Why do I have to reboot AppleTV to access my smb shares?

Legacy 1st gen Apple TV
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Hi,

I’m using nitoTV 0.7.4 (and have been using the three prior versions too). I connect to shared folders on my PC using smb shares, but I have to reboot ATV between times I want to access the shared folders.

I shut the PC down during the day, so the ATV loses connection. But, when I start it up and try to connect using nitoTV to the shares, I get an error -can’t mount message. Only a full reboot (not restart finder) seems to reset everything, then I can reconnect the share manually and browse the folders.

Has anyone else seen this? Ideas on how I can avoid rebooting ATV all the time?

Thanks!

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I have the same issue…thanks for posting the question.

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I have the same issue…thanks for posting the question.

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Could it be to with your PC getting a new ip address when you restart it, I know little about networking, but if you are essentially using your pc as a file server then doesn’t it need to have a fixed ip. I could of course be talking rubbish.

~Colin

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Thanks for the reply.

I am using a fixed IP address for my PC. Other info – the PC is running Vista Ultimate, and the share I’m accessing is on the local C: drive.

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well thats not it then but I did see a post recently with regard to smb shares. here you go…don’t know whether it applies to you but worth a look at although the posts are a little out of date. http://forum.atvflash.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1133

edit: having reread the post more carefully the issue was exactly the opposite

~colin

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Thanks. Yeah, that post is the opposite case. For me it is 100% reliable to reconnect to the shares after the reboot.

I just don’t want to reboot.

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You may try unmounting the share through nitoTV prior to shutting off the PC.

You can unmount the share by locating the shared drive in nitoTV > Files, and pressing the left arrow (rewind) button on the remote.

To remount the share when the PC is back online, navigate to nitoTV > Network menu, and click the share you wish to mount.

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Thanks, but is there possibly a software fix in the works that might address this also? Seems like a reasonable request.

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This seems like an old thread but I haven't been able to find the answer.

Yes, you can unmount a network SMB share but what about when you simply forget and the host computer goes to sleep on its own??  Yep, a reboot of the AppleTV fixes the problem but there has to be a better way?

Thanks!