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Title: Shareport 1.10 + 1.30beta + Mac OS = problems
Post by: lookez on April 26, 2009, 01:53:19 AM

I read all the posts about this new firmware and about the Mac OS utility and I thought it was ok to give it a try and upgrade.

No problems during firmware upgrade (did in wired network, etc etc), the problems began after.

The USB LED doesn't lights up anymore, and I started having HUGE problems with pen drives/external hard disks using SharePort. When I connect a pen drive for example, it stays connected for 1 minute approximately and then it disconnects from the SharePort, but stays connected to Mac OS, causing a hang in the system and forcing me to force shut down my Mac.

Hardware revision: A3
Mac OS: 10.5.6
Firmware: 1.30NA

Any ideas?

Title: Re: Shareport 1.10 + 1.30beta + Mac OS = problems
Post by: guitren on April 26, 2009, 04:36:51 AM

I'm with you. I got similar result with shareport with my Mac.

I stopped using the shareport utility, and will wait for the final release hoping it will be more stable.

Title: Re: Shareport 1.10 + 1.30beta + Mac OS = problems
Post by: guitren on April 28, 2009, 07:33:46 PM

Installed the 1.31 firmware on the 655, printing is fine, but my external drive gave me a BSOD... rebooted, uninstalled it again, hoping for a newer & improve version of the utility.

Title: Re: Shareport 1.10 + 1.30beta + Mac OS = problems
Post by: summerstormpictures on June 03, 2009, 09:54:03 PM

I tell you, I'm a Mac user for eons. I've come to the conclusion that SharePort just isn't worth the effort to try to get to work. It will always be buggy here because the developers seem to just not be dedicated to trying to embrace the Mac folks. That's their decision, but honestly, considering the overpriced Apple Airport line, they're missing an opportunity here--especially in the current economic downturn. I know that I heard about the DIR-655 on either Tekzilla or GeekBrief, where it came highly recommended as a ''much cheaper alternative.'' My experience with it has been otherwise. It's cheaper--but you get what you pay for I guess.

Seriously, though, and this is what I did before--and I wonder what mental disconnect I had that made me not just plug the dang printer into one of the Macs on the network and just share it--like I used to. I can tell you that works like a charm. Totally reliable. No tinkering. Other Macs see it. Windows sees it. Printing happens.

We're Mac users for Pete's sake. Our stuff just plain works (more or less if you pretend MobileMe doesn't exist--haha). Why torture ourselves ''trying to fix what ain't broke?''