topic Re: Technicolor and MacOS in Tech Help - Software/Hardware etc

Technicolor and MacOS

terryallan — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:59:43 GMT

I have just upgraded one of my iMacs (24 inch Early 2009, 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) to Yosemite (10.10.1) and it no longer can gain access through Technicolor to the USB drive attached to the modem. My Laptop (MacPro 17 inch early 2008, 2.5GHz Inter Core 2 Duo) upgraded recently to Yosemite (10.10) also now has this issue. One of my other iMacs (Retina 5k 27 inch late 2014, 3.5GHz Intel Core i5) running Yosemite (10.10.1) is in a similar predicament. Seems to be a Yosemite issue.
My old trusted desktop system (2004 G5 MacPro, Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5) running MacOs 10.5.8 meanwhile connects beautifully. I haven't tried another older iMac I have which also runs 10.5.8.
Can anyone provide any advice? Is there a Technicolor upgrade?
Thanks
Terry

Re: Technicolor and MacOS

terryallan — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:16:45 GMT

Sorry should have said I am using Technicolor TG582n FTTC Software Release 8 C.M.0.

Re: Technicolor and MacOS

Oldjim — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:28:40 GMT

There is an upgrade - see http://products.plus-payh.co.uk/firmware/ but you won't be able to install it unless you have a PC lying about
However I am fairly certain the problem isn't the router firmware hence I have moved it to here

Re: Technicolor and MacOS

ejs — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:38:01 GMT

The problem is that the router firmware doesn't support a sufficiently new version of the Windows File sharing protocol (SMB), and newer versions of OSX removed support for the older protocol. I don't think the 10.2 firmware changes that situation.
As an alternative you could enable the FTP server for content sharing and access the drive using FTP.

Re: Technicolor and MacOS

npr — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:48:27 GMT

This may help to explain why newer versions of the Mac OS can't access the file server in the routers.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/23/inside_mac_os_x_10_7_lion_server_apple_replaces_samba_for_windows_networking_services

Re: Technicolor and MacOS

dvorak — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:53:49 GMT

no, that only talks about using SMB under OS X Server, the real culprit is likely to be as ejs said OS X defaults to SMB3.
You could try this to switch http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/50723/smbconf

Re: Technicolor and MacOS

npr — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:58:06 GMT

Just came across this, I'm not a mac user myself, but would this fix the problem?
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/41541/smbup

Re: Technicolor and MacOS

terryallan — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:50:12 GMT

Thanks for help everyone. I think that you are right in your combined analysis of the situation, both with the problem and the potential solution.. Looks to me to be a step too far for what I gain from having direct access to the USB drive connected to the router. I have my G5 on all the time as a server and I can share the screen of my G5 on my iMacs and laptop in an instant. By doing that I have access to the USB drive on the router from anywhere on my home network.
Best wishes

Re: Technicolor and MacOS

markfrompompey — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:01:52 GMT

Hi terryallan,
Just thinking aloud here, just in case it's the issue.
Is the firewall enabled on your Yosemite machine's?
If so, have you tried temporally disabling it to see ftp works?
Because depending on configuration's of ftp client & server, sometimes some port/s needs to be open on client machine if it's in active mode.
See http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html