Mounting NAS server using SMB

Hi
Im new on this forum and need a bit of help with my Mac Mini running OS X 10.5.
I have recently built a NAS unit, and I can mount it using SMB in Finder. But I have to do this everytime I turn the mac on, it does not do this automatically.
Is there a way for this to happen automatically?
Any help very much appreciated.
Thanks
Rob

Hi
Yes. It's best if you use its IP address via the Go Menu > Connect to Server > smb://IPaddress. Once mounted on the desktop define it as a Login item. System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items. Assuming you never switch the NAS box off then every time you boot your workstation the share will present itself on the desktop. To make this seamless get keychain manager to remember your password assuming you're using one. If you're not using one use keychain manager regardless as this will work also
Tony

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On 23/03/2012 16:26, roehmdo wrote:
> Testing out mounting NW 6.5 SP8 server from a macintish using SMB versus
> AFP.. I can successfully mount the server via AFP and also with SMB.
> When I mount the server via AFP the mounted server shows the complete
> server name appended with the volume name ie (testserver.vol1).. if I
> mount the same server and volume via SMB is simply mounts as VOL1 (no
> server name)..
>
> If i use Imanager and change the CIFS properties of the server to add
> shares for the volumes (ie add testserver.vol1) and then restart cifs, I
> cannot log into the server anymore (it reports back that a unexpected
> error has occurred - error code -50)..If I delete the added shared and
> let the server simply report the default names, and then re-start CIFS,
> I can again login to the server
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