"server may not exist" error WITHOUT Classic
Hi,
My wife's iMac displays an alert reading "Connection Failed: the server may not exist or is not operational at this time", etc. every few minutes. I've turned off all the network-related things I can think of (.mac sync, network time sync, etc) and cleared all of the information in the "Connect to server..." menu item. Also, Classic is not installed on this machine.
I think this line in the console log is connected to the problem:
nbp_lookup: zip_getmyzone failed
If anyone can figure out how to help me get rid of this alert, I'd be grateful! Thanks!
This is what I get when I try and connect to it...looks like it can't find the devices IP address, buts a fixed ip on a local network. How do I check/change what address it's looking for?
5/28/14 5:30:04.189 AM NetAuthSysAgent[1451]: FindValidIPAddress - connect failed socket 0, optionValue 61
5/28/14 5:30:04.223 AM NetAuthSysAgent[1451]: FindValidIPAddress - connect failed socket 1, optionValue 61
5/28/14 5:30:04.251 AM NetAuthSysAgent[1451]: ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 64
5/28/14 5:30:09.814 AM NetAuthSysAgent[1451]: FindValidIPAddress - connect failed socket 0, optionValue 61
5/28/14 5:30:09.814 AM NetAuthSysAgent[1451]: FindValidIPAddress - connect failed socket 1, optionValue 61
5/28/14 5:30:09.816 AM NetAuthSysAgent[1451]: ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 64
5/28/14 5:30:09.816 AM sharingd[220]: SDSharePointBrowser::handleOpenCallBack returned 64
5/28/14 5:30:20.403 AM com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: _SendAttachNotification Device 8c:29:37:98:37:4d@fe80::8e29:37ff:fe98:374d._apple-mobdev2._tcp.local. has already appeared on interface 5. Suppressing duplicate attach notification.
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