Window PC's "see" Sharespace on the LAN but MAC does not--nor can I log into it from the MAC

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I don’t understand why I don’t have the same access to the Sharespace from my Mac Mini (10.5.6) as I do from the wiindows based PC’s.  The Mac is a G4. 

I see the Sharespace from the MAC as one of the network devices but I can’t access it by simply clicking on it.  If I double click on it and select log on as a specific user, using the same log in name and password that works for all Windows PC’s, I am not able to connect to it.   I have a WDTVLive Hub on my LAN which shows up as well in the network devices but when I click on it from the MAC, I get access under a “guest” account which is apparently part of the standard settings for the HUB.  No guest account exist on the Sharespace.  Is it necessary to have a guest account only for the MAC? 

The only way I have found to access the sharespace from the mac is to use finder, then select the GO tab, then select connect to server where I enter SMB://WdSharespace–then I can see the drive.

Each time I power down the MAC, I have to repeat the above procedure, not very convienent. 

How can I fix this so that I can access the sharepace directly by clilcking on it as do with the WD TV LIVE HUB?

Thanks!!

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Make sure it’s got the latest firmware if you’re using Lion otherwise you won’t be able to connect to it using AFP.

Secondly, create a local account on the Sharespace and use it to authenticate to it from the Mac. It works fine on my end and always has.

Adi

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adisor19 wrote:

Make sure it’s got the latest firmware if you’re using Lion otherwise you won’t be able to connect to it using AFP.

 

Secondly, create a local account on the Sharespace and use it to authenticate to it from the Mac. It works fine on my end and always has.

Adi

+1 on both the above. You want to create  a user account on the sharespace for authentication.

Besides which, you can automate the reconnection of drives at login. You can write a script to do this, or keep it simple and just add the currently connected drive to your user acount’s login items. It will store the connection with the active credentials.