new AFPClient for iOS/OSX <--SOLUTION FOR LION USERS

Memphiz Wrote:Yeah i don't know how to fix. It tries to cconect with out username/pass when using zeroconf - and the lib doesn't return a "auth required" or something like that. So this ZeroConf only works if you share public (without username and password).

I'm not sure if it can help, but the lib provides, for each share, flags telling, among other things, if the share is password protected

canadave Wrote:Fair enough.

Do you, Memphiz, or anyone else, offhand know...which is the more efficient network transport protocol in general, in terms of overhead etc...AFP or NFS?

I didn't make the tests myself, but I read that AFP is faster and uses less CPU when using OSX machine as server.

I simply tend to think that each protocol is the best in its native environment (SMB for Windows, AFP for OSX and NFS for Linux/UNIX/BSD)

I have my media stored on my OS X 10.5.8 G5 PPC machine using SMB at the moment, would it benefit me from switching over to AFP instead? I mean will things be faster and smoother when it comes to streaming?

turbinez Wrote:I have my media stored on my OS X 10.5.8 G5 PPC machine using SMB at the moment, would it benefit me from switching over to AFP instead? I mean will things be faster and smoother when it comes to streaming?

Do you have streaming issues currently ?

Sky, yes I am having stuttering or buffering issues. Seems to be happen randomly and I'm on a wired ethernet connection. Doesn't happen all the time though.

turbinez Wrote:I have my media stored on my OS X 10.5.8 G5 PPC machine using SMB at the moment, would it benefit me from switching over to AFP instead? I mean will things be faster and smoother when it comes to streaming?

There's an easy way to find out

it just occurred to me that some folks might be reluctant to "change" their setup. Remember, you don't need to change anything with your existing setup; you can just add another source, make it AFP, point it to your existing shared folder, and see how it works, without messing around at all with your existing source. Takes two secs to try

canadave, ahh awesome, saves me a ton of trouble! I can just toggle between the different sources and see which works better. Thanks!

turbinez Wrote:Sky, yes I am having stuttering or buffering issues. Seems to be happen randomly and I'm on a wired ethernet connection. Doesn't happen all the time though.

You can try AFP, but don't forget your problem is not necessarily a network protocol issue. It can be a lot of other things : slow network, too heavy file, slow cpu, etc...

For exemple, I'm not sur a G5 PPC (which is what you have) will handle smoothly 1080p HD videos in H264 or VC1...

Just tried it on mini. Zeroconfig does not ask for user/paswd but works like a charm with manually added network location. Thanks!

_-Sky-_ Wrote:I didn't make the tests myself, but I read that AFP is faster and uses less CPU when using OSX machine as server.

I simply tend to think that each protocol is the best in its native environment (SMB for Windows, AFP for OSX and NFS for Linux/UNIX/BSD)

NFS is native on OS X, and Lion includes improved support. It just doesn't have a nice GUI to set things up with.