection to the network location is lost during the time that your Word is opening the file. To work around this issue, add the
    EnableShellDataCaching value to the Microsoft Windows registry.
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\Open Find
    DWORD: EnableShellDataCaching
    Value: 1
    If above doesn't make any difference, please have a look at the following KB article and check if the scenarios apply:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313937/en-us
    Please let me know the result.
    Regards,
    Steve Fan
    TechNet Community Support
    It's recommended to download and install
    Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
    programs.

  • Migration Assistant - Error Connecting to Network of sending MAC to new Mac

    Migration Assistant - Error Connecting to Network of sending MAC to new Mac
    So I doing the network Migration Assistant and its keeps giving me a ERROR connecting to Network of sending MAC to new MacBook Air... help...

    The local path needs to be written as the "volumes".  It's the Windows equivalent of using a Network Drive letter.  If you have not set up the volume in the Mac Finder you will run into issues.  DW was originally intended to have all files locally on your computer with a different testing server and different web server.  The fact that you have the "d$" name suggests to me that these are Windows servers that are you connecting to.  This article should help you map a drive that reconnects ( http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/04/automatically-connect-to-network-drive-mac-os-x/  ).
    As far as the remote, for this DW should be allowing a network address because it is never assumed that the testing server is local on the computer.  This may end up being a bug, but let's see if we can correct one problem at a time.

  • Airport express RJ-45 jack for a network drive?

    I am interested in extending my airport express network with a second airport express. Can I use the RJ-45 jack to connect a network drive (Buffalo LinkStation) or is the jack intended only for an incoming signal from cable/DSL modem? Or do I just need to get a regular wireless router with a multi-port switch? Does the airtunes functionality work on a wireless network provided by a non-apple router? I know getting a regular router is the less expensive way to go, but I would not mind having a second airport express for the airtunes capability if it could also run my network drive. I also know I can add an airport extreme to my network, which has extra ports, but's that's more than I want to spend.
    Thanks for any advice.

    Yes, you could buy a second Airport Express and configure it to "extend" the existing wireless network created by your existing Airport Express. The ethernet port on the new Airport Express would then be active and yes - you could cable a network drive to its ethernet port.
    Yes, you can configure an Airport Express to wirelessly provide iTunes streaming on a wireless network created by a non-Apple wireless router.
    My suggestion - for best performance, I recommend the network drive be cabled into your network. Therefore:
    - buy a non-Apple wireless router, and use it to create your wireless network. The network driver could be cabled to one of the LAN ports on that wireless router
    - configure your existing Airport Express as a wireless client on that router's wireless network. You can then wirelessly stream iTunes and print to a printer connected to that Airport Express.

Maybe you are looking for