HT200160 Connecting via AFP to an older NAS device?

I have tried all of the "workarounds" that have been suggested and none of this works.
I recently got a new Mac (running 10.8.2) and I can no longer connect to my LaCie Big5 Network2 NAS as a "Registered User" via AFP.
I can connect as a guest via AFP but when I save files to the Big5 they are "Invisable"?
I can connect as a registered user via SMB, BUT when I do a lot of the files that are on the Big5 appear as Unix files and I can not work with them.
I have tried all of the suggestiuons that I found on this forum relating to entering comands in Terminal, but I may not be doing this correctly.
I have never used Terminal and I attempted to set up a "root" account, but the buttons that the instructions tell me to click on are not there?
Is there something wrong with what I am doing?

Well, I would use this procedure rather than the first one which is very convoluted, difficult to follow, and not well explained. Just my opinion.
You don't require a root account. That is circumvented by the use of "sudo" prior to each command line in the procedures.
Frankly, I'm assuming that the LaCie product you have now is fairly old. Maybe replacing it would make sense. Alternatively, you could look for an enclosure to replace the one you now have. Remove the drives and install them in the new enclosure. You may find suitable products at OWC.
Out of curiosity what is your NAS used for? Are you the only user? What wouldn't you be able to do if you simply had a drive connected directly to the computer?

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