Transferring large Mac files from external hard drive to network share

I am moving large Mac files (user files, videos, images etc.) from an external hard drive to a network share, and the transfer continues to fail with the message “The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50)”.  I have tried logging in as an administrator, root, and the user of the external hard drive, all failing with the same error.

Select the drive (on the desktop), press Command-I (I for info), at the bottom of the info panel check Ignore ownership on this volume

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