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[pr1m3_5u5p3ct]

Well, nevermind. I reinstalled with 10_4.mkpg ... shareport is working fine now, but I am having a small problem with time machine which has nothing to do with dlink so all is well now, thanks anyways...

[sandman]

Glad to hear the shareport is working - may I ask, what is the problem with Timeport? It would be interesting to know as Mac users with a 655 who were not using shareport with a printer might want to use a HD with Timeport

[pr1m3_5u5p3ct]

Timeport? no, you mean time machine right? Well actually, I spoke too soon. I had to force quit out of time machine and restart. Now, shareport won't connect, i keep getting the Connection failed box. When I posted the first time, it connected then it disconnected midway through, so that is where my problem started. I am totally at a loss now, we need an update or a new firmware or whatever...

[sandman]

My bad - time machine - the word timeport was in my brain for an entirely separate reason 
But thanks for the info - it really does not sound like shareport is going to work for regular intel Mac time machine backups based on your experience.

[whatever69]

Hi,

I'm on a Macbook OS X 10.5.6 and I'm running the latest 1.31NA firmware.  I installed the latest shareport utility for OS X by running SharePortUtility_10_4.  The file Cosetup did nothing for me.  I was able to plug in SandDisk USB Cruzer 2.0 GB stick.  Was able to write an 87MB .mov file and was able to watch it.  It transfered at a rate of 1.1MB/s (8.8 Mbps) which is quite slow.  Now the moment I tried to seek a specific spot in the movie, Finder just gave me the rainbow circle and I couldn't even reboot.

The firmware 1.31NA in itself has been working fine for me, but the initial release of the SharePort utility for OS X is very buggy.  Use it if you want to play around with, but I wouldn't trust it for data that is important.  Anyone also having the same issue?

[guitren]

Hi,

I'm on a Macbook OS X 10.5.6 and I'm running the latest 1.31NA firmware.  I installed the latest shareport utility for OS X by running SharePortUtility_10_4.  The file Cosetup did nothing for me.  I was able to plug in SandDisk USB Cruzer 2.0 GB stick.  Was able to write an 87MB .mov file and was able to watch it.  It transfered at a rate of 1.1MB/s (8.8 Mbps) which is quite slow.  Now the moment I tried to seek a specific spot in the movie, Finder just gave me the rainbow circle and I couldn't even reboot.

The firmware 1.31NA in itself has been working fine for me, but the initial release of the SharePort utility for OS X is very buggy.  Use it if you want to play around with, but I wouldn't trust it for data that is important.  Anyone also having the same issue?

I'm with you about the shareport utility being buggy. I have the same setup Macbook 5,1 OS X 10.5.6 and about the same issues... even my printer will stop working after a simple test. Since I also have a PC that work just great with my share drive and printer I can only point my finger at the shareport utility!

[sandman]

I'm with you about the shareport utility being buggy. I have the same setup Macbook 5,1 OS X 10.5.6 and about the same issues... even my printer will stop working after a simple test. Since I also have a PC that work just great with my share drive and printer I can only point my finger at the shareport utility!

Thanks Guitren - the fact that the Windows side works well, but the Mac side does not, indeed seems to point to a problem with the Mac version of the shareport. By the way, which version of the 655 do you have - seems from some other PC threads that the A3 & A4 have a higher problem rate, and in one thread it was suggested it may be connected to the energy-saving properties of these versions, where an unused USB port (Or at least one the router thinks is unused!) is powered down. Interesting theory.

[whatever69]

Interesting theory.  Btw, his signature says A2.  Mine is A3 as per my signature.

[sandman]

Ah! missed that! - Ok, Guitren not having problems on the PC side with an A2 again strengthens the argument that it may be a version problem with PC's.
But, as you said, the Mac problems seem to point strongly at a fault with the shareport utility.