Netgear RN51600 – ReadyNAS 516 6-Bay, Diskless Software Guide

You can access shared folders on your ReadyNAS system using a network-attached OS X device.

Ensure that the AFP or SMB file-sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system.

SMB is recommended for mixed-platform environments.

For more information, see 

 on page 54.

In Finder, select Go > Connect to Server.
The Connect to Server dialog box displays.

Connect to your ReadyNAS system as follows:

If you are using the AFP file-sharing protocol, enter the following command in the Server Address
field:
afp://<hostname>

If you are using the SMB file-sharing protocol, enter the following command in the Server Address
field:
smb://<hostname>
In both cases, <hostname> is the name that you assigned to your ReadyNAS system or the default
host name if you did not change it.

If you cannot access the ReadyNAS using its host name, try entering afp://<ReadyNAS
IP address> or smb://<ReadyNAS IP address> instead. <ReadyNAS IP address> is
the IP address of the ReadyNAS.

Click the Connect button.
You are prompted to log in to your ReadyNAS system.

Enter a user ID and password.
You can log in with administrator or user credentials. If you log in as a user, your access is limited by
the settings configured by the ReadyNAS system administrator.
You are prompted to select a volume. Mac OS X calls your ReadyNAS shared folders volumes.

Select the volume or volumes (shared folder or folders) you want to access and click the OK button.
Finder displays the volume contents.

You can access shared folders on your ReadyNAS system using a network-attached Linux or Unix device.

Your ReadyNAS system does not support NIS because it is unable to correlate NIS
information with SMB user accounts. In mixed environments where you want SMB
and NFS integration, manually specify the user ID and group ID of the user and group
accounts to match your NIS or other Linux or Unix server setting.