On 17 Apr 2024, David Kennedy wrote
(in article<[email protected]>):

I have a DS418 which I use for - amongst other things - TimeMachine backups. Every now and again it loses connection and I have to disconnect and reconnect
- finder still thinks everything is fine but TimeMachine just fails.

How is it connected?

MST

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David Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote:

On 17/04/2024 10:05, Martin S Taylor wrote:

On 17 Apr 2024, David Kennedy wrote
(in article<[email protected]>):

I have a DS418 which I use for - amongst other things - TimeMachine backups.
Every now and again it loses connection and I have to disconnect and reconnect
- finder still thinks everything is fine but TimeMachine just fails.

How is it connected?

MST

Wifi

Via a Netgear MR63

Are you using Sonoma? Getting TM to write to my Ex2 Ultra over Wi-Fi has
been a pita since I upgraded my M1 MBP to it. WD support say bluntly they
do not (yet?) support Sonoma and I’ve also seen it claimed that there is a bug in macOS Sonoma’s implementation of SMB3. I accidentally discovered a workaround whilst messing with Ex2 Ultra’s settings by changing Windows Services -> SMB Protocol to SMB 1, SMB 2, SMB 3 rather than the recommended
SMB 2, SMB 3. I’ve no idea why this works! I thought Sonoma did not
support SMB 1 so it is really using especially as TM backups don’t seem significantly slower. Graham’s point about using a direct connection is appreciated but it’s a pain to have to take my portable to the router into which my Ex2 is connected every time I want to do a backup!

I guess my rant is no help to you other than possibly point to an alleged
SMB issue with Sonoma.

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Cheers, Alan

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David Kennedy wrote:

On 17/04/2024 10:05, Martin S Taylor wrote:

On 17 Apr 2024, David Kennedy wrote
(in article<[email protected]>):

I have a DS418 which I use for - amongst other things - TimeMachine
backups.
Every now and again it loses connection and I have to disconnect and
reconnect
- finder still thinks everything is fine but TimeMachine just fails.

How is it connected?

MST

Wifi

Via a Netgear MR63

So don't use WiFi.

ALWAYS connect your computer and NAS using Ethernet cables. You know it
makes sense.

--
Graham J

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Am 17.04.24 um 11:23 schrieb Graham J:

David Kennedy wrote:

On 17/04/2024 10:05, Martin S Taylor wrote:

On 17 Apr 2024, David Kennedy wrote
(in article<[email protected]>):

I have a DS418 which I use for - amongst other things - TimeMachine
backups.
Every now and again it loses connection and I have to disconnect and
reconnect
- finder still thinks everything is fine but TimeMachine just fails.

How is it connected?

MST

Wifi

Via a Netgear MR63

So don't use WiFi.

ALWAYS connect your computer and NAS using Ethernet cables. You know it makes sense.

No it doesn't at all. A NAS that is not capable of keeping the
conncetion in a WiFi-network is useless. What do you propose for the
other 10 or more devices?

--
"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Ovid)

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Am 17.04.24 um 16:41 schrieb Graham J:

Jörg Lorenz wrote:

[snip]

So don't use WiFi.

ALWAYS connect your computer and NAS using Ethernet cables.  You know it >>> makes sense.

No it doesn't at all. A NAS that is not capable of keeping the
conncetion in a WiFi-network is useless. What do you propose for the
other 10 or more devices?

With WiFi what you gain in convenience you lose in reliability.

You have to die one death.

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"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Ovid)

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Jörg Lorenz wrote:

[snip]

So don't use WiFi.

ALWAYS connect your computer and NAS using Ethernet cables.  You know it
makes sense.

No it doesn't at all. A NAS that is not capable of keeping the
conncetion in a WiFi-network is useless. What do you propose for the
other 10 or more devices?

With WiFi what you gain in convenience you lose in reliability.

--
Graham J

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On Apr 17, 2024 at 5:02:55 AM EDT, "David Kennedy" <[email protected]> wrote:

I have a DS418 which I use for - amongst other things - TimeMachine backups. Every now and again it loses connection and I have to disconnect and reconnect
- finder still thinks everything is fine but TimeMachine just fails.

Any thoughts?

I would try a static IP address for the DS418. Things can sometimes get confused when IP addresses change. I have had weirdness with Wi-Fi printers when using DHCP. Assigning a static IP address to the printer fixed it.

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